Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend A.Huseynbala/
The Parliament of Azerbaijan made some supplements and changes to Media Law.
"According to the version proposed to Article 60 of the Law, prosecution of a person without his knowledge or despite his protest, his video and photo records, his voice records, and other similar actions by media or individuals, in all cases (except the operational-search operations), will lead to criminal responsibility specified by relevant legislation," said Rabiyyat Aslanova, the chairman of the Committee on Human Rights at Azerbaijani Parliament.
This change was injected to laws On Media Freedom, On operative-search operations, On intelligence and counterintelligence actions and On information receipt.
MP considered statements sounded at the parliament by oppositional parliamentarians as illogical.
"The Constitution is regulated on basis of international rules of law. These principles have been formed on the basis of the most important items of the European Convention and the Civil and Political Rights Act, as well as the Ethic Code of Journalists. Recognizing this fact, the journalist also wins, because he/she is also a citizen," Aslanova said.
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