Jennifer Lopez has been criticised by a US human rights organisation for accepting lucrative fees to perform for “some of the world’s worst thugs”.
The singer-turned-actress is reported to have pocketed fees of more than $10m (£6.6m) for “serenading crooks and dictators”, according to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
The claims will be hugely embarrassing after Ms Lopez was condemned for performing at the birthday of Turkmenistan dictator Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov last month. Human Rights Watch describes Turkenistan as “one of the world’s most repressive countries”, where “the authorities continue to use imprisonment as a tool for political retaliation”.
Following the criticism of her visit to Turkmenistan Ms Lopez’s publicist Mark Young released a statement saying that “had there been knowledge of human rights issues of any kind, Jennifer would not have attended”. Yet HRF said it had uncovered more performances given by Ms Lopez for questionable characters. Thor Halvorssen, the organisation’s president, said she had “misled her fans and the public” and “repeatedly mingled with and entertained some of the world’s worst thugs and their cronies”. Full story...
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The singer-turned-actress is reported to have pocketed fees of more than $10m (£6.6m) for “serenading crooks and dictators”, according to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
The claims will be hugely embarrassing after Ms Lopez was condemned for performing at the birthday of Turkmenistan dictator Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov last month. Human Rights Watch describes Turkenistan as “one of the world’s most repressive countries”, where “the authorities continue to use imprisonment as a tool for political retaliation”.
Following the criticism of her visit to Turkmenistan Ms Lopez’s publicist Mark Young released a statement saying that “had there been knowledge of human rights issues of any kind, Jennifer would not have attended”. Yet HRF said it had uncovered more performances given by Ms Lopez for questionable characters. Thor Halvorssen, the organisation’s president, said she had “misled her fans and the public” and “repeatedly mingled with and entertained some of the world’s worst thugs and their cronies”. Full story...
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