Açiq mənbələrdən foto.
Baku/04.11.22/Turan: Since October 14, 2022, the Media Development Agency (MDA) has been accepting applications for state registration of Azerbaijani media. However, the MDA refuses this to some media outlets, said lawyer Khalid Agaliyev.
The reason for the MDA refusal is Article 74.1.2 of the "Law on Media" concerning the duration of media functioning.
This Article, along with others, was rejected by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe which stated that such requirements cannot be made in respect of Council of Europe member-countries, Agaliyev said.
Article 74.1.2 requires media outlets to have a certain duration of operation (fəaliyyət davamlılığı). However, no criteria for determining this duration is specified. "Such a requirement restricts freedom of expression and is nothing but censorship," Agaliyev said.
"Among the media that were denied registration, there are those that started working at a time when the leaders of the Media Development Agency went to school, and these journalists were already known and the courts ruled against them. Therefore, the state then recognized these media and journalists, the Agency refuses register,” Agaliev said.
To his thinking, soon we should expect lawsuits on the claims of rejected media.
On the Agency's website, in the "statistics" section, no names of registered and rejected media outlets are reported.
Turan turned to the Agency with a request to report the number of rejected media outlets and the reasons for the refusal of registration. -0-
Social
-
In Azerbaijan, a country known for its cultural diversity and religious tolerance, Orthodox Christians marked one of their most significant and joyous celebrations—Easter. On the night of May 4th to May 5th, festivities unfolded in Orthodox churches across Baku and other regions, filled with the rich traditions and ceremonies of the holiday.
-
On May 4th, officers from the Sumgayit city police implemented a court order by attaching an electronic monitoring bracelet to Azerbaijani politician and academic Gubad Ibadoglu at his house. This device restricts Ibadoglu's movements to a specified area, marking a continuation of his legal troubles.
-
In June, the beach season will open, the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology will announce the pollution of seawater in some beaches, and cleanliness in others. Every year, the bacteriological indicators of seawater on the beaches of Absheron remain the same: the northern coast of the peninsula is relatively clean, and beaches near Baku, Sumgayit, Yalama, and Khachmaz can reward bathers with serious illnesses.
-
In the picturesque Sabail district of Baku, overlooking the Caspian Sea, lawyer Aslan Ismailov, together with a group of dedicated eco-activists, celebrated an important milestone today: the seventh anniversary of the park, created on a once abandoned hillside prone to landslides.
Leave a review