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    Azerbaijan continues the investigation for Eurovision votes

    armradio.am
    29.08.2009 16:43

    The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has received responses from
    Azerbaijan regarding allegations that telephone voters in Azerbaijan
    who voted for the Armenian song in this year's Eurovision Song Contest
    were interrogated by security police.

    Ictimai, the EBU's Azeri Member which broadcast this year's Song
    Contest from Moscow in May, has confirmed its commitment to free and
    fair voting. While two individuals had been invited to the Ministry of
    National Security, Ictimai said, the Ministry of National Security had
    given assurances that nobody had been questioned, either officially or
    unofficially, on voting in the competition itself.

    The EBU's Director General, Jean Réveillon, said he took note of the
    statements. However, he stressed that the freedom to vote for any song
    except the one of the country where you are watching is one of the
    cornerstones of the contest. `Any breach of privacy regarding voting,
    or interrogation of individuals, is totally unacceptable,' he added.

    The EBU committee responsible for running the Song Contest will examine
    the matter at a meeting in Oslo on 11 September 2009.

    Earlier in the Azeri press released information that the Ministry of
    National Security of Azerbaijan called for questioning 43 people who
    voted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 for the Armenian singers20Inga
    and Anush Arshakyan. Azerbaijani officials have denied this fact.
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