{"id":180175,"date":"2016-11-04T13:49:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T13:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/reporters-without-borders-lowered-azerbaijans-ranking-in-the-world-press-freedom-index\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T13:34:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:34:50","slug":"reporters-without-borders-lowered-azerbaijans-ranking-in-the-world-press-freedom-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/reporters-without-borders-lowered-azerbaijans-ranking-in-the-world-press-freedom-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters Without Borders Lowered Azerbaijan\u2019s Ranking in the World Press Freedom Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/72199\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72199\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  This article was originally published by the<br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\"><br \/>\n    Caucasian Knot<br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  ***\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reporters Without Borders, the international organization for the defense of journalists\u2019 rights, ranked Azerbaijan 163<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    rd<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  in its World Press Freedom Index, whereas last year the country was in 162<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    nd<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As reported by<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Caucasian Knot<br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  , in the 2015 World Press Freedom Index Azerbaijan came in 162<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    nd<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  place, in 2014 the country was in 160<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    th<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  , and in 2013 was in 156<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    th<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe country took 163<br \/>\n  <sup><br \/>\n    rd<br \/>\n  <\/sup><br \/>\n  of 180 countries in the 2016 World Press Freedom Index; Azerbaijan has been steadily falling in the ratings since 2004,\u201d reads the statement on the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to data from the organization, since 2014 an uncompromising battle has been waged in the country against the few remaining critics of power.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And so, independent media outlets in the country have been either economically smothered or forced to close, and the relatives of independent journalists that continued to work after fleeing abroad are subject to arrest and trial, as a rule on fabricated charges of trading in narcotics, stated RSF.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe main independent newspapers were repressed; at least eight journalists and bloggers are currently in prison, and dozens of others have fled the country since 2014,\u201d the statement noted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Representatives of the Azerbaijani government have thus far made no comment about the RSF rating. However, Baku previously officially denied accusations of persecuting citizens for political reasons.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On its website, on the special, thematic page &#8220;\u041f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432&#8221; (not available on the English-language version of the site)<br \/>\n  <i><br \/>\n    Caucasian Knot<br \/>\n  <\/i><br \/>\n  sheds light on instances of the persecution of journalists and human rights activists in the regions of the Caucasus. In the \u201cGuide\u201d section is posted the article \u201cProsecution of human rights defenders and civil society activists in Azerbaijan\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Note:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reporters Without Borders denounced the sentencing of Zahid\u2019s relatives, Reporters Without Borders called on Azerbaijan to free Faiq Amirov, The Azerbaijani Government promised to uncover all Gulen\u2019s followers in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporters Without Borders, the international organization for defense of journalists\u2019 rights, ranked Azerbaijan 163rd in its World Press Freedom Index, whereas last year the country was in 162nd place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":72199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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