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Azerbaijan limits freedom of speech and hires PR-agencies to conceal it
news.am
August 28, 2012 | 17:54
BAKU. - The Azerbaijani authorities take measures for improving the
state's image abroad. They hire PR-agencies abroad and at the same
time limit freedom of speech inside the country. The Azerbaijani
authorities as before are very cruel towards critical journalists,
Reporters Without Borders non-profit organization reports. By false
accusations, journalists are arrested, at the same time the government
wastes huge amount of money on establishing an image of modern and
open country, the organization stated in Berlin on Monday, Deutsche
Welle reports. The new legislature having changed in June considerably
limited freedom of media in Azerbaijan, the document reads. At the
same time, the Reporters Without Borders called on the western
political scientists to insist that Azerbaijani authorities respect
human rights within international agreements and make it a condition
for political cooperation with Baku.
news.am
August 28, 2012 | 17:54
BAKU. - The Azerbaijani authorities take measures for improving the
state's image abroad. They hire PR-agencies abroad and at the same
time limit freedom of speech inside the country. The Azerbaijani
authorities as before are very cruel towards critical journalists,
Reporters Without Borders non-profit organization reports. By false
accusations, journalists are arrested, at the same time the government
wastes huge amount of money on establishing an image of modern and
open country, the organization stated in Berlin on Monday, Deutsche
Welle reports. The new legislature having changed in June considerably
limited freedom of media in Azerbaijan, the document reads. At the
same time, the Reporters Without Borders called on the western
political scientists to insist that Azerbaijani authorities respect
human rights within international agreements and make it a condition
for political cooperation with Baku.