1. Government and organizations close to it claiming that free press being established;
2. While opposition considering free speech and thought being restricted.
Facts prove that the majority of people expressing different opinions on freedom of speech and press as well as on condition of mass media have got incomplete and one-sided information about the existing national and international legislations. Comparison of laws on Mass Media operating in Azerbaijan with their analogs in western countries proves not large difference among them as contrary to some people’s sayings. The main reason of this is that, during the laws elaboration the experience of western countries was studied with the national features considered. In contrast to many people’s sayings, freedoms of speech and press are limited in the laws of developed western countries. There are not few articles restricting freedoms of speech and press in these countries together with the regulations to protect them. Duties of mass media members alongside with their rights are exactly stated in the laws of these countries as well as they are in Azerbaijan. Investigation proves that there are laws determining limits of freedoms of speech and press nearly in the all the western countries together with those ones guaranteeing them.

The project on drawing up of a brochure-instruction for a journalists and representatives of the state organs, organizations and establishments. In the brochure it is planned description in the popular and accessible form of specificity interaction of representatives of mass-media and the state structures, illumination of their mutual rights and duties on the basis of laws and other statutory acts.
Increase of a level of legal literacy of the parties participating in a process of a search and reception of the information, increase of an information transparency in a society, prevention of abusing by the rights, both journalists, and workers of state institutions during professional interaction are include in the purposes of the project.

The complex project «The professional journalist of the future » provides carrying out of competition of scientific-information works among students of 4-th and 2-th course of magistracy faculties of journalism of the country. The project includes the publication of final works.
The purposes of the project include formation of objective, impartial, highly moral mass-media, with the help of new generation of the journalists professionally owning a feather, which basis of activity is principles of democracy and a freedom of speech, respect the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic.

The project "Explanatory dictionary" stipulates research work on detailed disclosing of each item of corresponding statutory acts, and also philological interpretation of terms used in legislations on mass-media.
With this purpose within the framework of the project stipulated the edition of an explanatory dictionary on this research work. That edition can be used in activity of law-enforcement structures, courts of all levels, lawyer offices, and also employees of mass-media.

Explanatory dictionary (Research work)

The show was greeted almost faultlessly: first, the Iranian leader criticized the existing world order where a ball is ruled by countries-winners in World War II. Ahmadinejad considers unfair that the USA and Great Britain, using the right to veto in the UN Security Council, are practically invulnerable for criticism and condemnation, while they can do whatever they want to. Then the president said, that his country, despite of any obstacles, would develop atomic engineering.

RF Constitution of 1993, in Article 14 states that Russia is a secular state, church is separated from state and no religion may be claimed as a state one and compulsory, i.e. religious associations are equal before the law and state. In Russia there are different confessions cooperating (Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism and other). Every RF citizen is guaranteed in freedom of speech and religion, in the right to have and distribute religious and other beliefs as well as to cooperate under them.

Introduction of so-called blogs (from English web-blog – a web diary) has become general passion of recent time. In a blog the author may make notes on any themes he/she is interested in and open them for comments of other users of the same web-pages.
Some authors update their notes several times a day, expressing opinions on any information. There are those who do not make any notes on their pages among the bloggers but who prefer commenting on what was written by others.

December issue of the Russian Forbes had to be on retailer sale on Thursday, 30 November; however, the edition did not appear in kiosks. As they inform on the web-site of the publishing house, the magazine’s printing was suspended and the printed circulation was not marketed. The Internet source of Axel Springer Russia also says that the city mayor’s spouse, the richest woman of Russia Elena Bturina’s citation intended to be on the cover, proved the cancel.

When I think about a new movie, I do not have any ready conceptions in my mind: I need a theme to be close to my heart. Then I am totally absorbed by the subject of a future film by the very finish of work. I am mostly interested in matters of human rights whether that is a struggle for freeing political prisoners in Rumania, disclosure of a bloody dictatorship in Burma (Myanmar) or a view on human rights washed out by western governments for the sake of national security. If a producer asserts on his taking a “neutral” position, he or she either lies or is just a fool. Certainly there is a specific idea – a key point which is quite evident for any viewer, but it is verified by impressive facts in my films.

According to A. Ahmedov, perhaps, Azerbaijan is the most tolerant state worldwide of which we have to be proud. Moreover, our country is one of the some countries worldwide, where there is the freedom of conscience in its whole implication. This fact was embodied in appropriate laws as well as in daily life. Thus, in Azerbaijan a human being is appreciated not because of his religion, but for his deeds.