CAMEL Nr. 16 / June 2001 |
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LOW-SKILL JOURNALISM SOMETIMES OPENS DOOR TO PROSECUTION The judiciary quote low qualifications of journalists as the main cause of charges recently brought against them. However, journalists themselves, and their lawyers, think that telling the truth in the south of Kyrgyzstan is fraught with litigation and even conviction. By Kamil Satkanbayev, journalist, Osh, Kyrgyzstan |
MASS MEDIA IN KYRGYZSTAN HAS ITS VIRTUAL FUTURE The traditional mass media in Kyrgyzstan fail to meet a public demand for information. The Internet media, under these circumstances, can become one of the main players on the information field of the country. By Elmira Toktogulova, journalist, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
TAJIKISTAN: PREPARING A NEW GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS Low-skill journalism is plaguing the Tajikistan press. Some journalist organisations meet the challenge through special training programmes. By Gulchekhra Mansurova, Media Center, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
THE TAJIK WEEKLY ASIA PLUS CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS OF EXISTENCE Last May, the first private information agency in Tajikistan, Asia Plus, celebrated its fifth-year anniversary. By Turko Dikaev, journalist, Tajikistan |
A LEGAL CLINIC FOR JOURNALISTS SHOULD OPEN IN SEPTEMBER IN UZBEKISTAN In Uzbekistan, a special legal clinic intended to assist journalists and mass media to settle legal problems is being settled. It is due to start to work in September. By Tatiana Yakovleva, Internews, Uzbekistan |
THE DISPUTED LEGALITY OF AN UZBEK UNION OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS The legality of the Union of Independent Journalists of Uzbekistan's activity remains dubious. It can act without registration, but only at a virtual level. By Iskandar Hamroh, journalist, Uzbekistan |
THE MONTH IN REVIEW: JUNE 2001 |