By the order of the President Ilham Aliyev Sona Veliyeva was appointed as a member of the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC) of Azerbaijan for a period of 6 years.
Veliyeva is the founder of the newspaper Kaspi and the wife of the head of the socio-political department of the Presidential Administration Ali Hasanov.
NTRC is the broadcasting regulator. All the nine members of NTRC are appointed by the President, three of them for a period of six years, three - for 4 years and three - for 2 years.
Such a model of NTRC has drawn criticism from local and international experts, as it causes the complete dependence of the regulatory body of the executive power. -06D -
Politics
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Today, the trial of the disabled 1st group, paralyzed activist Famil Khalilov ended in the Baku Court of Serious Crimes.
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On February 6, pro-government media reported 6 that Azerbaijan is demanding the closure of the “Rossotrudnichestvo” representation in the country, as this organization is not registered in Azerbaijan. Requests from Turan agency to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to confirm this information went unanswered.
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The international organization "Women Press Freedom" condemned the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi in Azerbaijan. A statement of the organization noted that this is the latest in a series of troubling state attacks on independent media in Azerbaijan. On the same day, another journalist, Shamshad Aga, was detained.
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Shamshad Aga, editor of the "Argument.az" website, has been found guilty in the Meydan TV case of smuggling (Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to two months and one day in detention. The decision was made on February 6 by the Khatai District Court of Baku, as reported by Turan, citing his lawyer, Shahla Humbatova.
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