COUNTRY RESOURCES

News and General Information About Azerbaijan

Website Language

www.internews.az — media-focused national news from the Azerbaijan based branch of the Internews Network. Contains http://www.internews.az/eng/links.shtml - Web Links Directory for Azerbaijan media network and community; http://www.internews.az/eng/legislation.shtml - Azerbaijan legislation in Azerbaijani and English.

English

http://www.azertag.com/index_en.html - national and international news from the State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

English

http://www.turaninfo.com/indexe.html - national news from the TURAN Information Agency

English

http://www.ans.az/index.php - national news from the ANS Media Group

English

http://www.aztv.az/index-en.shtml - general national news from the Azerbaijan Television Company

English

http://www.rferl.org/languages - Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty

English

International Organisations operating in the Country

http://web.worldbank.org - The World Bank

English

http://www.un-az.org/unifem/  - United Nations Development Fund for Women

English

http://www.osce.org/baku - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

English

http://www.unicef.org/azerbaijan - the United Nations Children’s Fund.

English

http://www.un-az.org.az - the International Organization for Migration (IOM) (doesn’t work)

http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/780 - brief on country

English

http://www.europahouse-az.org/index.php?l=en - the European Commission's Implementation and Management Support Office

English

Government websites

http://www.supremecourt.gov.az/eng/index.shtml - The Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan

English

http://www.constitutional-court-az.org/index.php?j=0&nw=?> - The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan

English

http://www.meclis.gov.az/ - The Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan

English

http://www.president.az/index_e.html - The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Contains broad range of legislation in English.

English

http://www.justice.gov.az/eng_index.html - The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

English

http://www.mincom.gov.az – The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Contains range of legislation mostly in Azerbaijani and far less in English.

English

http://www.cec.gov.az/en/main_en.htm - The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan

English

National Non Governmental Organizations

http://www.azfreespeech.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0004&g= — Azerbaijan Free Speech Foundation. Contains Azerbaijan and international media and telecommunication related legal texts (http://www.azfreespeech.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0014&g=).

English

http://www.juhiaz.org/ - Azerbaijani Journalists’ Trade Union. Pages contain pieces of media law.

English

http://www.internews.az/eng/media/  - Media Rights Institute. The subsidiary of the Azerbaijan based branch of the Internews Network. Contains commentaries and other legal issues.

English

http://www.crrc.az/ - The Caucasus Research Resource Centers program (CRRC)

English

International Non Governmental Organizations Operating in the Country (or having members in the country)

http://www.icfj.org/pccaucasus.html -  - International Center for Journalists

English

http://www.gipi.az/eng/ - The Global Internet Policy Initiative

http://www.rsf.org/country-53.php3?id_mot=272&Valider=OK - Reporters Sans Frontières

English

http://www.irex.org/programs/wham/index.asp - Azerbaijan Media Assistance Project (subsidiary to IREX)

English

http://www.chfinternational.org/section/worldwide_programs/programs/europe/azerbaijan - CHF International

English

http://www.osi-az.org/indexen.shtml - The Open Society Institute (OSI)

English

http://www.abanet.org/ceeli/countries/azerbaijan/home.html - ABA CEELI

English

Inernational aid organisations operating in the Country (or having members in the country)

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/countries/az - the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

English

Sources in Local Language(s)

http://ritn.nakhchivan.az/ - Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani

http://azfreespeech.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0072&g= - Azerbaijan Free Speech Foundation. Contains Azerbaijan and international media and telecommunication related legal texts.

Azerbaijani

http://azfreespeech.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0023&g= - Azerbaijan Free Speech Foundation. Contains Azerbaijan and international media and telecommunication related legal texts.

Russian

http://www.bbc.co.uk/azeri/ - national and international news from the BBC

Azerbaijani

http://www.lidertv.com/view_index.php?lang=az – national news from the LiderTV Television Company

Azerbaijani

http://www.voanews.com/azerbaijani/ - international and national news from the Voice of America News Company

Azerbaijani

http://www.azadliq.org/ - national and international news from the AZADLIQ Radio Station

Azerbaijani

http://www.itv.az/ - national and international news from the Ictimai Media Group

Azerbaijani

http://www.echo-az.com/index.shtml# - national and international socio-political news from the ECHO Magazine

Russian