Azerbaijan, Baku, Apr.23 / Trend, A. Huseynbala /
Names of the seven newspapers and one magazine included in the"black list" at the next meeting of the Board of the Azerbaijani Press Council in regarding with the racketeering activities.
These publications include: "Turk Azerbaycan dunyasi" (Turkic-Azerbaijani world), Soz azadligi (Freedom of speech), "Azerbaycan ve iqtisadi yukselis" (Azerbaijan and the economic revival), "Qanun alidir" (Law is supreme), "Azerbaycan tereqqisi" (Progress of Azerbaijan), "Detektiv press" (Detective Press), "Qanun ve Heyat (Law and Life), as well as the magazine "Qulaqburmasi", the Press Council told Trend.
In connection with the violation of ethic norms and disrespectful attitude toward the decisions of the joint venture, the newspaper "Azerbaijan Cumhuriyyeti" was warned. More serious measures will be taken against this newspaper by the Press Council while revealing such actions.
The Council estimated the story of the newspaper Respublika gencleri" (Youth of the Republic) under the heading "I failed to say many words to my mother" with the subtitle "Ramil Safarov: heartfelt greetings Azerbaijan's attentive young people" in the column "Letter to the Editorial Office from Hungary on behalf of Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who is a prisoner in Hungary. These words didn't belong to him. The newspaper showed disrespect to ethical standards, national values, as well as disrespect to the Azerbaijani people. The newspaper, which published this story, is recommended to apologize to Ramil Safarov and his father. The newspaper "Respublika gencleri" received a serious warning and it is decided to include the publication in the "black list" of the Press Council.
The Press Council also decided to admit "Baki tehsili" (Education of Baku), "Elliller dunyasi" (The world of disabled persons), "Genc muellim" (Young teacher), as well as "Xalg sozu" (The people's word), which is issued in the Imishli region, into the Press Council.
The Press Council announced 2009 as the year of combating "racketeering journalism". As a result of investigation, held by the Council Commission in 2009 95 newspapers were included in the blacklist.