CJTeam, Yerevan, 28 Jun 2009 – A protest demonstration was organized by about 10 relatives and colleagues of the chief editor Arman Babajanyan of “Zhamanak” daily under arrest in front of the Presidential Residence on June 26, which, however, was interrupted by the police interference.

OSCE, Vienna, 25 Jun 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country’s communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President Nursultan Nazarbayev not to promulgate them.

Uznews, Tashkent, 19 Jun 2009 – Eight European and Uzbek human rights organisations have asked the EU special envoy for Central Asia to help save the imprisoned dissident writer Yusuf Juma from torture in the Jaslyk prison.

OSCE, Vienna, 16 Jun 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Kyrgyz authorities today to do everything in their power to halt a wave of attacks against journalists which is threatening media pluralism ahead of the presidential election.

CJTeam, Yerevan, 15 Jun 2009 – Recently two documents have been prepared by the U.S. Government referring also to the Armenian media: the U.S. Department of State Annual Report on the world democratic processes published in May and the Statement on May 31Municipal Elections in Yerevan appeared last week on the website of the U.S. [...]

IRFS, Baku, 12 Jun 2009 – To Azerbaijani society, Azerbaijan Republic Milli Mejlis, Azerbaijan Republic President, Council of Europe and international organizations On 9 June 2009 the in the Milli Mejlis Committee on Legal Policy and State Service a bill including a number of changes and additions to legislation related to the activities of civil [...]

CJTeam, Yerevan, 07 Jun 2009 – On June 5 the Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash Communities of Yerevan chaired by Judge Arayik Melkumyan partially satisfied Levon Kocharyan’s suit (younger son of RA former President Robert Kocharyan) against Haykakan Zhamanak daily (HZH).

CJTeam, Yerevan, 05 Jun 2009 – “Journalists’ Team for Sustainable Future” NGO (CJTeam) expresses its concern about the recently increased debates over the journalists’ non professional behavior among the society and the efforts to circulate the draft law restricting freedom of the media.

Uznews, Tashkent, 01 Jun 2009 – The Uzbek government has announced a competition to award media grants worth a maximum of €3,400 each after failing to agree to an EU-sponsored media project worth over €1m.