Comments on: Eurovision mired in deeper controversy by further clampdowns on dissent in Baku

By: Azerbaijan’s ruler fails to buy internet friends | UNCUT

Azerbaijan’s ruler fails to buy internet friends | UNCUT — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:23:32 +0000

[...] activities. In May 2012, Azerbaijan spent untold amounts of its oil profits on throwing a lavish Eurovision Song Contest only for party-pooping journalists and activists to kill the mood by publishing images [...]

By: The truth about Azerbaijan | Index on Censorship

The truth about Azerbaijan | Index on Censorship — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:23:59 +0000

[...] of the internet, will be held in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku from 6-9 November. Six months after Eurovision, it will give the country’s government another opportunity to present the mineral-rich state as a [...]

By: Azerbaijan tells Baron Cohen there’s only one dictator in town | UNCUT

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:22:32 +0000

[...] seems to share some of Admiral Aladeen’s hunger for crushing democracy. Security forces have cracked down on protests in the lead up to tomorrow night’s Eurovision song contest, which is taking place [...]

By: Brian Hopper

Brian Hopper — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:15:13 +0000

I wonder what the ''English'' media would have reported in AD250 after the Roman occupation?