Friday, March 21, 2008

REPORT: Media Rights Institute releases reports on 2007 media issues in Azerbaijan

The Media Rights Institute in Azerbaijan has released reports on access to information, defamation and freedom of expression in the country during 2007. The reports emphasize the importance of freedom of information for democracy, the elimination of poverty, the sustainability of social justice and the fair distribution of gross earnings.
Journalists from the Caucasus Region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia) are encouraged to submit their best print, radio, and television stories on conservation issues to the International Center for Journalists’ Biodiversity Reporting Awards. Works must be published or broadcast between July 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. The deadline to enter is June 6.

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