BBC Panorama - Eurovision's Dirty Secret Azerbaijan
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With just days to go to the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Panorama has been undercover inside its hosts Azerbaijan, to discover the extraordinary truth about this secretive country and its approach to the world's most watched non-sporting event.
Reporter Paul Kenyon finds out how the contest has been used as a tool of intimidation: viewers have been interrogated for voting for the nation's long-term enemy, Armenia; a protest singer has been told to flee before Eurovision or he will be thrown in jail; and dozens have had their homes bulldozed to make way for the Eurovision event itself.
The US embassy in Baku has compared the ruling family to the Mafia. The regime has held onto power through a combination of rigged elections, jailing opponents, and by irregular control of the country's vast oil wealth. So, why did the organisers of the world's best well-loved music event agree to host it in Azerbaijan?
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Countries with bad human rights records shouldn't be allowed to participate.
+A.R.K Dean tell me any country that has human right? bullshit govermant controls everywhere
+A.R.K Dean San Marino winners 2016-2045
Yes and Aserbaidschan is such a country, only christians from the orthodox church are accepted, other christian churches are controlled by the state, there is no real freedom of religion in aserbaidschan, the whole constitution is a big joke
British sell drug to Chinese and wage opium war. German genocide the Jew. Very bad human rights records.
Azerbaijan needs a revolution against this family ,I'm from Tunisia,I visited this country in 2014, the people were very nice to us, Baku is a beautiful city but why all these photos of Ilham Aliyev everywhere , I spoke with many Azeri about the political situation , they are aware of what the Ilham Aliyev is doing but they can't say anything unfotunately , my message is we had the same situation in Tunisia , there was any human rights and only one party was ruling the country but thanks god after 2011 everything changed, there is nothing impossible, Aliyev will fall one day and I hope it will be very soon , keep the faith
Yes we aware of it. And yes they will fall one they but unfortunately not today
I hope so!
In Armenia, we don't hate the Azeri. We have no enemy. Peace to all! Freedom for Azerbaijan!
LOL, the dictator looks like a guy you'd expect to greet you at a used car dealership, assuring you that the 1989 Buick by the fence runs like new, and no, that's not water damage. It's a "feature".
ESC is a free contest for free countries. Azerbaijan shouldn't be a part of it.
+Alex López World And Armenia should?
Alex López World ban Israel from it then
Top10 yes armenia should cause they aren't terrorists
Why ban Israel, the most vibrant democracy in the mid-east?
I think he forgot to say that Azerbaijani national hero is a guy that killed a sleeping person. they consider this as heroism in azerbajan.
Also but you forgot to say that you chose president of armenia who took participiant in Khojaly Genocide.hand with full of victims...
Blackk Swan ya I think you are miss informed about that subject , because Azerbaijani president him self , Ayaz Mutalibov said that people of kojali were killed by Azerbaijani national front . and he also stated that armenains left a corridor. but I am not surprised that you are this ignoarant and uneducated. watch " between hunger and fire"
Ferhad Tehmezli did you even read what I said . ? your president said that you did it moron
I do not know the meaning of an idea of the meaning of descenders
Most of the Armenian officials are war criminals who must be put in jail instead of having governmental positions! But I guess things work in a weird way in Armenia!
Yes, Azerbaijan is ruled by corrupted dictatorship, but what the hell is wrong with people that writing comments here. If government bad (as admitted by the majority of Azeris), it doesn't mean that you can talk rude things about country (COUNTRY and government is not the same), call Azerbaijan terrorist state (wtf) and blame its people for dictatorship, that patronized by Russia. Some people even offer exclude Azerbaijan from Eurovision because it's a Muslim state. Lol, Azerbaijan is secular state, it has large proportion of atheist, agnostics and etc.
By the way, if you don't know. Azerbaijan was the first country with muslim majority, that established democratic secular state in 1918. Women was respected as equals to men in their political rights in the same year. For example, the same was in USA in 1920, in Japan in 1950, and in Switzerland in 1970
Democratic? Ha-ha-ha Stop being stupid.
