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Court cancels license of Azerbaijan’s ANS company

Society Materials 29 July 2016 12:21 (UTC +04:00)
Baku Court of Appeal adopted a decision on July 29 to cancel the license of Azerbaijan’s ANS Independent Broadcasting Media Company.
Court cancels license of Azerbaijan’s ANS company

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 29

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Baku Court of Appeal adopted a decision on July 29 to cancel the license of Azerbaijan’s ANS Independent Broadcasting Media Company.

Baku Court of Appeal considered the lawsuit of Azerbaijan’s National Television and Radio Council on suspending the operation (cancelling the license) of ANS Independent Broadcasting Media Company.

During the court session, it was decided to cancel the license #99 issued to ANS Independent Broadcasting Media Company by the National Television and Radio Council.

The Council adopted a decision to suspend the broadcasting of ANS from 18:30 (UTC/GMT +4 hours) July 18 for a period of one month and to file a lawsuit to the court for withdrawing its license dated Oct. 25, 2013.

The decision was made given the appeal of the Prosecutor General’s Office, dated July 18, 2016, as well as the requirements of the articles 11, 23 and 32 of the law “On the Television and Radio Broadcasting”, in order to prevent the provocation aimed at undermining the strategic cooperation relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan and not to allow the open propaganda of terrorism.

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