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    AZERBAIJAN IS THE LAST BY PRESS FREEDOM INDEX IN REGION

    18:35 03/09/2013 " ECONOMY

    In the framework of the project "Monitoring of speech freedom in
    Eastern Region of the European Neighborhood Policy", Azerbaijan has
    taken the last place by press freedom index in the region. This was
    publicized by journalistic organization "Yeni Nasil."

    According to the Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", the index is based
    on expert surveys, in which were included by human rights activists,
    sociologists, public figures and journalists who have five years of
    experience in their fields and are not represented in state agencies
    and political organizations. The survey was conducted in June 22-25.

    The article notes that the situation on the block of "Politics" was
    determined based on eight criteria. In the block "Practice" the rating
    is given on 37 criteria, including murders, beatings, abductions,
    detentions, harassment and blackmailing of the media members, etc.

    Situation in broadcasting block was evaluated according to 5 criteria:
    independence of public and private broadcasters, the role of the
    regulatory body, pluralism in the air, the concept of the transition
    to digital broadcasting.

    Assessment in the field of Internet and the new media is also given by
    5 criteria: rules restricting the freedom of the Internet, the presence
    of regulatory bodies, the persecution of bloggers and active users
    of social networks, monopolies in the field of Internet services,
    limitation of the access to information sources on the Internet,
    terms of Internet usage.

    The final index was compiled by adding up the points in the blocks.

    Index 1 was the lowest one and included scores from 0 to 250, index
    7 was the highest one (from 1360 to 1650).

    As a result, Georgia has got 1,222 points, Moldova has got 1111,
    Armenia - 912, Ukraine - 797, Azerbaijan - 523 and Belorussia -
    414 points.

    Source: Panorama.am

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