BUILDING BAKU: Modern Slavery in the Heart of Azerbaijan
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Few authoritarian states have worked harder than Azerbaijan to leverage major international events to boost their image on the world stage.
Human rights and democracy advocates have decried the strategy as a “sportswashing” of a regime where opposition parties are crushed, journalists are imprisoned, and oil wealth is controlled by a small clique of ruling elites.
A new OCCRP investigation reveals the human cost of some of Azerbaijan’s projects - and the lengths the state has gone to protect its image when its complicity was unearthed.
Several marquee buildings in Baku, the country’s capital, were built or renovated by men from the Balkans who were shipped to Baku by a company connected to government officials. They were forced to work long hours in grueling conditions for almost no pay. Two died there; many others were marked forever by their time toiling far from home. This is their story.
Read the full investigation here: www.occrp.org/...
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Sadly western leaders have no problem closing their eyes on the Azerbaijani kleptocracy and human right violations... as long as they get cheap oil and expensive gifts from Azerbajan "caviar diplomacy" works like a charm and the Azeri people live in misery...
None of your business,it is better to watch your own job pls
You’re completely brainwashed by Aliyev’s regime! Wake up! Within 30 years Azerbaijan is going down! Aliyev is stealing your nations wealth! Karabagh is nothing and Armenians still have Karabagh we just lost Shushi and Hadrut! But the 7 surrounding regions were going to be returned sooner or later!
@@YALQUZAQ_AZ We live in democracy. We can do what we want. You aren't free but we are. We can just ignore your "order".
@@BarbeAmaury We are free too
Look who is talking. Trust an armenian to appear under (and often behind) every negative publication dissing Azerbaijan. That has done you a lot of good, hasn’t it? Sad.
Horrible dictatorship
Keep digging into Trump Hotel Azerbaijan.
I am Azerbaijanian and I am sorry for the deeds of the government of our country. Be aware that our nation did not choose them to be our rulers. they are supported by Russia and other powers. Normal Azerbaijani men would never do this to you. It is shame for our country.
I hope you have peaceful revolution in Azerbaijan one day.
@@gregfunnyslots4859 I don't think so but I hope
But Azeri people keep on hating on Armenia. Look at your own government first!
@@HopefulInterventions it's not normal you fucking idiot?
@@HopefulInterventions Unfortunately Armenian goverment is a very bad instrument in hands of Russia. If your politics was clever Levon Ter Petrosyan would never left his post
I don't know how to say what to say, I hope those who do this to you and your friends will find their punishment.
We hope so too. Having thieves as leaders is nothing but a suicide.
@@someone3195 Are those people Russian or Turkish as origin? Their grandparents when they came to this land. They treat those workers bad.
I'm ashamed for my government. The azerbaijanians are suffered from this government, too
awesome work occrp !!!~!!! these good men left there homes in their own country to work, this level of greed is pitiful.
Free Artsakh!! Armenians lived in Kharabagh for thousands of years while the Azeri government calims that Yerevan capital of Armenia is Azerbaijani land. Most of Azerbaijanis do not support their cruel government but they need to do something like Armenians did a revolution or like the Iranians who are very close to a revolution, and also recognize the Armenian Genocide. Denying it makes you look way worse than committing a genocide.
What are you talking about You have moved to the territories of Azerbaijan. You use the music of Azerbaijan, the musical instruments, the food. Are you saying that Karabakh belongs to Armenia? The real Irevan is Azerbaijan! I am a world historian and I celebrate it! Iravan is connected with the name of Ravan Gulu Khan! Are you not aware of the games played by Armenians on babies and old people in Khojaly? Go to UA-cam and see what you did in Khojaly! No nation will do what you do! God bless you!
i pray for Azerbaijan the best and strongest leadership, to lead people to peace and liberation of all peoples in the country❤
@@AliAlAzerbaijani All of the things you have mentioned historically belong to Armenia historically. Azerbaijani nation is only 100 years old and their statehood has been artificially created on territories of ethnic Armenians, Georgians, Persians, Lezgins and Dagestanis and Talysh after ethnic cleansing, numerous massacres and forceful assimilation. For decades you have shamelessly appropriated our cultures, historical heritage, music and food and claimed it as your own, because you had none of it. All of these things are well known facts accepted by renowned historians that did not study in universities of Azerbaijan, where historical revisionism and blatant racism are the main part of the curriculum.
