Making way for Eurovision

Despite儘管 freezing temperatures and recent heavy snow, Azerbaijan's authorities have taken the roof off the apartment block and cut off water and phone lines, forcing residents of the building's upper floors樓上 to leave, whether they like it or not.

Pensioner Natalya Allibiakova is one of the few home owners still left. She says the compensation補償 offered by the government is not enough to buy a similar property財產 elsewhere別處.

She told the BBC that Eurovision will now for her always be a painful reminder of how she lost her home.

Azerbaijan's authorities argue that the compensation is adequate充足 and Eurovision's organisers say the evictions搬遷 are nothing to do with the contest比賽.

But human rights organisation Human Rights Watch says the evictions risk overshadowing陰雲密佈 the song contest.

Azerbaijan sees Eurovision as a chance to attract international attention, but that spotlight聚光燈 is proving less welcome, as it's also revealing揭示 alleged據稱 human rights abuses.

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