@@ajb5114 go and search you little prick
To be honest Azerbaijan is wonderful country with wonderful people,different nationalities, different religions. In capital city(where I been)you can see Church, Mosque and Synagogue next to each other. The single problem is politics, but I guess they will manage it. At least Azerbaijan is the first Muslim majority country which accept democracy, gave equal rights to women(ask yourself when women start voting in your countries?),in Azerbaijan(ADR)all these was in 1918. Greetings from Finland
north korea of the caucasus
I blame people more than this family because they are not union. They can beat this family and anyone standing on their way if they stay together against them to death. I believe this is the only solution to break down such regimes like Azerbaijan and Iran.
it is easy to talk , when you and your family safe . Also , you are not the one who will be capture and killed if you talk anything about that family.
gol sa well u should look at how bad the U.S is with censorship and people bickering at eachother instead of the rulers. Same with every other country, people are pussies. For u who said its easy for us to talk, remember your silence against the governments and bickering of politcs instead of doing something is the reason why people die so stfu
Well, it is very difficult to coordinate collective actions when at any point in time you can get found out by these extreme surveillance strategies
"Where a turk has passed no grass will grow" Well said!! I completely agree!!
I never knew Azerbaijan was considered a European country. Weird.
+Raghuvansh Ramesh It technically isn't European but with it being so involved with Europe and being nearby they allowed Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Israel to participate
IT ISNT. ITS DONKEY SHITTY TURK.
YOU ARE THE INDIAN DONG BEETLES.
What about Isreal and turkey 👍😂
PEOPLE,DO NOT TRAVEL TO Azerbaijan
Wdym? It is onlt the goverment
This country has no hope, I can only see a dead end, one day they will fall.
Same goes for Armenia, right?
Jason Leibinitzk Armenia has hope because of Armenians of the diaspora who will eventually go back and rebuild the country.
KS Leibinitzk nah people like democracy and freedom of speech something armenia has
All mentioned occasions are totally true.
i just can not understand why people deny this
this is a video made on facts>
Yes, it's the real face of Azerbaijan!
when his profile picture is Tigranes the great you know His a hard chested Armenian.
You are FOUR LEGGED TATAR DONEY, aren't you?
MrJohnbatist hayeren mama kunem
MrJohnbatist no its you and your family tree
I'm from Armenia stupid, sorry for late reply.
Kick this country out and add Luxembourg again.
14:57 I burst out laughing :D
I'm ashamed. (I'm from Azerbaijan xD)
Push for change! Hopefully, when your revolution is over. Armenia-Azerbaijan relations can resume and Artsakh problem resolved.
YOU ARE TRYING FOX....YOU ARE NOT FROM AZERBAIJAN
Sara Huseyn-Bayley men azerbaycanliyam -.- zehmet omasa bilmirsense danisma.
Inglis mektebindenem (British School In Baku) ona gore inglis dilinde videolar cekirem
Hormetli hemvetenim...Azerbaycanlilar Azerbaycanin ciceklenmesini ve gozel bir shekilde dunyaya tanitmasina dair calishib vurushmalidirlar...indiki zamanda bizim vetenimize qarshi coxlu desinformasiya yurudulur ve bu olkemizin imigine zerer yetirir.Eger bir konstruktiv shekilede qusurlari saymak isteyirsinizse, bunu beynalxalq dairelere cixarmagi Azerbaycana olumcul bir zerbe yoneltmek kimi bir sheydir...indi anlayirsiniz niye men sizi Ermeni hesab etmishem...uzr dliyirem
we don't blame the azeri people for all this mumbo jumbo, just Aliyev and related workers
This was such an interesting episode
Will be sharing this with everyone!!!
Thank you for sharing!
298 dislikes from Azerbaijan!
you gotta be kidding!
A government official I suppose?