@@AliAlAzerbaijaniSpeaking of massacres, why don’t you mention how your people massacred hundreds of Armenians, including women and children in Baku, Sumgait, Ganja, Maraga and many other places? Doesn’t suit your narrative, eh?
@@emperorpalpatine6239 Wow. How strong Azerbaijanis are. They formed 100 years ago and suddenly destroyed the Armenians who had taken root there for years.🤣🤣🤣
Azerbaijan is the Turkish people. Turks have been here for thousands of years.
And this is the country that are begging the Azeris in Iran to join them lmao. No thanks from Tabriz/Iran.
I wondered the same
@@anarios036 Siktirsen.
You are Poorsian from Iran,one day we will create Great Azerbaijan
Bakı, Təbriz, Ankara biz hara farslar hara
@@YALQUZAQ_AZ Weren’t you the person that got screwed in instagram by two Iranians?🤣. Yes, I remember.
@@anarios036 I’m actually from Tabriz/Iran and my response is siktirsen.
Yasasin Azerbaycan🇷🇼. Vetenem Janam
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Ilham Aliyev is a dictator.
This is so disgusting to watch!! I’m ashamed of being azeri right now.
@@lauradanielyan9394 Thank you
Why do Azeri people make fun of the Armenians? You keeps keep calling us poor, etc. But Azerbaijan is worse than Armenia!
@@HopefulInterventions actually, Azerbaijan is far better then armenia in terms of money and wealth but we even don't wanna to be compared with a country like armenia
@@HopefulInterventions Because you are poor, but so are we even tho you're poorer. Honestly I don't like that too, that's like if a one-eyed person was making fun of a blind person bcz he can't see lmao.
@@altairibn-laahad6887 kor kora kor deməsə bağrı çartlayar 😂😂😂
24:22 How far? Well... they also "imported" Syrian jihadist to kill Armenian's in their war against Armenia.
Never,Armenian soldiers don't have honor to fight with us face to face on battlefield 💪
Armenians fought bravely against the Azerbaijani terror state and their jihadist mercenaries.
@@hadji1954 Prior to the conflict, Turkish sources reported that many members of the YPG and PKK from Iraq and Syria had been relocated to Nagorno-Karabakh to train Armenian armed fighters against Azerbaijan. On 30 September, they reported that about 300 PKK fighters had been moved to Nagorno-Karabakh via Iran. According to the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on 28 September, there were mercenaries of Armenian origin from Syria and various countries in the Middle East among Armenian casualties. On 30 September, Hikmet Hajiyev said that, "the international community must respond adequately to the use of Armenian terrorist forces against Azerbaijan." A number of PKK and YPG members also admitted in recent interviews with various media outlets that members of those terrorist organizations were fighting on the Armenian side in Karabakh
That was a classic disinformation mirror propaganda projection ploy by ‘Turkish sources’.
@@YALQUZAQ_AZ - the Azerbaijani / Turkish denials and propaganda accusing others of their own tactics is failing: thegrayzone.com/2021/02/26/syrian-rebels-nagorno-karabakh-turkey/
As far as I know Azerb people they are not straightforward people open and honest, speak in solutions. They smile but dont come up with solutions but blame... The younger people, I see this happens. I hope she will be released.
This is horrible! Great investigation, keep doing it! I enjoy watching these videos/documentaries
It's Armenian propaganda
25:15 Actually, hotels are owned by the Pashayev clan, not by the Aliyev clan.
@RikkyCZ They are not the same clan. Aliyev clan has basically been cleansed already.
@RikkyCZ When some of the highest ranking Aliyev officials in Nakhchivan were arrested, that's not a believe, everyone knows that.
