tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post5553043781800353937..comments2023-09-24T12:47:57.051+01:00Comments on Unzipped: Losers! Armenia Public TV withdraws from Eurovision 2012artmikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-24538272638260295172012-03-11T02:59:14.024+00:002012-03-11T02:59:14.024+00:00...and here are THE real issues. Pretty damning re......and here are THE real issues. Pretty damning report by The Guardian / Observer:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/11/azerbaijan-eurovision-song-contest-boycott" rel="nofollow">Human rights abuses spark demands to boycott Eurovision in Azerbaijan</a>artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-14364121026719201752012-03-09T00:04:12.373+00:002012-03-09T00:04:12.373+00:00Quoted by RFE/RL Azeri service too (AZ):
Ermənist...Quoted by RFE/RL Azeri service too (AZ):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.azadliq.org/content/article/24508181.html" rel="nofollow">Ermənistan «Eurovision»də iştirakdan imtina etdi (Reaksiyalar)</a><br /><br />[...] «Artmika» adlı bloqqer isə bu addımı biabırçılıq adlandırır və Ermənistan İctimai Televiziyasının ünvanına yazır ki, «bu hərəkətlə uduzmuş olmağı göstərməklə yanaşı, həm də böyük məbləğdə cərimələnəcəklər». [...]artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4331396433182434044.post-38440914280363883622012-03-07T19:10:01.224+00:002012-03-07T19:10:01.224+00:00Was quoted by AFP:
Armenia boycotts Eurovision in...Was quoted by AFP:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hCQgqvmejdbr3CEwr0Vnz3DOm8fg?docId=CNG.9a75af8545d20bda70a1e3c8e103739d.311" rel="nofollow">Armenia boycotts Eurovision in enemy Azerbaijan</a><br /><br />[...] The campaign was launched amid anger at the reported shooting of an Armenian soldier by an Azerbaijani sniper, but it ran into controversy after officials announced that he had actually been killed by a fellow serviceman.<br /><br />One prominent Armenian blogger described the campaign and the boycott as "a disgrace".<br /><br />"They could have announced it much earlier, with dignity, with a kind of reasoning that would have gained them respect. Instead, they resorted to stupid propaganda games and outright lies," wrote blogger Mika Artyan.<br /><br />Eurovision deleted comments on the issue from its official website shortly after the news was announced following a series of furious exchanges between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. [...]artmikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207317653711435445noreply@blogger.com