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AS EUROVISION APPROACHES, CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING SEX IN BAKU HOTELS RISE
tert.am
18.05.12
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sought responses from seven
companies that operate leading hotels in Baku, about reports that
hidden cameras have repeatedly been placed in hotel rooms in the
country to record people having sex in order to blackmail them.
Victims have included journalists and critics of the government. Last
year, for example, two opposition journalists were secretly filmed
in a hotel room having sex; this was later broadcast on a television
channel owned by a cousin of President Aliyev, Csrwire.com reported.
One victim said that visitors to Azerbaijan for the Eurovision
Song Contest (finals 26 May 2012) should be aware that cameras are
sometimes planted in hotel rooms. The Azerbaijani organization Free
Youth (Azad GE~Ynclik TE~YÅ~_kilatı) issued a statement in March
2012 warning tourists visiting the country not to have sex under
any circumstances, stating that hidden cameras are installed on the
premises of all hotels.
Christopher Avery, Director of Business & Human Rights Resource
Centre, said "We hope that all hotels in Azerbaijan will resist any
attempt to plant cameras in their rooms - a violation of the right to
privacy, and in some cases also an attempt to deter critics of the
government from exercising their right to freedom of expression. If
there are further reports of hidden cameras, we will draw this to
global attention, alerting journalists, investors, tourist agencies,
and the United Nations Working Group on business & human rights."
tert.am
18.05.12
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sought responses from seven
companies that operate leading hotels in Baku, about reports that
hidden cameras have repeatedly been placed in hotel rooms in the
country to record people having sex in order to blackmail them.
Victims have included journalists and critics of the government. Last
year, for example, two opposition journalists were secretly filmed
in a hotel room having sex; this was later broadcast on a television
channel owned by a cousin of President Aliyev, Csrwire.com reported.
One victim said that visitors to Azerbaijan for the Eurovision
Song Contest (finals 26 May 2012) should be aware that cameras are
sometimes planted in hotel rooms. The Azerbaijani organization Free
Youth (Azad GE~Ynclik TE~YÅ~_kilatı) issued a statement in March
2012 warning tourists visiting the country not to have sex under
any circumstances, stating that hidden cameras are installed on the
premises of all hotels.
Christopher Avery, Director of Business & Human Rights Resource
Centre, said "We hope that all hotels in Azerbaijan will resist any
attempt to plant cameras in their rooms - a violation of the right to
privacy, and in some cases also an attempt to deter critics of the
government from exercising their right to freedom of expression. If
there are further reports of hidden cameras, we will draw this to
global attention, alerting journalists, investors, tourist agencies,
and the United Nations Working Group on business & human rights."