Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: House of Commons: Library |
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Series Title | Standard Notes |
Series Details | SNIA/6326 (11.5.12) |
Publication Date | May 2012 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
After winning the 2011 competition in Düsseldorf, Germany, Azerbaijan will be hosting the Eurovision Song Contest on 22-26 May 2012 in the capital, Baku, despite calls for a boycott by human rights protesters. Azerbaijan is in dispute with Armenia (which has announced that it will boycott the contest) over the occupation by Armenia of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in Azerbaijan, whose population is majority ethnic-Armenian. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06326 |
Countries / Regions | Azerbaijan |