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Boycott BP's Baku games
Rowell, Andy http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5776-boycott-bp-s-baku-games
Publisher: Spinwatch
Date Written: 11/06/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Baku, the oil capital of Azerbaijan, is set to host the 2015 European games. However, it's not just fun and games in this city. Azerbaijan is a country famous for oppressing freedom of speech, abusing journalists and keeping political prisoners. Furthermore, the main sponsor for the European games is oil tycoon BP. The 2015 games are a slew of political and environmental controversies.
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