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UK: Azerbaijani Gay Artist's Deportation Update

Saturday, September 20th, 2008 @ 12:23 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Azerbaijan, United Kingdom
Topics:: LGBT, Protest, Travel, International Relations
Languages:: English

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Unzipped: Gay Armenia reports that following pressure on Azerbaijani Airlines, the details of Azerbaijani artist Babi Badalov's deportation from the UK have been changed. The blog calls on concerned individuals and organizations to lobby British Midlands Airways (BMI) who will fly Badalov to Baku in just a few hours.

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artmika

Sadly, Babi has just been deported from the UK to Azerbaijan via BMI flight. For details:

http://gayarmenia.blogspot.com/2008/09/gay-azeri-artist-babi-badalov-has-been.html

# 2008-09-20 at 16:07 pm

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