@RikkyCZ Why is everyone who's been sacrificed lately from the Aliyevs and none of them are from the Pahsayevs? And before the Aliyevs it was all the Mammadovs.
@RikkyCZ Aliyev family is gone for a few years now. It's his wife's family that does it now.
@RikkyCZ since Pashayev family took over, they started blocking internet more and they are much more transphobic. That's already a big difference. Not that I like Aliyevs in any way. But ignoring the changes and pretending they just happen by themselves is delusional.
Thank you for this documentary!
Shame to EU for even dealing with this dictator government who has no respect towards humans.
I live in Baku and not gonna lie, there is a lot of slums in Baku, and these slums are what are left of soviet baku.
Plus, there is more kidnapping and slavery in Baku these years.
You are a troll
There is nothing like this in Azerbaijan these years
It's all about the past
@@Fqmk1905 there is and i see slums everyday and if you heard a mass murder happened.
That slavery also happens in EU and USA!Do not show yourself as an angel
I completely get seudin zoletic's story and it is terrible that it happened.But I don't get how Alovsat is involved in this. There is absolutely no record of him working as an Police officer in Baku. Quite the contrary, he worked as a head of migration center in Baku, even the opposition sources claim so. More than half of this case is build on a guy that didn't work as a police officer since 1990s and on top of that he has been arrested for human trafficking by German government. Either reporter doesn't know how to check their sources or this is an intentional lie. A lot of connections that they make are far stretched out, trying to tie everything to the Aliyev family. I agree that there are a lot of corrupted people in our government and this case might be a reality, but I don't agree with the fact that instead of performing real journalism these people straight up trying to attack the president instead of solving these poor people's problems. In my opinion a good journalist should focus on truth and justice not on overthrowing people that you dislike.
Very sad
Azerbaijan is a country where oil, gas, gold and a lot of minerals. Even the Rothschild or Rockefeller family, in my opinion, came to share in oil in the 90s. I understand why in many countries this happens more money more fertility. Let people continue to rejoice at penny slave labor without realizing thanks to and silently that these workers' institutions for their money built a business for themselves for the money of the people and without workers, no company, no shopping center will work. an ordinary official, a cattle breeder who left the village and does not understand anything in his business, steals billions of dollars. Recently I heard that 75 billion was carried out on a cargo plane, this is an ordinary official and this is not for his entire career. No Bill Gates or anyone else can compare with all this. You just do nothing and steal, and the Nord receives the minimum wage, and then if you find a job, 205 $. And in the villages, in order to get a job as a cleaner in a state institution, they will ask for $ 5,000. And, of course, in this theft both Europe and TC are involved. All this money is partly in England and is beneficial to everyone. And supposedly Europe is not aware of just everything in the share. And unfortunately nothing can be changed. And these investigations while everyone's pockets are stuffed will not help anything, all this is a waste of time.
Very sad for those who fallen victim of organised crime but is this documentary showing the full truth? This is the work of some criminals, organised crime. Mafia. We still don't know what role played the powerful balkani Mafia. The police needs to chase them, end of story. But it doesn't mean everyone is doing this. It's a crime which does exist in many countries in EU but the political prosecutions are a different issue. It would be better to addrsse them differently and avoid mixing all the topics. Good this raises some sad realities but this may mislead many to think it doesn't happen in their own country. There is plenty of Mafia crimes in Europe that we can't resolve for some reason. Let's first get ride of our criminality floorishing in some big cities .
Finally, someone logical in the comments section!
Allah haqqı video baxanda nifrət elədim ölkəmizə amma əstafrullah
Niye
Yes, it was awful!!
Qanında erməni qanı var ona görə😡
Əlbətdəki, düzün deyəndə olirsan erməni. Görüm səni bu qünə salsalr nə səslər çıxır səndən. Bu ağıla sıxışmaz bir şeydir ki bizim ölkədə baş verib, korsan ? Görmersən? Yoxsa səncə düzgün ediblər?
