Letter to FIDE leadership regarding hate speech by Azerbaijani chess-player
His Excellency Kirsan ILYUMZHINOV,
FIDE President
Mr. Berik BALGABAEV
Assistant to the FIDE President
Mr. Roberto RIVELLO
FIDE Ethics Commission, Chairman
All the Members of FIDE Secretariat and Ethics Commission
Your Excellency,
Mr. Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On November 9th Azerbaijani state information agency APA published an interview with the leader of the Azerbaijani chess-team Mr. Teimur Radjabov, in which he made the following statement regarding the Armenian team: “Regardless of where we meet, enemy remains an enemy. We all hated them.”
In a later communication with the ChessBase.com web site Mr. Radjabov did not deny the fact of such statement, did not apologize for it, instead came up with rather hypocritical statement: “I would like to state that the Azerbaijani people, including me as its representative, are tolerant and will never stoop to pathological nationalism.” A very perverted understanding of tolerance, is not it?
The initial statement by Mr. Radjabov not only constitutes hate speech in its pure form, it also makes impossible his participation in any event held by any organization that values its moral integrity and reputation.
This is why I urge the Leadership of FIDE to unequivocally condemn Mr. Radjabov and take all the relevant disciplinary measures to prevent him from participating in any future FIDE events.
Furthermore, because Mr. Radjabov spoke in the interview on behalf of his teammates, a clear explanation condemning such an expression of hate and xenophobia is required from them too.
Very truly yours,
Karen Vrtanesyan
Editor, www.Genocide.ru
Yerevan, Armenia
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FIDE President
Mr. Berik BALGABAEV
Assistant to the FIDE President
Mr. Roberto RIVELLO
FIDE Ethics Commission, Chairman
All the Members of FIDE Secretariat and Ethics Commission
Your Excellency,
Mr. Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On November 9th Azerbaijani state information agency APA published an interview with the leader of the Azerbaijani chess-team Mr. Teimur Radjabov, in which he made the following statement regarding the Armenian team: “Regardless of where we meet, enemy remains an enemy. We all hated them.”
In a later communication with the ChessBase.com web site Mr. Radjabov did not deny the fact of such statement, did not apologize for it, instead came up with rather hypocritical statement: “I would like to state that the Azerbaijani people, including me as its representative, are tolerant and will never stoop to pathological nationalism.” A very perverted understanding of tolerance, is not it?
The initial statement by Mr. Radjabov not only constitutes hate speech in its pure form, it also makes impossible his participation in any event held by any organization that values its moral integrity and reputation.
This is why I urge the Leadership of FIDE to unequivocally condemn Mr. Radjabov and take all the relevant disciplinary measures to prevent him from participating in any future FIDE events.
Furthermore, because Mr. Radjabov spoke in the interview on behalf of his teammates, a clear explanation condemning such an expression of hate and xenophobia is required from them too.
Very truly yours,
Karen Vrtanesyan
Editor, www.Genocide.ru
Yerevan, Armenia
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