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    Scandal on anti-Semitism that is financed by Azerbaijani authorities
    in Europe is gaining momentum

    17:27 20/12/2014 >> SOCIETY



    In recent months, the international media reported that the
    Azerbaijani officials in France have been involved in financing of
    anti-Semitism, and have created a European information and Human
    Rights Centre (EIHRC) especially for this purpose. A scandal broke out
    on this occasion. "The European Center for Journalists" (ECFJ) in its
    turn held a journalistic investigation on this topic, published on the
    official website titled "Is Azerbaijan preparing another Holocaust in
    Europe?"

    As noted in the article, the head of the social and political issues
    of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov was
    supervising the activities of EIHRC from Baku. Initially this
    organization in Strasbourg was led by Harry Murey, a German lawyer,
    specialist in international law, who revealed interesting facts in an
    interview with ECFJ.

    According to him, Eynulla Fatullayev, a member of the Union of
    Journalists of Azerbaijan, suggested them to organize a European
    informative-Human Rights Center, reporting that Azay Guliyev, the head
    of the Council of State Support to NGOs under the administration of
    Azerbaijani President had allocate a grant in the amount of
    approximately EUR 100 000 to the center.
    Fatullayev also stated that president Ilham Aliyev is informed, and
    Hasanov will add money from other resources, including different
    articles from Azerbaijani budget. He also noted that one part of the
    money will be transferred by the system of Western Union, through
    close ties of Aliyev clan in AtaBank, and he will bring the rest in
    cash himself to avoid taxes.

    "My colleagues and I refused to take part in the organization of
    anti-Semitic demonstrations and write anti-Israeli reports, and the
    Azerbaijani side in avenge decided not to pay our salaries, provided
    by the contract," Murey said, adding that the Azerbaijani side is
    putting pressure on the French authorities, in order to hinder the
    judicial and law enforcement authorities for carrying out any
    investigations in EIHRC, however they have already sent the extensive
    materials on the activities of the presidential clan of Azerbaijan to
    Europol and the security services of some countries.

    Murey believes that Fatullaev is playing a double game: he stores
    documents and materials, compromising not only the top leaders of
    Azerbaijan but also the Aliyev clan. "Apart of the financial and
    accounting documents explaining the origin of the fabulous wealth of
    the Azerbaijani elite, there are also papers in the data bank which
    present the foreign activities of Azerbaijani MNS. If these documents
    appear in the wrong, non-friendly to official Baku hands, it can lead
    to very real "political earthquake" in Azerbaijan and to a collapse of
    government," claims the German lawyer.

    As stated in the article of the US Congress, Steve Stockman has
    recently condemned Armenia for anti-Semitism and xenophobia, but the
    lawyer is confident that S. Stockman cannot be called an experienced
    politician in the truest sense of the word. "Nothing to say about his
    reputation. Such statements have purely populist nature and do not
    reflect the disposition of the Republican Party," said Murey.

    He also notes that the attempts of the official Baku to incite the
    American establishment on Armenia will hardly be able to save
    Azerbaijan from non-incredible political and economic sanctions.
    Although Republicans traditionally hold pro-Azerbaijani disposition,
    the recent events in Baku - namely anti-American campaign against the
    former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Morningstar - a wholesale closure
    of the offices in Azerbaijan, international, including American
    organizations, as well as demonstrative arrests of a number of
    prominent human rights defenders and journalist of "Radio Liberty" -
    leaves no doubt that in the discussion on political and economic
    sanctions against Azerbaijan do not rise specific differences between
    Democrats and Republicans.

    The author of the article adds that the Azerbaijani officials have
    already intervened into the case, in particular, the Permanent Mission
    of the country to the UN. Trying to save the reputation of the
    Azerbaijani authorities on international scandal on November 21, Farid
    Jebrailov, the first secretary of representation published his article
    in the publication of "Reporter", where, instead of giving specific
    answers to questions of the American and European press about the
    financing of anti-Semitism in Europe, Jebrailov only reported that
    "Azerbaijan respects Israel and there are three synagogues in Baku."

    http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/12/20/azerbaijan-politics/

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