Meydan TV
Meydan TV is a Berlin-based[1] Azerbaijani non-profit media organization. Founded by dissident blogger and former political prisoner Emin Milli in 2013,[2] Meydan TV publishes news in Azerbaijani, English, and Russian.[3] In May 2013, Meydan TV announced plans for broadcasting simultaneously through the Turkish Türksat communications. The word "meydan" means town square in Azerbaijani.
News coverage
Meydan TV gained prominence for its reports and online broadcasts on corruption, human rights and other issues in Azerbaijan, which have been used by the international media, particularly during the 2015 European Games in Baku when several reporters and foreign observers were barred from the country. Meydan TV is a partner of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Several reports of Meydan TV were made with the support of European Endowment for Democracy (EED) organization.[4]
During the 2015 European Games Azerbaijani channel
On 9 April 2016, Azerbaijani website Haqqin.az accused Meydan TV of overestimation of Azerbaijani casualties during the
References
- ^ "Attack on Meydan TV's Berlin Office – Meydan TV". Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ "New Kid on the Block".
- ^ "Home". meydan.tv.
- ^ "Meydan TV - Azerbaijan's free and alternative Media Channel". European Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved 12 April 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Pro-Government TV In Baku Red-Faced After Fake-Fan Fail". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ a b Afgan Mukhtarli (3 November 2015). "Azerbaijan: Campaign Against Meydan TV Continues". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Meydan TV выдает раненых азербайджанских солдат за убитых" (in Russian). Haqqin.az. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Meydan TV on Facebook