CAMEL Nr. 17-18 / July-August 2001 |
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THE SUSPENDED APPEARANCE OF NEW MASS MEDIA IN KIRGIZSTAN Local journalists consider the cancellation of registration of, and moratorium on, new mass media for a half-year period as a pressure on independent mass media. Elmira Toktogulova, journalist, Bishkek, Kirgizstan |
BATKEN PRESS PRESENTLY UNABLE TO ADRESS BURNING ISSUES IN THE REGION Nowadays, Batken Oblast media in Kyrgyzstan, handicapped by logistical problems, is unable to concentrate on the burning issues of the region in spite of the public's high demand for news. By Alexei Sukhov, Res Publica, Kyrgyzstan |
INCREASING PRESSURE ON THE MEDIA IN SOUTHERN KIRGIZSTAN In the course of the few last months, the situation in which mass media found itself in the south of Kyrgyzstan, began to decline due to the difficult financial position and a number of trials. By Egamberdy Kabulov and Bakyt Orunbekov, newspaper Ferghana, Djalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan |
RIGHTS PROTECTION FUND FOR TAJIK JOURNALISTS The purpose of the Fund of Memory and Protection of rights of journalists of Tajikistan is to immortalize the names of journalists who perished during the civil war, and the protection of rights of journalists and freedom of speech in the country. By Aslimbegim Manzarshoeva, Dushanbe. |
TAJIK MEDIA MAGNATES "TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY" The owners of the two media-groups which today dominate the printed press market consider that their competition is to serve the interests of the whole Tajik press and of the society itself. By Nuriddin Karshiboev, Tajikistan |
ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN TAJIKISTAN: GUARANTED BUT NOT IMPLEMENTEED As access to governmental sources of information tends to become more difficult in Tajikistan, voices argue that journalists, by lack of professionalism, also share their part of responsibility. By Turko Dikaev, independent journalist, Kulyab, Tajikistan |
THE MANY INTERNAL PROBLEMS OF JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA IN UZBEKISTAN Beyond the heavy censorship, Uzbekistans journalism also suffers from its own many illnesses such as dilettantism, incompetence or violation of ethical principles. Alisher Taksanov, independant journalist, Uzbekistan |
PHOTOJOURNALISM IN UZBEKISTAN : ANOTHER SIGN OF THE PRESSDECLINE Like journalism, like the press in the country, the photojournalism in Uzbekistan shows many signs of weakness, and little possibilities for improvement. By Elparid Khodjaev, journalist, Uzbekistan |
THE MONTH IN REVIEW: JUNE-JULY 2001 |