@@misterbagrov6637 ged siiiktir
Shame on Aliyev
Azerbaijan will have "Bright" future by this way
Not brighter than Armenia
As if situation in Armenia was much better... Let's just see how corrupted people will be in charge again and how they will replace Pashinyan because of Karabakh. Bright future for you indeed, under pro-Russian oligarchs just like before (and even during, but yeah, gotta admit that he fought them well) Pashinyan.
@@altairibn-laahad6887 Azerbaijan modified as Turkey's khalifat. 100%. Armenia is souveren and democratic country. No way for previous to return. 100%. Armenia will shy. Azerbaijan had 2-3 times more victims than Armenia and only recover the regions that he had lost in 92-94. human lives is most important thing, more important than sq.meters. But also I would like highlight that I don't see the future in permanent war with Azerbaijan. It is the worst way for ours nation and best for politican like Aliev, not Pashinyan. We should learn live side to side without hate! Yes, it is too difficult and need hard work.
@@Maqiawelli While you continue complimenting Armenia, think about how nearly a million people displaced by Armenia were left with nothing, and how many years they spent in pain bc of Armenia's land greed.
Saying we should end the hatred and then making hypocritical claims don't rly add up.
@@someone3195 remember Armenians were killed and displaced from Azerbaijan starting in 1987-1992. My uncle witnessed Armenian children being burned alive in Sumgait in 1989. Thousands of Armenians were murdered in Sumgait, Maragha, Baku, Kirovabad, etc. and displaced like my uncles families!
A country made with artificial history, it’s sad that the people of azeri can’t read books that aren’t made to brainwash them.
Lmao, "nO hIsToRy". You know very well that we did not just spawn there yesterday and you know very well about Turkotatar (Azeri) states through the history of the region, some of them were even on nowaday Armenia territory. You're the one who needs to read books.
You know that it was Armenians who thought they were winning despite all the evidence against it, just bc their lovely president told them so, right?😂😂
Azerbaijan has many internal issues, but it doesn't justify anything that Armenia has done.
@@altairibn-laahad6887 wrong! Look up the Armenian it’s over 4000 years old! Go online and search ancient maps and you will see Armenia but Not Azerbaijan or Turkey! Yerevan, Zangezeur, Karabagh fell under Persian rule in 16th century. But for only 200 years until 1827 liberated through Russia’s help. Do you even know how old Yerevan is? 2,800 years old founder Armenian/Urarutisn King Argishti! So you see how brainwashed you are. Azerbaijan is Iran/Persia. There was a Persian empire! Armenia had Kingdoms long before Persians captured Yerevan, Zangezeur, Karabagh, etc. Look up the history and maps from the Roman Empire, Babylon, there’s Armenia 🇦🇲! No country called Azerbaijan existed until 1918. But Armenia always existed until it fell under the Ottomsn Empire rule and current Armenia fell under Persian rule in the 16th century until 1827. So it doesn’t mean it’s Azerbaijan’s lands when it was under Persian rule for 200 years! You don’t hear Iran claim Armenia as historic Iranian lands. Eastern Turkey is Western historic Armenia 🇦🇲 because we are the indigenous people of Anatolia/Caucasus. Turkic people originally come from Central Asia invading our indigenous lands. Just because parts of current Armenia fell under the Persian empire for only 200 years, it doesn’t mean it historically belongs to Iran. These were part of Greater Armenia/Kingdoms for thousands of years before it was occupied and ruled by the Ottoman and Persian in the 16th century.
I dare you to go google the Armenian history if you are man enough!
@@HopefulInterventions ah yes Armenian state was made before Dinasours even existed!
they are taught to hate armenians and they teach them armenians have no culture. It's textbook disinformation and propaganda. Coca Cola is older than the azerbaijan nation
It's quite painful to see your hometown getting related to such causes. I'm very sorry as an Azerbaijani for what happened to these men. Although I don't understand why they never visited Bosnian diplomats in Baku, I hope they get their justice and my city can be free from such inhumane allegations.
And the corruption of officials doesn't give any right to refuse to acknowledge the status of Karabakh given some armenians take their chance to spread their propaganda using this unfortunate event.