RoyalGiraffe no, i ain't! i mean, dislikes have come from gov officials or some dumbasses who support 'em, not from ordinary people for sure!
i don't know probably another muslim shithole
Well I've been to other former USSR countries (Lithuania, Estonia) so saying that it's only been 20 years since independence is no excuse
Bro we been through a fucking war and were racially abused by Slavs ofc we have excuse
People of Azerbaijan, Armenia is with you. Stay strong!
No one in Europe can't imagine how awful it is for a Christian country like Armenia is to have such neighbour in the east and their "brothers"in the west!!
What in the world are you talking about? What home?
If you look at it historically Nagorno Karabakh belongs to Armenia, if you look at it politically it belongs to Azerbaijan.
Nagorno Karabakh is the homeland of Armenians not Turks.
In around 180 BC, Artsakh became one of the 15 provinces of the Armenian Kingdom and remained so until the 4th century. - Wikipedia
Agreed a 100%, glad some people actually care to study the facts
Disgusting
if you wont to know more about azerbaijan check for RAMIL SAFAROV the national hero of Azerbaijan and you will have a batter understanding of the nation
Because armenian killed by ramil safarov insulted our flag...in 2023 you keep this work by bjrning our flag in comletition held in Yerevan
Azerbaijan should never have been allowed to host Eurovision. Their complete lack of respect for human rights, democracy, and freedom of speech is DISGUSTING. More countries should boycott Azerbaijan! & the EU should get involved to help fight against corruption. -Greetings from Canada. Canada loves Armenia :)
Slovakia also banned votings for Hungary in 2011, against Kati Wolf's song!
The german media wrote she is not a political correct without any good reason!
Finally, she was just 22., therefore!
Every country have a Dirty Secret im from Canada and i've been to azerbaijan and i think it's amazing yes it's not the best country in the world but it does have potentiaI I always hope to see positive and constructive commentary after social awareness media. I don't know why I expect that. I never see it. At best, I see social criticism which doesn't do anything but restate the problem. At worst I see the most profane insults imaginable direct all over the place: other commenters, races, ethnicities, religions, etc. Total downer that gets us nowhere, except making us believe the world is full of only hateful people. Eh, I just need to remember to skip the comments.
+Seth Allen when you are just visiting, you dont see the truth of the country,. you see only the beautiful topping of the cake...
THANK YOU FOR THIS FILM!
This is shocking. One thing i'm also a little confused about is why is Azerbaijan obsessed with Turkey?
15:15, they squeeze the Ambassador's balls (figuratively speaking) and want him to talk on tape badly about his own country xD
Armenia came in eurovision in 2006 not in 2009
There is a difference between violating rights in one form or another, and huge and widespread violations of rights. The fact that other European countries aren't perfect shouldn't cloud the fact that Azerbaijan is dramatically worse in this regard than any western european country.
Why BBC never talk about big company leaderes who make war (for oil ,mony ,etc ) in Irak ,Syria etc .IF bbc says Azerbaijan is dirty it means Azerbaijan is free .
Azerbaycan var olsun istemeyen kor olsun!!!
Yum ağzıvı Əliyev desdekcisi
I don't understand how Onion Bhaji / Azerbaijan won that year in the first place...(yes I know they won by getting the most votes) but the song was, well...I much preferred Hungary's entry that year.
Let's admit it the song was blast.
Are you from Azerbaijan? Which city in Canada are you living at eh? :)
i am very sorry for half million Azeri in Baku 1988 ,Oh Allah give them place of the heaven for Azeri.
It's disgraceful what has happened to the Eurovision contest since the eastern block and Baltic countries have been let in. I love the idea behind the contest, but until they reform the system this sort of thing will keep happening. The BBC itself is very political in what it covers, but this time I think they performed a much needed service highlighting the abuses.
STAY AWESOME!
Turkey gives 12 points to Azerbaijan. Jajajaja...
In 2013 most 12 points get Azerbaijan))
Having the police at your door because of your Eurovision voting sounds like something you'd see on The Day Today.
