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All rights reserved BAKI-2007

Juhi is a memeber of

Campaign publicizing the social problems of mass media employees

Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI) started implementation of a program with multiple phases on provision of social rights to employees functioning in mass media with the financial support of Open Society Institute-Support Fund (SOROS).

Journalists are among the poor provided levels of the nation

80 percent of journalists have no flats and 85 percent of journalists can’t formalize their labor relations at the editorials they currently work. Despite priority given problems in Azerbaijan press is the improvement of the legislation base and the problem of pressure towards the mass media, weakness of economical base of mass media and due to it the severe social-economic state of journalists is not less important than the above mentioned ones.

CONCEPTION ON STATE SUPPORT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASS MEDIA” WAS APPROVED

Conception on State Support to the Development of Mass Media” was approved by Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on July 31st, 2008. Various forms of State support to the development of mass media were reviewed in the Conception: methodical, organizational-technical, consultative, financial and so on.

Journalists were released from jail

Ilham Aliyev, President of the Azerbaijan Republic signed a pardon Decree on December 28, 2007. Among the pardoners there are five journalists. They are:

Colleague

93% of journalists in the country are not insured

International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) jointly with Azerbaijan Press Council conducted interview among the mass media employees on provision of social-economic needs of journalists. In total 300 mass media employees were approached for interviewing.

Freedom

Ways of resolving the journalists’ social problems were investigated

Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI) held a round table on “Reasons causing the journalists social problems and surveying the ways of their eradication”. The round table was conducted within the frame of the Project “Preparation of the mechanism on protection of journalists’ social rights” realized by the financial support of Open Society Institute-Support Fund (SOROS) on June 01st 2008-01 December, 2008.

Conflict

Journalists’ right on relaxation is seriously violated

Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI) analyzed one more problem of mass media employees within the frame of the Project “Preparation of the mechanism on protection of journalists’ social rights” realized by the financial support of Open Society Institute-Support Fund (SOROS).

Court process on “Baki Khabar” Newspaper will be held

According to the information given by Aydin Gouliyev, Chief-Editor of “Baki Khabar” there will be held the court process led under Alim Namazov’s chairmanship on July 2, at 15:00 at Sabayel Regional Court, Baku city. A. Gouliyev told that the continued activity of the newspaper will depend on the verdict of the Court.