Azerbaijani Press Council mainly receives complaints over humiliation of honor and dignity, invasion of privacy

The Azerbaijani Press Council in 2010 received 699 complaints against the media agencies, Press Council Chairman Aflatun Amashov said at an international conference on "Editorial freedom, ethics and transparency in the Azerbaijani media”.

He said most of the appeals are complaints over humiliation of honor and dignity, interference with privacy.

"The Council received appeals from persons of different categories, including managers and representatives of organizations, municipalities, political parties," Amashov said.

Amashov said 22% of all complaints relate to references in the materials of journalists to unofficial sources, while 24% - when the journalist did not listen to the opinion of the criticized side.

"These materials are mostly printed in the so-called racket-editions, which go almost once or twice a month," he added.

Amashov said decisions taken by the Council in connection with such appeals are not legal by nature.

Council' Commission against racketeering journalism Vugar Rahimzade said the commission made the appropriate decisions against about 100 media outlets. "In 2010, 26 of the media outlets were excluded from the list of racketeering publications," he added.


/Trend/