German Public TV screens a film criticizing the current reality in
Azerbaijan
ArmRadio.am
16.12.2006 13:25
MDR ` the Public Television of Germany ` screened a documentary titled
`The History of Baku,' where the current reality of Azerbaijan is
severely criticized. According to the Azeri Day.Az., the film
particularly criticizes corruption, poverty, and the terrible
situation in oil wells. Te film pictures Azerbaijan as a backward
state full of corruption. It is said that the journalists who shot the
film were arrested by the Police at the moment they were interviewing
the local residents protesting against the construction of an oil
pipeline. They were asserting that the documents on their agreement to
the construction were forged by local officials. The film met great
reaction in Germany, which seriously damaged Azerbaijan's reputation.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Azerbaijan
ArmRadio.am
16.12.2006 13:25
MDR ` the Public Television of Germany ` screened a documentary titled
`The History of Baku,' where the current reality of Azerbaijan is
severely criticized. According to the Azeri Day.Az., the film
particularly criticizes corruption, poverty, and the terrible
situation in oil wells. Te film pictures Azerbaijan as a backward
state full of corruption. It is said that the journalists who shot the
film were arrested by the Police at the moment they were interviewing
the local residents protesting against the construction of an oil
pipeline. They were asserting that the documents on their agreement to
the construction were forged by local officials. The film met great
reaction in Germany, which seriously damaged Azerbaijan's reputation.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress