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Azerbaijan Press Councilâ€™s Commission for Complaints consider five appeals

22 August 2008 16:22 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA Azerbaijan Press Councilâ€™s Commission for Complaints held its next meeting. The council told APA that the commission headed by Deputy Chairman of Press Council Umud Rahimoglu considered five complaints.

The complaint of Baku Main Police Office about the article â€œEtologiya dorojnoy politsiiâ€ (Ethology of traffic police) published in Ekho newspaper was considered. Representative of the newspaper said the article was published in the column â€œTochka zreniyaâ€ (pointy of view) and was the position of the author, not of the newspaper. But he was told that there were concrete items about the responsibility of the head of media outlet in the law on â€œMass mediaâ€ and other legal acts on media. The commission came to the conclusion that the newspaper violated â€œRules of Professional Behavior of Azerbaijani Journalistsâ€ and recommended the Ekho newspaper to publish a letter reflecting its position and apologize.

The complaint of Baku Main Police Office about the article â€œCooperation of police with prostitutesâ€ published in Tezadlar newspaper on August 5-12, 2008 was considered at the meeting. It was noted that the article disrespected a number of ethic norms. The investigation was not carried out thoroughly, the article contained false views about Baku police and â€œRules of Professional Behavior of Azerbaijani Journalistsâ€ were violated.

The commission also discussed the complaint of Institute for Freedom and Security of Reporters about the articles published in two newspapers. It was noted that â€œRules of Professional Behavior of Azerbaijani Journalistsâ€ were violated both in the article published in Hurriyyet (Emin Huseynov really beaten?) and article published in Gundalik Baku (Emin Huseynli in the role of the next â€˜victimâ€™).

The commission came to the conclusion that â€œRules of Professional Behavior of Azerbaijani Journalistsâ€ were violated in the articles published in Azadlig newspaper â€œOligarchs capture YAPâ€ (July 22, 2008) and â€œMoney conflict in YAPâ€ (July 25, 2008).