I think if EuroVision is so important to Azerbaijan, issue them an ultimatum. If they do not cease to oppress these people and rig the contest by intimidation the EuroVision organization needs to revoke Azerbaijan's right to host the contest.
sorry but the land of fire, was always called persian/iran but not aserbaidschan! True is that the region of aserbaidschan was zoroastrian heritage.
Glad to be born in the West!
Guys is it true that comedic film "Dictator" from the creators of "Borat" is interdicted in Azerbaijan since it is too realistic?
Countries like Azerbaijan who are allowed to take part in Eurovision should not.
Seeing all the comments that are full of hate, can't question who are they who are commenting? Armenians? Iranians? That is so pathetic and funny..
2:54 Beautiful city. I miss the sea view out of my window.
The Azeri ambassador sounds exactly like José Mourinho..
thank you PAUL KENYON.
The information is incorrect.
Wow Azerbaijan is so scsary
It is still visitable
Great documentary, truth can't be hidden for long.
Azerbaijan is not even in Europe. This country should have nothing to do with Eurovision.
hot daughter
And loaded
i am jew and must say that Azerbajan is most beautiful country in the world,and this video made by jelous europeans .and totally is antipropaganda
Noah Job Thanks Noah....People in Azerbaijan loves Jews...
Natiq Jafarov lol this is funny
MrJohnbatist donkey is more nice than your armenian nation,fucking bastards
Natiq Jafarov
fuck up tatar shilholes.
wooof woof ugly lice infested tatar dog wooof wooof. LMAO
To add, Ripley classified Europeans into 3 races: (1) teutonic - the northern race, long-skulled, tall in stature, pale hair/skin; (2) mediterranean - the southern race, long-skulled, short/medium in stature, dark hair/skin; (3) alpine - the central race, round-skulled, stocky in stature, intermediate hair/ skin color. Azeris belong to kaspi, the sub-group of (2). As for history, the human kind was blossoming where Azerbaijan is, at the time when North-Western Europe was under the ice.
Well said. I fully agree with you.
Instead let's focus on positive things about beautiful country of Azerbaijan...Our enemies are jealous and showing the country in the negative way...The journalist is performing the order and obviously is paid well...
Azerbaijan is a secular and unitary republic. The country features rich and beautiful nature with wildlife. Azerbaijan is a true goldmine for archaeologists..
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Excavations held in the cave of Azykh in Garabagh revealed human remnants exceeding 2 million years of age. This unique finding placed Azerbaijan on the map of the most ancient inhabitants of Europe.
Azerbaijan is also known for its deeply rooted history of science and education. The State University of Baku, established in 1919, and the institutes of the Academy of Sciences, played a significant role in promoting science, education and culture in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan is a country of ancient culture Azerbaijani carpets are world-famous. Some outstanding pieces of this art are currently cherished in the world's leading museums like Victoria & Albert (London), Textile Museum (Washington DC), Louvre (Paris), Topkapy (Istanbul), and Hermitage (St.Petersburg).
Deeply rooted music traditions are another feature of Azerbaijan. The tambourine stone (qavaldash) in the historic and archaeological site of Gobustan is the oldest musical instrument discovered in the country.
The art of mugham, being an inseparable part of Azerbaijan's musical legacy is included in UNESCO's World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
In the meantime, Azerbaijan is recognised as one of the cradles of classic music in the Orient with the first national opera (Uzeyir Hajibeyli's Leyli & Majnun) staged in 1908.
Besides this, the outstanding Azerbaijani opera singer Shovket Mammadova was the first Muslim woman who appeared on stage in April 1912. This was followed by the first ballet in the Muslim world (Afrasiyab Badalbeyli's Maiden Tower) in 1940.
Azerbaijani cuisine is rich and versatile. Each region has its own variety of main national dishes.
While bread, meat and poultry feature prominently in all the food preparations, the national cuisine offers lots of choices for vegetarians and for people who prefer seafood.
Azerbaijani black tea is an indispensable element of the national cuisine served with a special ceremony.
First state formations on the territory of Azerbaijan date back to the 3rd Millennium B.C. However, the first independent state - Manna - was established in the 9th century B.C.
