{"id":230587,"date":"2021-12-28T17:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/?p=230587"},"modified":"2021-12-28T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T13:50:45","slug":"journalists-protest-against-the-adoption-of-the-new-law-on-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/journalists-protest-against-the-adoption-of-the-new-law-on-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists protest against the adoption of the new law on media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 28, a group of Azerbaijani journalists organized a protest in front of the Milli Majlis&#8217; building with slogans\u00a0that read &#8220;No to the reactionary law&#8221;, &#8220;We do not want journalism with permission&#8221;, &#8220;Do not make shackles out of the law&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/article\/jurnalistler-etiraz-edir-bizsiz-qanun-yoxdur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">During the protest, the police intervened, forcibly removing journalists and reporters covering the protest from the Milli Majlis surroundings and dispersing the movement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the action moved to the streets of Baku. A joint-statement was read by one participant, journalist Aytaj Tapdig, criticizing the proposal for the new law which opens wide opportunities for the state to determine who can carry out media activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalists argue that the draft law contradicts the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the European Convention on Human Rights and other international treaties to which Azerbaijan is a member, including the provisions on freedom of expression and the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The controversial bill establishes strict requirements for journalistic activities.\u00a0This includes a wide range of issues, from registering media and journalists to issuing a single journalistic identity and preventing the dissemination of classified information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft law was discussed at the plenary session of the Milli Mejlis on December 14 and passed the first reading.\u00a0Dozens of Azerbaijani journalists, lawyers, media experts and organizations then called to suspend the discussion of the bill in the Milli Mejlis.\u00a0Representatives of civil society joined them.\u00a0Nevertheless, the bill passed on the second reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second protest of journalists against the adoption of the draft law &#8220;On Media&#8221;.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/article\/jurnalister-parlamentin-onunde-etiraz-aksiyasi-kecirdi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earlier, on December 24, a group of journalists held a protest when bill passed in the second reading before the Milli Mejlis<\/a>.\u00a0They stated that the draft was approved secretly, without public discussion, and that many of its provisions are of reactionary content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another action was held in front of the building of the Azerbaijani parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":230527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80,37,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-en","category-news","category-politics","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 v27.4 - 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