Human rights activists criticized Jennifer Lopez

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An avalanche of criticism from human rights activists descended on Jennifer Lopez after she spoke at the birthday party of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and even sang Happy Birthday mr. President! Thus, the founder and president of the Human Rights Foundation Thor Halvorssen noticed that this particular concert cancels all previous achievements singer:

course, Lopez has the right to earn a living by performing for dictators - it's her choice and her circle of friends . But her actions to the ground destroyed so thoroughly arrayed image that she created while participating in a program of Amnesty International in Mexico, aimed at preventing violence against women.

Reported that performance was organized by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC ), which cooperate with Turkmenistan. Lopez sang three songs, and after the scene has congratulated the President on his birthday. Her spokesman, commenting on the situation, said that the event was not of a political nature:

Jennifer Lopez and several other artists were at a private corporate event, organized by CNPC for their leaders in Turkmenistan.
This event not sponsored by the government and was not political. Its managers have studied the event - be it even a hint that it has something to do with the issue of human rights, Jennifer would not appear there.

Singer's representative also noted that the President of the scene was not spelled out in the contract - CNPC Lopez asked about it just before going on stage, and she "graciously agreed".

Turkmen authorities have repeatedly been criticized by international human rights organizations for human rights violations. For example, in the report for the year 2012 from the Human Rights Watch Turkmenistan has been called "one of the most repressive countries in the world." CIA's World Factbook notes that local government calls itself democratic, but in fact is an authoritarian.

Western media hype compares performances Lopez with the case of actress Hilary Swank, which occurred in 2011, the year: then she appeared at a private event Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, which earned a good fee. But, as later admitted its agents, it all went to charity, in order to calm public outrage.