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Aliyev Named `Predator' of Information Freedom
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Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Azeri president Ilham Aliyev
NEW YORK - On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders has
released an updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information - -
presidents, politicians, religious leaders, militias and criminal
organizations that censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and kill
journalists and other news providers. Powerful, dangerous and violent,
these predators consider themselves above the law.
`These predators of freedom of information are responsible for the
worst abuses against the news media and journalists,' Reporters
Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. `They are
becoming more and more effective. In 2012, the level of violence
against news providers was unprecedented and a record number of
journalists were killed.
`World Press Freedom Day, which was established on the initiative of
Reporters Without Borders, must be used to pay tribute to all
journalists, professional and amateur, who have paid for their
commitment with their lives, their physical integrity or their
freedom, and to denounce the impunity enjoyed by these predators,' he
said.
The report named Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev among 39 `global
predators' on freedom of information. Aliyev is not the only
Azerbaijani official on the list. Vasif Talibov, speaker of parliament
in the autonomous Nakhichevan region, which is cut off from the rest
of the country by Armenian territory, was also termed a `predator.'
http://asbarez.com/109799/aliyev-named-%E2%80%98predator%E2%80%99-of-information-freedom/
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Azeri president Ilham Aliyev
NEW YORK - On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders has
released an updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information - -
presidents, politicians, religious leaders, militias and criminal
organizations that censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and kill
journalists and other news providers. Powerful, dangerous and violent,
these predators consider themselves above the law.
`These predators of freedom of information are responsible for the
worst abuses against the news media and journalists,' Reporters
Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. `They are
becoming more and more effective. In 2012, the level of violence
against news providers was unprecedented and a record number of
journalists were killed.
`World Press Freedom Day, which was established on the initiative of
Reporters Without Borders, must be used to pay tribute to all
journalists, professional and amateur, who have paid for their
commitment with their lives, their physical integrity or their
freedom, and to denounce the impunity enjoyed by these predators,' he
said.
The report named Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev among 39 `global
predators' on freedom of information. Aliyev is not the only
Azerbaijani official on the list. Vasif Talibov, speaker of parliament
in the autonomous Nakhichevan region, which is cut off from the rest
of the country by Armenian territory, was also termed a `predator.'