Açiq mənbələrdən foto.
Norwegian Helsinki Committee condemns Azerbaijani law "On Media"
Baku/10.02.22/Turan: Being a journalist or social media activist in Azerbaijan will become even more difficult after the president approved a new media law, the statement of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.
The new law will impose many new sweeping restrictions on the country's already tightly controlled media.
The law has been the subject of widespread local and international criticism and protests from the country's journalists, who have called on President Aliyev to reject the document, which further violates human rights and restricts independent journalism.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights called on President Aliyev to return the law to Parliament for revision and bring it into line with international standards for freedom of speech and the media.
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee notes that independent and critical media in Azerbaijan are often subject to censorship and forced closure, systematic harassment and arrests of journalists and social media users.
Many provisions of the law allow the government to severely restrict coverage and will be used to prevent criticism of the government.
Only those who have no criminal record will be included in the Unified Register of Journalists. Given the constant arrests of journalists on false charges for many years, this condition disqualifies many journalists from working and legalizes censorship. In addition, the authorities will no longer need court approval to shut down a media outlet.
"Azerbaijan's international partners must declare how devastating these new restrictions will be in a country where autocracy is built by suppressing the media and critical voices," the statement concluded.—16B-
Politics
-
Ruben Vardanyan, arrested for calling against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, former "state minister" of Nagorno-Karabakh, stopped his hunger strike in the pre-trial detention centre of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan.
-
As part of the demarcation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, based on geodetic measurements, 20 border pillars have already been installed.
-
A new mass grave has been discovered in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, in the village of Malybeyli in the Khojaly region. The remains of at least six people were found on April 24 during construction and restoration work, the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of Azerbaijan said in a joint statement.
-
Activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) Elnur Hasanov has been on a dry hunger strike in Baku pre-trial detention center-1 since April 18. His family is concerned for his health.
Leave a review