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Recommendations adopted in conference of Council of Europe and Press Council on defamation and freedom of speech made public

Recommendations were adopted at the end of the conference organized by the Council of Europe and Azerbaijani Press Council on the theme “Defamation and freedom of speech in Azerbaijan”, Council ...

Press Council receives roughly 70 percent of complaints from state and government employees

“Roughly 70 percent of complaints to the Press Council of Azerbaijan came from the state and government employees. The Council’s Appeal Commission receives appeals mainly from health and education employees,” ...

PACE appoints new co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Monitoring Committee appointed a new co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan, PACE Vice President and Azerbaijani PACE delegation head Samad Seyidov told Trend News ...

Azerbaijan to amend law on political parties: vice speaker

The Azerbaijani parliament plans to make amendments and additions to the law “On Political Parties.” “Additions and amendments to the law will be considered in the near future,” Azerbaijani Parliamentary ...

Azerbaijani Penitentiary Service was selected to the best institution in terms of corporation with press

According to the survey conducted by the Council of Press in terms of corporation with press, the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan was selected the best ...

The international conference dedicated to the 20 th aniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted a Decleration of Baku in the National Assembly

As a result of the conference dedicated to the announcenent of 2009 as “children`s year” by the order of Azerbaijani president and the 20 th aniversary of the UN Convention ...

Azerbaijan distributes another Nagorno-Karabakh related document in UN

Azerbaijan has distributed another document in the United Nations relating to Armenia`s military aggression against it. The report, “Military aggression of the Republic of Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan: ...

Turkish journalist visiting Nagorno-Karabakh was named in list of “undesirable persons “: FM

Journalist of the Turkish Akhsham newspaper Nagehan Alchi, who visited Nagorno-Karabakh without the consent of Azerbaijan, was included in the list of “undesirable persons” in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesman ...

The deputy miniter: “A new approved school will be built for under-age prisoners in Azerbaijan”

“At present, there are 49 under age prisoners sentenced to imprisonment in Azerbaijan. The under age prisoners compose 2 percent of the total prisoners in Azerbaijan.” According to the information ...

The Council of Europe in cooperation with the Azerbaijan Council of Press holds a conference on the topic of “Freedom of expression and defamation in Azerbaijan”

The Council of Europe jointly with the Azerbaijan Council of Press holds a conference on the topic of “Freedom of expression and defamation in Azerbaijan”. Accoding to the information by ...