Azerbaijan: Journalist Gets Two Years of Conditional Imprisonment
Pushed Picket: Colleagues of Arrested Editor in Armenia Demanding His Release
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kazakh President to veto new Internet law
EU urged to help stop violence against Uzbek dissident writer
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Kyrgyzstan to halt wave of violent attacks against journalists
Two News Items: Annual Report of the U.S. Department of State and Statement of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia
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. Embassy in Armenia.
Azerbaijan: Appeal of the Civil Society Defense Committee
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 society was approved.
Armenia: The Verdict Reached: Haykakan Zhamanak to Pay 10 000 Dollar Penalties
CJTeam Statement Regarding Violence against Journalists in Armenia
Uzbekistan announces media grants
Against Media? Armenian Media Digest, May 18-24
CJTeam, Tbilisi, 25 May 2009 - 1. Property of Hraparak Newspaper under Arrest; 2. Kocharyan-Haykakan Zhamanak Trial Continued; 3. The Claim against Pakagic Daily Satisfied
1. Property of Hraparak Newspaper under Arrest
Last week the property belonging to “Hraparak Oratert” LLC, publisher of Hraparak newspaper, was put under arrest by the employees of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia.
Azerbaijan: Staff of State Fund to Assist in Development of Mass Media
Georgia: Organizational and Staff Changes in the Professional Union of Regional Television Companies
Media.ge, Tbilisi, 22 May 2009 - On May 20-21 professional union of regional television companies - the “Association of Georgian Regional Television Broadcasters” held a two-day joint session, where amending the regulation, as well as reorganizing structure of the association was decided. Television broadcasters also elected new board and its chairman.


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.