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REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: AZERBAIJAN RANKED 162ND PLACE OUT OF 180 COUNTRIES IN INDEX OF MEDIA FREEDOM
17:39 12/02/2015 >> SOCIETY
In the world press freedom index Azerbaijan ranks the 162nd out of
180 countries, worsening its position by two points, reported the
international organization "Reporters Without Borders" in its report.
Azerbaijan has managed to eliminate almost all traces of pluralism,
forcing the few remaining independent newspapers to close one by one
by throttling their sources of income, prosecuting them on trumped-up
charges and hounding their employees, the report reads.
"The imprisonment of Khadija Ismayilova, one of the pioneers of
investigative journalism in Azerbaijan (162nd), showed that Ilham
Aliyev's autocratic regime has reached the point of no-return.
Arbitrary arrests, which drove dozens of journalists into exile
in 2014, turned the country into Europe's biggest prison for news
providers," the report reads.
"Reporters Without Borders" extreme violence is one of the methods used
against critical journalists and bloggers in Azerbaijan. Ilgar Nasibov,
one of the few independent journalists and human rights defenders
in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, was the target of a
brutal attack while working in his office on 21 August. In Azerbaijan,
the police increasingly use criminal thugs to do their dirty work and
sometimes coordinate operations with them. The report also notes that
last summer the Azerbaijani authorities have completely eliminated
the main NGOs supporting the media.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/02/12/rwb-azerbaijan/
From: A. Papazian
17:39 12/02/2015 >> SOCIETY
In the world press freedom index Azerbaijan ranks the 162nd out of
180 countries, worsening its position by two points, reported the
international organization "Reporters Without Borders" in its report.
Azerbaijan has managed to eliminate almost all traces of pluralism,
forcing the few remaining independent newspapers to close one by one
by throttling their sources of income, prosecuting them on trumped-up
charges and hounding their employees, the report reads.
"The imprisonment of Khadija Ismayilova, one of the pioneers of
investigative journalism in Azerbaijan (162nd), showed that Ilham
Aliyev's autocratic regime has reached the point of no-return.
Arbitrary arrests, which drove dozens of journalists into exile
in 2014, turned the country into Europe's biggest prison for news
providers," the report reads.
"Reporters Without Borders" extreme violence is one of the methods used
against critical journalists and bloggers in Azerbaijan. Ilgar Nasibov,
one of the few independent journalists and human rights defenders
in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, was the target of a
brutal attack while working in his office on 21 August. In Azerbaijan,
the police increasingly use criminal thugs to do their dirty work and
sometimes coordinate operations with them. The report also notes that
last summer the Azerbaijani authorities have completely eliminated
the main NGOs supporting the media.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/02/12/rwb-azerbaijan/
From: A. Papazian