[Journalist] Idrak Abbasov…had severe concussion, two broken ribs, and he was unsure if he would recover his eyesight. He had been filming some people who were protesting against their homes being destroyed by the state oil company Socar…Guards from the company had beaten him up, he said. They punched him, set about him with sticks and then kicked him on the ground…"We hoped that there wouldn't be such attacks before Eurovision. "It has always been dangerous to be a journalist in Azerbaijan. Now the situation is deteriorating every day…The oil company is aware of the allegations made against its security guards and is conducting an internal investigation…The Azerbaijani capital Baku is hosting this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The government is hoping to put on a fantastic show, but to its dismay human rights activists are using the country's brief moment in the headlines to highlight problems that they say are getting worse.