Media

Media

Azerbaijanâ€™s Press Council prepared new list of â€œracketeeringâ€ newspapers

13 March 2009 11:59 (UTC +04:00)

He said that the Councilâ€™s secretariat and commission for complaints had already determined 30 â€œracketeeringâ€ newspapers.
â€œBut we should examine the activity of these newspapers and then announce the list. The list of 36 newspapers recently declared as â€œracketeeringâ€ papers has been sent to all bodies,â€ he said.

Amashov said took a stance on â€œracketeeringâ€ of correspondents of â€œRespublika ganunlariâ€, â€œDovlet ganunlariâ€ and â€œGanun ve gercheklikâ€ newspapers.
â€œThese newspapers were registered in 2007-2008 and are not the members of the Press Council. The council has 180 members. A refugee woman appealed to the council in connection with newspaper â€œRespublika ganunlariâ€ last year. The Press Council wants to control all printed media in the country. Therefore, we asked the publishing houses to include the Press Council into the list of bodies, to which they send copies of newspapers compulsorily. We want to be aware of the activity of all newspapers printed in the country,â€ he said.