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03 March 2011 [20:16] - Today.Az
A bill on defamation will be presented to the Azerbaijani parliament till May, the chairman of the Azerbaijani Press Council Aflatun Amashov said.
"The draft law is ready. We sent it to the experts and wait for their reply. After we receive it, we will conduct several conferences and invite experts working in this field for these events. After several discussions of the bill, we will present it to the parliament. I think that we will complete this issue until May, " he said.
He said that the journalist should take responsibility for own publications, but should not be arrested. Therefore, the adoption of the law on defamation is very important.
A draft law on defamation was prepared in 2005 with the support of the OSCE Baku Office. The working group that prepared the draft included MPs Ganira Pashayeva and Azay Guliyev, media representatives and lawyers.
According to international organizations, articles in the Azerbaijani Criminal Code that envisage criminal responsibility should be excluded from the legislation.
6 media organizations asked parliament to adopt a law on defamation in May 2009 - the Association of Azerbaijani Journalists, the Najaf Najafov Foundation, the Center for Journalism and Development, the Yeni Nesil Association of Journalists, and the Azerbaijani Media Center and Democratic Journalists League.
Later about 400 media representatives joined the appeal. The draft law has been studied by the OSCE.
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