Armenia won the war, Azerbaijan signed a peace treaty.
@@princevonny Azerbaijan lost the war to Russia and agreed to ceasefire with Armenia, not a peace treaty. It's not that long ago, go check it out.
MurCellic1903 Armenia won the war. You seem but hurt.
@@princevonny It's "butthurt" not "but hurt" and if you are ignorant enough to deny the help of russian military in Karabakh war, you are the one who needs its ego taken care of. April war showed the difference between the military power of two countries and again it was your daddy who "convinced" us to stop the war.
War needs to be finished so you can win. It still continues and not even armenia by itself recognizes the independence of NK officially. Read some history and stop wasting my time, please.
@@MurCellic1903 Russia sided with Azerbaijan at first. Also supplied Azerbaijan with weapons.
Armenians won that war fair and square. Deal with it.
I feel sorry for people that suffering such situations.Just for your information, no foreign citizens can work in Azerbaijan without work permit that issued by AZE embassy in your mother country. If any foreigner is victim of human trafficking, it’s global problem of all countries. As individual, you should think why hiring you instead of locals, for the unskilled job? There is no man can work in construction in 10 million Azerbaijan ? Does your country has embassy in the country that you are going to work? Do your countries have good relationships?if you can find sufficient answer these questions then please make all your work procedures official.
Bakurakert
IREVAN
@@isaibrahimov3276 in India where you from
The creation of azerbaijan was perhaps Stalin's worst mistake
Kid,there wasn't Stalin in those times, Azerbaijan was occupied by Soviet in 1920
@@YALQUZAQ_AZ lenin he ment
@@gmanvazgen3665 Proof: your a§§
Portugal is province spain
@@jotogroo spain is just eastern Portugal
Thank God Nagorno-Karabakh declared independence from this corrupt country.
And the so-called democracy loving anti-corruption Western countries are against it! Says a lot about their real values. Imagine forcing Armenians of Artsakh AKA Nagorno Karabakh who just changed their leader a month ago by a democratic election being forced to live as part of this!
Your comment is pure Armenian propaganda.
Now in so called NG no corruption)) stupid comment.
@@kamranavaz how? It's all facts that you cant deny
Comments that didn't age well
What you expect from a dictatorship where the vice president is the wife of the president 😂
How can we take a stand? Well we can certainly boycott Azerbaijan by not visiting their country and not watching the Baku Grand Prix.
Instead we can always visit Armenia who despite not having the oil and natural gas riches of Azerbaijan have been able to treat migrant workers with respect.
@Rufan Quliyev Do you think abusing people on the internet will make them visit Azerbaijan? You need to be nice to foreigners in order for them to visit your country.
The world will soon stop using oil and Azerzi gas will exports will forever depend on Russian supplies to Europe.
@Rufan Quliyev Dubai lives in luxury not because of oil but because of its shipping, aviation, tourism, Banking etc.
Only 1% of Dubai's revenue comes from oil.
If your s**t hole wants to be like Dubai then you should start being nice to tourists
Go spread your propaganda elsewhere, idiot. Idk how was your treatment towards Azeris and Kurds of Karabakh and Armenia (Kapan and mostly Syunik province) better than this. Armenia deserves boycott for it's crimes too and you know that very well. Not even speaking about your war criminal officials just like those in Kosovo.
Armenia was occupying 20% of Azerbaijan for 30 years, it displaced nearly a million people causing them years of poverty and pain, and committed a genocide against them.
Azerbaijan's internal Problems can't be used to justify Armenia's monstrosity.
Biyabirciliq
It hurts seeing my landsman being treated like this.. Once Yugoslavia was a "rich west" for poor Azerbaijan.
Bosnia was never considered a rich country here lol. Noone even knows about Bosnia here anyways.. And yea This is not Azeris fault. We dislike our government too. They treat us worse than the foreigners
@@warpersubatomic9362 Bosnia as it is now, after war, is not rich, but I was referring to ex Yugoslavia, country that the Bosnia belong to before the last war. I hope that both of our countries will see better time in the near future. Gratings from USA.