In the 4th century B.C., the fall of the empire of Alexander the Great resulted in formation of Atropatena in south Azerbaijan and Caucasian Albania in the north. The origin of the name Azerbaijan is assumed to be linked to the name of Atropatena. At that time local population worshipped fire.
In the 4th-5th centuries Christianity became the main religion in the mountainous regions of Caucasian Albania. A Christian church built in the 5th century in the village of Kish near the city of Sheki has survived till modern day.
The 52 letter alphabet developed in Caucasian Albania greatly fostered the development of education in the area.
In the middle of the 7th century the Arab conquest of Azerbaijan made Islam the main religion of the population. In the 20s-30s of the 9th century national liberation movement headed by Babek sped up the fall of the Arab caliphate.
Following the collapse of the caliphate, feudal states of Sajis, Salaries, Shirvanshahs, Ravvadids, and Shaddadids sprang up on the territory of Azerbaijan. In the 12th and 13th centuries the territory of Azerbaijan was under control of the Eldaniz (Atabeys) and in the 14th and 15th centuries - Qaragoyunlu and Aggoyunlu states.
In the 16th and 17th centuries the state of Sefevis left an important mark in the history of Azerbaijani statehood. The boundaries of the state spread to the rivers Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Euphrates and Tigris and to modern Georgia.
In the 18th and 19th centuries struggle over Azerbaijan between Russia and Iran was intensified. The Gulustan Treaty (1813) and the Turkmanchay Treaty (1828) divided the 18th century independent Azerbaijani khanates between Russia and Iran.
Thus, the territory of Azerbaijan was split into two parts creating Northern Azerbaijan and Southern Azerbaijan. In the second half of the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century Baku produced almost 51% of the world's oil and 95% of Russia's oil.
Speaking of technical accomplishments of the country, one should notice the first oil tanker in the world, Zoroaster, built and brought to Baku in 1879 by the Nobel brothers.
The first Republic of Azerbaijan established in 1918 became the first secular republic in the Moslem East. For the first time in history the Republic of Azerbaijan announced equal voting rights among men and women.
Despite only twenty-three months of its existence since 1918 to 1920, the first republic left a great legacy for the modern state.
Since 1920 to 1991 Azerbaijan was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In spite of tough years following the regaining of independence in 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan has recently gained a number of serious economic and cultural achievements.
In 2008 the World Bank declared Azerbaijan one of the top ten developing countries of the world. Azerbaijanis are very proud of their developing democracy...
Yes, let's ignore all of the bad things in the world. Because clearly none of these bad things matter at all and should never even be mentioned, let alone changed. And if anyone does want them changed they are wrong because reasons that are too complicated to worry about so don't or else. :V
Sema Hseyn The development of Azerbaijani democracy stopped a long time ago. And azerbaijan might be a republic in name, but if, when the president dies, a member of his family takes over, which is looking very likely, then it will effectively be a monarchy.
THIS IS BIG LIE
YOU'RE A FOUR LEGGED DONKEY LOL
Azeris were not driven out of Armenia in 1987 and that is complete garbage. My family was living there at the time, and witnessed no acts of aggression against Azeris whatsoever. The only reason why the Azerbaijani population of Armenia dwindled is because they feared that we would come after them the way you were coming after us.
Why is the translator is translating it with a Persian accent?
Dirty BBC
I don't think the musician needs subtitles to be understood....
From the open petition on the White House site:
In 1914-22, the armed groups of Armenian Dashnak and Hunchak parties and the Armenian volunteers serving in the Russian, Greek and French armies carried out a systematic extermination of Turks, Azerbaijanis and Kurds in Anatolia and the Caucasus.
523.955 Muslim civilians were identified as victims, not including those missing or buried in mass graves. Western scholars estimated that overall up to 2.5 million Muslims perished in these massacres.
thanks for real story !
