CAMEL Nr. 14 / April 2001 |
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KAZAKSTAN: A BILL RESTRICTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH A new Media Law in Kazakstan is seen as yet another restriction in freedom of speech. It could serve as a model for more restrictions elsewhere in Central Asia. By Abdufattoh Vohidov, free-lance journalist, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
TAJIK JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATIONS TRY TO FACILITATE REPORTERS' WORK There are more than five journalists' associations operating in Tajikistan. The Journalists Union of Tajikistan (JUT) is the largest one. Their role is to help journalists to get access to information, and to defend their rights. By Abdufattokh Vohidov, free-lance journalist,Tajikistan. |
HIGH DEMAND AND LOW SUPPLY OF (GOOD) JOURNALISTS While the media boom curve is on the slide, good journalists are still in need in Southern Kyrgyzstan By Aleksey Sukhov, correspondent of Res Publica newspaper in Osh, Kyrgyzstan |
UZBEKISTAN'S UNION OF JOURNALISTS: LIFE AFTER DEATH Uzbekistan's Union of Journalists liquidated four years ago keeps on admitting new members. By Piotr Ivanov, journalist, Uzbekistan |
KYRGYZSTAN: BOOM IN JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATIONS In Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Journalists' Union served the regime. Now, Journalistsí Union is independent, and numerous others have also been formed. This time, they are supposed to serve the journalists. By Tolkunbek Turdubaev, journalist, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
WHAT AWAITS THE PRESS IN KULYAB? The regional press in Tajikistan faces a bleak future as it suffers from lack of funding and, what is more serious, the incapacity to report about our times. By Turko Dikayev*, journalist, Tajikistan |
MONTH IN REVIEW: April 2001 |