''Zdroj'' (''Source'') is a 2005 Czech documentary directed by Martin Mareček and written by Martin Mareček and Martin Skalský. The film explores the

civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life o ...

abuses by the Ilham Aliyev regime of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

during the construction of the

Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline The Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and Ceyhan, a port on the south-easter ...

, such as

eminent domain Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia, Singapore), compulsory purchase/acquisition (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Austr ...

violations in appropriating land for the pipeline's route, and criticism of the government leading to arrest. Zdroj won the Audience Award for the best film, the Special Jury Award and twenty international awards at the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World.

External links

Official website
of Zdroj * *

References

2005 films 2000s Czech-language films Azerbaijani-language films Czech documentary films Documentary films about human rights 2005 documentary films 2005 multilingual films Czech multilingual films 2000s Czech films {{2000s-CzechRepublic-film-stub