I am a simple citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan. This video is very misleading information. I fully considered eurovisionu 2010-2011. Armenia has also been published in full performance. Many events have been provided in full in this video.
it is true what you say, but after collapsing of the USSR, some handmade borders (like Slovak and Cechy) and Kosovo (not easy one) were changed. The Karabakh issue is perfectly comparable with Kosovo . These were the Nations decision following with pogroms from Azeri side (Serbia). then War and refugees on the both sides. Handmade borders without justice for the Nations, has a limited time life. Specially with a dictatorial governments like Aliev and Co.
Loves BBC's doumentary
The Greeks have a basis of Western culture with language philosophy. Hellen Empire ruled the world for centuries. Azer have been part of the Mongol, Persian, Timur, Seljuks,and Ottoman ASIAN Empires for the last 1500+ years. Where has Azer been distinctly Euro? Geographically it IS NOT IN EUROPE and is as European as Iran and Kazahkstan= ASIAN. You guys are Asian or Euro want-a-be's
good job Mr. Paul Kenyon!
they are doing this because they cant seem to accept what Azerbaijan has achived in just 20 years.
You can go round and round, but it does not change the fact: the conflict was initiated by armenians, the most atrocious killings took place in Khodjaly. The fact is that ~1 million azeris were driven out of their homes, 30,000 were killed so that 120,000 armenians can declare Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state, which was never recognized as such.
The real face of azerbaijan
It is not about 1 armenian, it is about 1 million armenians who signed a petition to release him.
It's is really funny that they think the Eurovison Song Contest is some prestigious thing. When it is literally the worst.
It's in the European Broadcasting area, same reason why Israel, Egypt, Morocco, and Libya can compete.
mr. aliyev, remember ben ali, mubarak and qaddafi. that's your future unless you redeem yourself and serve your people. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! from chicago to cairo to tunis to madrid to rome to athens to tehran to baku, the world is waking up and we've had it with the fucking 1%.
The president's daughter was one of the hosts
There has to be a group of people in ADDITION to the Aliyev ruling family to support what's going on. I suppose he pays his security team well.
Haters gonna hate...
Azerbaijan iz most greatest nation, high five!
derp
I wish it happens one lovely day, It will be my happiest day to see how aliyev clan and its representatives torn into pieces by the normal people.
that was interesting, i never knew the azerbaijani government was so repressive
You're not helping the solution my friend.
Westerners (I'm one of them) think all countries should be like us. But they arn't. Doesn't mean you can't go there and have a great holiday, and by enlarge 90% of locals I've met are very happy.
Do you understand that many none Azerbaijani’s have been human trafficked, enslavement, and murdered? For example watch the investigative documentary on UA-cam search: “Modern Slavery in the Heart of Azerbaijan”
@@HopefulInterventions Probably to Israel ?
Plan to elaborate on that point? It might help to do so, because, perhaps people who vote are not thinking politically, but culturally. Greece and Cyprus share practically identical popular cultures, as do Azerbaijan and Turkey, Belgium and the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries.
What is your problem? It's neither European nor Asian - Caucasian! And we are happy with it! Whether Caucasus is decided to be considered by Europeans as Europe or not doesn't concern us and is totally their business. We are Caucasians and have been for thousands of years.
in our backyard we have 20% of our land occupied by armenians, 30,000 killed, 613 in Khodjaly alone, 1 million azeris have lost their homes, they are refugees in their own country.
I think the richest broadcasting company in the world wouldn't let it air if it was all lies just so they loose their credibility.
Stop hating on Azerbaijan, I may not be from there but there is no such thing as a bad country. Im in love with a girl from there and the way she loves her country is just wonderful. she is from baku, and i've seen images from there and its a very beautiful place. countries like the uk will try make negative stories about this wonderful country just for oil and money. Try and see the beauty of this country and many others that the world look down on.
Exactly, but try telling that to people who are obsessed with keeping the hatred strong and fervent.
They criticize when there's reason to, wouldn't you say that's a good thing? Shedding light on what's wrong with the world should be appreciated, no?
This is the question which we must to forward to Paul Kenyon, because he found this place and talk with people.