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The 67-year-old pensioner from Vawkavysk Valiantsina Saldatava keeps hungering for the 19th day already. That’s how she protests against the falsification of the results of the election, persecution of the independent Mestnaya Gazeta and the inaction of the authorities in solution of the housing problems.

ARTICLE 19, the London-based Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression, calls upon the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure that its implementation of the Law on Public broadcasting adopted November 5 2004 is “in line with both global standards and Azerbaijan´s international obligations” including accessibility to all citizens, diversity of programmes and themes, as well as editorial and operational independence. (15 NOV 2004)
 

Today´s issue of Yeni Musavat, one of the leading opposition newspapers of Republic of Azerbaijan, will be stopped. According to the Acting Editor of the newspaper Gabil Abbasoglu, the reason is financial problems. The serious financial hardships of “Yeni Musavat” began in the end of 2003 after executing of court sanctions. In particular, the bank accounts of the newspaper had been arrested and income from selling was spent on paying out debts. Over 2000-2003 the courts fined “Yeni Musavat” with $160,000. (16-NOV-2004)

Issue of one of the leading opposition newspapers of Republic of Azerbaijan “Yeni Musavat” will stop on November 16. According to the Acting Editor of the newspaper Gabil Abbasoglu, the reason – are financial problems. Serious financial hardships of “Yeni Musavat” began in the end of 2003 after executing of court sanctions. In particular, the bank accounts of the newspaper had been arrested and income from selling was spent on paying out debts. Over 2000-2003 the courts fined “Yeni Musavat” with $160,000. (15 NOV 2004)

ARTICLE 19, the London-based Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression, calls upon the Azerbaijani authorities to ensure that its implementation of the Law on Public broadcasing adopted November 5 2004 is “in line with both global standards and Azerbaijan´s international obligations” including accessibility to all citizens, diversity of programmes and themes, as well as editorial and operational independence. (15 NOV 2004)
 

Today the Norwegian PEN awarded the Ossietzky prize for outstanding achievements in the field of freedom of expression to writer and human rights activist Aage Storm Borchgrevink. The Day of the Imprisoned Writer was also marked at the prize ceremony. (15-NOV-04)
 

Late October, the UN finally came open and admitted that the human situation in northern Republic of Uganda is the “worst human tragedy,” even “worse than Darfur.” (15-NOV-04)
 

Penitentiary system of Republic of Azerbaijan is one of the most closed spheres even despite democratization of the state system and joining of the country to numerous conventions. Nevertheless, the things impossible during the soviet times or during the initial period of independence are possible today, There almost is not any serious obstacle for visiting of the jails by the human rights activists and journalist unions and the representatives of the international organizations.  (12-NOV-2004)

Torture, persecution, kidnapping, harassment and other pressure mechanisms are frequent cases that Azerbaijani opposition-minded journalists, political party activists and human right defenders expose to, although the Azerbaijani government has ratified Convention against Torture of UN in August 1996 and Convention against Torture of European Council in December 2001. (12 NOV 2004)
 

The Azeri penitentiary system is one of the most closed spheres even despite democratization of the state system and joining of the country to numerous conventions. Nevertheless, the things impossible during Soviet times or during the initial period of independence are possible today. There almost is not any serious obstacle for visiting of the jails by the human rights activists and journalist unions and the representatives of the international organizations.  (12-NOV-2004)
 

Torture, persecution, kidnapping, harassment and other pressure mechanisms are frequent cases that Azerbaijani opposition-minded journalists, political party activists and human right defenders expose to, although the Azerbaijani government has ratified Convention against Torture of UN in August 1996 and Convention against Torture of European Council in December 2001. (12-NOV-2004)
 

Every week, the HRH Secretariat receives an update on the Mugabe regime’s most recent attacks on Zimbawean media, in other words on the most organised and wide-reaching, regular attempts to exercise the universally acknowledged and agreed human right to freedom of speech and expression. www.humanrightshouse.org will from now on publish extracts of this report. (12-NOV-04)