Friday Wrap-up: Globe Press Flexibility Index, tripartite conference outcomes, and also the closing of an on the internet television network workplace
The week of Might 1 – 5 saw the position of liberty of journalism in Azerbaijan, completion of the United States conference of international preachers, and also the RLC on-line television network eliminated from its workplace.
Azerbaijan once more fell back its next-door neighbors on the planet Press Flexibility Index
Reporters Without Boundaries (RSF) has actually launched its 21st World Press Freedom Index, which reviews the state of journalism in 180 nations. The record highlights the considerable adjustments caused by political, social, and also technical turmoils worldwide. Journalism circumstance in 7 out of 10 nations is thought about “poor,” while it is “satisfying” in just 3.
The record places Azerbaijan 151st amongst 180 nations, placing the country in between Pakistan and also Afghanistan. While Armenia places 49th, Georgia places 77th, and also Russia places 164th. Azerbaijani authorities challenge these records.
The record identified the circumstance in Azerbaijan as “really significant.” Furthermore, the record identified the circumstance in 42 nations as “hard” and also in 55 nations as “bothersome.” The Globe Press Flexibility Index is just one of one of the most substantial analyses of press liberty worldwide, highlighting the effect of international political, social, and also technical adjustments on journalism.
Tripartite conference in the United States: Blinken claims that the events resembled a tranquility arrangement
The four-day conference in between the international preachers of Azerbaijan and also Armenia in the USA has actually wrapped up, with both nations mentioning that they have actually made progression towards a long lasting tranquility arrangement.
Azerbaijani Foreign Priest Jeyhun Bayramov and also Armenian Foreign Priest Ararat Mirzoyan held talks in Arlington, Virginia, and also met United States Assistant of State Anthony Blinken and also National Safety And Security Consultant Jake Sullivan.
United States Assistant of State Anthony Blinken noted that Azerbaijan and also Armenia had actually made considerable progression in the direction of a long lasting tranquility arrangement, with both sides getting to a common arrangement on some write-ups of the draft reciprocal arrangement on the facility of tranquility and also interstate connections. The main bodies of both nations intend to hold their following conference in Moscow.
Azerbaijani independent media network RLC required to momentarily quit its tasks
The RLC (Red Line Network) on-line television in Azerbaijan has temporarily stopped its tasks after being eliminated from the workplace where it lay.
Samira Gasimli, the principal editor of the network, informed Meydan television that the RLC was touching the red lines of the existing management in Azerbaijan by close evaluating the tasks of Head of state Aliyev. She thinks this made them a target for the authorities.
The head of the workplace where they lay inquired to leave the facilities from Might 1, requiring them to quit their tasks. The RLC had actually been eliminated from a workshop previously, and also after resolving in a brand-new one-room workplace, they were eliminated from there too. It is uncertain why the network was eliminated from its workplace and also why the proprietor of the structure hesitates to talk.