{"id":22123,"date":"2021-12-28T08:49:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T08:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/?p=22123"},"modified":"2021-12-28T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T09:40:38","slug":"a-group-of-journalists-held-another-action-against-the-bill-on-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/az\/news-feed\/a-group-of-journalists-held-another-action-against-the-bill-on-media\/","title":{"rendered":"A group of journalists held another action against the bill &#8220;On Media&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211228_110217-1-533x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22125 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211228_110217-1-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211228_110217-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211228_110217-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211228_110217-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.irfs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211228_110217-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On December 28, three dozen journalists representing independent and opposition media held a protest rally in front of the Parliament building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They expressed dissatisfaction with the draft law &#8220;On Media&#8221; which restricts the rights of the press and freedom of speech,<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participants of the action expressed outrage that the Parliament ignores the calls and demands of the journalistic community to amend the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are against the reactionary law,&#8221; &#8220;The press is free,&#8221; &#8220;Take your register and get lost!&#8221; they chanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the police squads surrounded the journalists, trying to push them back and took away posters from private owners, a scuffle broke out between them and the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, the police stopped pushing the participants of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journalists read out a resolution in which they demanded that the deputies take into account the opinion of the journalistic community and make the necessary amendments to the bill. &#8220;This law contradicts the Constitution of Azerbaijan and the European Convention on Human Rights. If our opinion is not taken into account, journalists will ignore this reactionary law,&#8221; the resolution says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two participants of the action were allowed to submit a resolution to the Parliamentary secretariat. None of the deputies came out to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Bir qrup jurnalist n\u00f6vb\u0259ti d\u0259f\u0259 aksiya ke\u00e7ir\u0259r\u0259k, &quot;Media haqq\u0131nda&quot; qanun layih\u0259sin\u0259 etiraz edib\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5aUhsMrKq5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 28, three dozen journalists representing independent and opposition media held a protest rally in front of the Parliament building. 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