Proposal made to provide persons with journalist's ID in Azerbaijan with number of advantages

By Trend

In Azerbaijan, journalists working in the media included in the Media Register will be issued a journalistic certificate by a body (structure) determined by the relevant executive authority, Trend reports.

The mentioned issue is reflected in the new draft law "on Media".

According to the bill, persons holding a journalist's ID are given the following benefits:

- free admission for journalistic activities to museums, galleries in state and municipal ownership, as well as to objects where cultural and social events are held;

- accreditation [for participation in events] by state bodies (structures), enterprises and organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs);

- entrance, with accreditation, into the premises where important events are held for the search, receipt, transfer, production, and dissemination of information about these events.