Loreen's troubles are not over. Just when we have been wondering if she's lost her voice or not, and if certain delegations have it with here (read more here) she has angered the Azeris themselves. Ali Hasanov, a represent of president Ilham Aliyev's regime stated: "EBU must take action and stop this making politics" after Loreen met some opposite activist on Wednesday (wasn't she supposed to be not talking and save her voice?). The Swedish ambassador has been called to clarify the situation for the Azeri rulers.
All this while the demonstrations continue in Baku. The police told they have arrested 30-35 activists near the national TV station's studios asking for freedom of expression. Loreen has also spoken out about the other contestants just being too polite and pushing the human right issues and problems aside. She condemns the regime's actions and has asked the other artists to do the same. She has also spoken her mind about the Azeri organisation skills and all the technical problems and unfinished things in Crystal Hall. On Tuesday she spent the whole day in women's shelter talking to the women while the official program was to go sightseeing in Baku with the delegation. She commented: "I think these women were more important. Their stories touch me. My 13-year-old cousin was married to a man of 40. The same could have happened to me if my family stayed in Morocco" she concludes. Loreen was born and raised in Sweden but her parents come from Morocco.
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