On June 20, the Human
Rights Defender Ms. Anahit Manasyan held a meeting with the OSCE Representative
on Freedom of the Media, Ms. Teresa Ribeiro, within the context of her visit to
Vienna.
The Human Rights
Defender presented the priorities of the Defender's Office, emphasizing the
importance of the activities and projects implemented in the direction of
exclusion of hate speech.
The intercoluters also
discussed issues related to the guaranteeing the freedom of speech of the
media, the guaranteeing of the security of journalists, and the importance of
mass media in the strengthening of a democratic society. The importance of the
preservation of ethical standards from the perspective of guaranteeing of
professional journalistic work was emphasized.
Ms. Teresa Ribeiro, in
her turn, congratulated Ms. Anahit Manasyan on assuming the important mission
of the Human Rights Defender, emphasizing the role of national human rights
institutions in realizing the right to freedom of speech and media.
Within the framework
of the meeting, the Defender specifically referred to the state-sponsored Armenophobic
policy of Azerbaijan, which is manifested at all levels of society.
"The Defender's
office monitors the Azerbaijani media and social platforms on a daily basis.
Hate speech towards Armenians is voiced at all levels of society, including
high-ranking officials of Azerbaijan," - the Defender noted.
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