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4th South Caucasus Conference on media self-regulation starts in Tbilisi

11 October 2007 12:11 (UTC +04:00)

APAâ€™s correspondent attending the conference reports that media representatives from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, France, Russia and Bulgaria and experts participate in the conference. OSCE representative on freedom of the media spoke about the importance of adopting ethics guidelines of the media and advised to benefit from practice of the world countries. Managing Director of Bulgarian Media Development Centre spoke about the shared benefits of media self-regulation and compared the state of media in the South Caucasus and European countries.
Yavuz Baydar, Ombudsman Sabah daily of Turkey said that five newspapers and one magazine have ombudsmen in his country.
â€œOne of them is a woman,â€ he said.
An Armenian journalist asked Baydarâ€™s position on Hrant Dinkâ€™s murder. Mentioning Turkeyâ€™s severe reaction on the case Baydar underlined that journalists expressed solidarity. /APA/