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PEOPLE IN NEED: BLACK PR TACTICS AGAINST CRITICS IN AZERBAIJAN
11:16 * 03.12.14
In recent days, some Azerbaijani media outlets have launched a black
PR campaign against People in Need (PIN), labelling the organization
as pro-Armenian, Contact.az reports.
The concerted media effort started after PIN presented an exhibition
on political prisoners in Azerbaijan during Eastern Partnership Civil
Society Forum in Batumi in late November.
"The accusations of being pro-Armenian are a common, old method used
by Azerbaijani propaganda to brush off any criticism and to divert
attention from the country's disastrous human rights record.
This is yet another example of what other international organizations
working on Azerbaijan have faced," says PIN director ©imon Panek.
Independent and respected international organizations such as Human
Rights Watch and Amnesty International have regularly been accused
of prejudice, bias and "pro-Armenian position".
PIN has been supporting Azerbaijan's civil society since 2013. The
Azerbaijani government launched an unprecedented crackdown on country's
civil society by introducing harsh NGO legislation and jailing human
rights defenders over the past year. "Such an intense and focused
crackdown has no compare in other Eastern Partnership countries
recently. Not even in Belarus," adds Simon Panek.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/03/pin/
11:16 * 03.12.14
In recent days, some Azerbaijani media outlets have launched a black
PR campaign against People in Need (PIN), labelling the organization
as pro-Armenian, Contact.az reports.
The concerted media effort started after PIN presented an exhibition
on political prisoners in Azerbaijan during Eastern Partnership Civil
Society Forum in Batumi in late November.
"The accusations of being pro-Armenian are a common, old method used
by Azerbaijani propaganda to brush off any criticism and to divert
attention from the country's disastrous human rights record.
This is yet another example of what other international organizations
working on Azerbaijan have faced," says PIN director ©imon Panek.
Independent and respected international organizations such as Human
Rights Watch and Amnesty International have regularly been accused
of prejudice, bias and "pro-Armenian position".
PIN has been supporting Azerbaijan's civil society since 2013. The
Azerbaijani government launched an unprecedented crackdown on country's
civil society by introducing harsh NGO legislation and jailing human
rights defenders over the past year. "Such an intense and focused
crackdown has no compare in other Eastern Partnership countries
recently. Not even in Belarus," adds Simon Panek.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/03/pin/