1000-Meter TV Tower under Construction in Turkmenistan

nCa, Ashgabat, 23 Sep 2008 – A TV tower that will peak 1020 meters above sea…

ICT Week starts in Uzbekistan

UzA, Tashkent, 22 Sep 2008 – The traditional week of information and communication technologies InfoCom 2008…

Azerbaijan to Set up TV Channel to Broadcast in Caucasus

Trend, Baku, 22 Sep 2008 – The Azerbaijani National Broadcasting Council (NBC) plans to establish a…

Uzbekistan: Seminar considers democratic renewal and national media

UzA, Tashkent, 20 Sep 2008 – Seminar on “The role of media in the process of…

Uzbekistan: Police detain eight regional rights activists in Tashkent

Uznews, Tashkent, 18 Sep 2008 – Eight human rights activists from Jizak and Namangan spent four…

Uzbkistan: Officer speaks in favour of rights activist, journalist at drug trial

Uznews, Nukus, 18 Sep 2008 – At the trial of journalist and human rights activist Salijon…

Azerbaijan: "Khalq qezeti" newspaper's editor-in-chife unhappy with results of IRFS' media monitoring

IRFS, Baku, 17 Sep 2008 – “Khalq qezeti” newspaper’s Chief Editor Hasan Hasanov called the Institute…

In Azerbaijan, an editor is jailed after investigating the unsolved murder of a colleague

CPJ, New York, 16 Sep 2008—One editor is dead and another is jailed in a case…

Azerbaijan: Journalist sends two complaints to ECHR

IRFS, Baku, 15 Sep 2008 – Today, September 15, two complaints in connection with journalist Rovshan…

Uzbekistan: Trial of journalist starts

Uznews, Tashkent, 14 Sep 2008 – Karakalpakstan’s Tahtakupir District court started the trial of human rights…

Turkmenistan Launches "Office of International Information"

nCa, Ashgabat, 12 Sep 2008 – Turkmenistan announced Friday creation of ‘Office of International Information’ under…