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A new cause for the outbreak of anti-Armenian hysteria found in Azerbaijan. Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan has ordered Rauf Aliyev, the composer and music editor, to make a new arrangement for the anthem. As it turned out, Rauf is the father of Roi Mirzoyeva who in February of this year together with his family asked a political asylum in Armenia.

As the azpolitika.info reports, Sardar Farajov, the secretary of the Union of Composers of Azerbaijan, has confirmed the given information in an interview with the site “aznews.az” and has noted that though he has not heard the new arrangement of the anthem yet, but "it is impermissible to charge the work of creation of the national anthem to a person, whose family has disgraced his country." Farajov also lamented the fact that Aliyev’s wife is Armenian by nationality.

As the website notes, Rauf Aliyev has renounced his daughter. "I am in no relations with her. They are not my family and are not connected with me in any way. We has refused them. I do not want to talk about it at all," he said.

On 31st of January, 2014 the Press Centre of National Security Service of Armenia reported that on 29th of January a citizen of Azerbaijan, Baku resident Javit Orujev appealed the checkpoint of Bagratashen (Armenia-Georgia border) and asked for political asylum for himself, his wife and three young children. He explained his decision by the fact that the Azerbaijani authorities carried out persecutions against him because his wife Roya Mirzoeva, resident of Baku is of Armenian descent.

Unable to withstand inhuman oppressions, the pressure of Azerbaijani special services and realizing how dangerous the situation is for himself and his family Orujev made an unsuccessful attempt to settle in one of the European countries, but after he was deported back to Baku the pressure by Azerbaijani special services increased even more.

Caught in such a desperate situation and feeling the real danger that threatened his family Javit Orujev appealed to the authorities of Armenia with a request for political asylum.