@@mirehab I hope too mate, the future seems bright
sounds similar to what happens in the arabian gulf countries
Les 12 d’entre eux. Un document trilingue inscrit en juin 1921, a déclaré le Karabakh comme territoire de l’Arménie par le Parlement socialiste d’Azerbaïdjan.
Document publié par le Parlement socialiste d’Azerbaïdjan le 12 juin 1921 en trois langues, confirmant que le Karabakh appartient à l’Arménie
Document en trois langues daté du 12 juin 1921 déclarant le Karabagh territoire arménien par le Parlement socialiste azerbaïdjanais.
That is total nonsense
לילית! לילית@@@ לילית
Сатана павел хаитов@@@@@
This is extremely fucked up. I feel bad for that man.
this is not good however why only 2 people speak up.this is very suspiciouse. to say honestly it is sad if it happenned
Because only two people got the opportunity to get their story out
Also did you kiss the part about 32 people suing Azerbaijan in the European court lmao
Propaganda machine against Azerbaijan
They are jealous
coca cola is older than azerbaijan
@@getsehhayastan5770 Götseh Gayastan
Very strange and sad story. Why weren't relatives of these Bosnians looking for them, why government of Bosnia didn't look for its citizens, Bosnia doesn't have embassy in Baku but there are plenty embassies of EU countries - ask through them. And last naïve question - even without passports why didn't these folks from Bosnia escape and go to any of embassies of EU countries in Baku? That would be a big trouble for Serbaz even if they have connections in the government of Azerbaijan. Strange story with former policeman who had to flee to Germany - if he knew someone inside the government was protecting Serbaz, why not to send information about these Bosnians to Bosnia, or to German / UK / US / France or any other major foreign news outlet. That would stop Serbaz right there and would force them to release these folks. I know this because I am from one of these former USSR authoritarian republics, and I know very well how much they care about their image, prestige and don't want to be asked about situations like these - they would immediately order to investigate and release these folks.
If it happened, it’s obvious mentioned folks were illegal immigrants that doesn’t want to go to police for help. I never heard in my life Aze provide work permit to blue collar jobs from overseas and todays UK, France, Germany ..etc suffering from illegal immigration’s and trying to protect illegal immigrants from human trafficking.Generally, this story is not Azerbaijan based problem, all countries have this kinda cases.
Silly armenians in the comments, armenia has 10000x more problems than Azerbaijan. God bless Azerbaijan. 🙏🇦🇿
At least Armenia has never had any slaves in their history and does not bring people and takes their passports. Plus journalists can talk and print whatever they want in Armenia without being arrested.
is this channel a news faketory? how much you make money buy doing this ugly business?
excellent Azerbaijan government
Come on daa, you just enjoy accusing our country, if we look your country as you looked our, you should shame too much,
How said : if criminal don't tell criminal to others, he will die😒
There are more Armenian ministers in the administration in Azerbaijan. you know it? for your information..
I hope they will all be discovered and be evacuated or put in jail...
Na Uy HAHAHAHAHAHAH you're such a 🤡 full of bs
Oh yes, I believe Aliyev is in fact Armenian and his son is a solider fighting secretly for Armenians ... Remove that choke chain from your neck, its effecting the oxygen flow to your brain
@@vanS808 you without oxygen, these people can't hide, we see them, we know it and this people make mistakes every now and then. we don't have to read about that anywhere, we live it...
Normally it's not bad, only hatred of Turkey causes problems for everyone.
There are no Armenians in Baku. They were killed and displaced in 1990. Watch the documentaries about those atrocities or watch Kasparov interviews.
This happens in Houston too. This is Armenian funded presentation.
OMG my comment was a joke, not an inspiration for schiz0phr3n1cs like you to jump in and claim absurd things.
Sera Green HAHAHAHAHAHAH you're such a 🤡 full of bs
Hahahah, blame it as usual on the Armenians... How on earth is this Armenian funded? Are you lacking oxygen in your brain? or were your born that way?
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