{"id":168427,"date":"2015-06-14T18:48:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T18:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/bono-demands-freedom-to-political-prisoners-in-azerbaijan\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:23:06","slug":"bono-demands-freedom-to-political-prisoners-in-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/bono-demands-freedom-to-political-prisoners-in-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bono Demands Freedom to Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/26859\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26859\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/26853\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26853\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  U2 frontman Bono made an impassioned appeal on behalf of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, after receiving a request from the Sport for Rights campaign. Speaking on stage from his concerts in Montreal both on 12 and 13 June, Bono mentioned &#8220;six friends of ours who tonight are locked behind bars for the crime of expressing their opinion\u201d. He named Emin Huseynov, Khadija Ismayilova, Anar Mammadli, Leyla Yunus, Rasul Jafarov, and Intigam Aliyev, whose photos were displayed in the arena. Bono\u2019s strong appeal was a sharp contrast from Lady Gaga\u2019s surprise performance at the opening ceremony of the European Games the previous night. Sport for Rights Coordinator Rebecca Vincent commented \u201cWe are thrilled that Bono spoke out on behalf of our jailed colleagues in Azerbaijan, including Sport for Rights founder Rasul Jafarov. \u2026The world knows what is really taking place in the country, and will not keep silent\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/26856\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26856\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2 frontman Bono made an impassioned appeal on behalf of political prisoners in Azerbaijan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":26859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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