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词条 Media in Abkhazia
释义

  1. History

  2. Legislative framework

  3. Media outlets

     Print media  Publishing  Radio broadcasting  Television broadcasting 

  4. Media freedom in Abkhazia

     Attacks and threats against journalists  Cinema  Telecommunications  Internet  Internet censorship and surveillance 

  5. Media Organisations

     Media agencies  Trade unions  Regulatory authorities 

  6. Censorship and media freedom

     Attacks and threats against journalists  Political interferences  Civil defamation lawsuits  Cyber-attacks  Smear campaigns 

  7. See also

  8. Sources

  9. References

  10. External links

{{Culture of Abkhazia}}

Media in Abkhazia consists of several TV channels, newspapers, magazines and radio stations. Some of them are government-owned, others are private. Apsnypress is the government information agency. Russian media are generally also available and is popular.

History

The first newspaper appeared in Abkhazia in 1917,[1] Dmitry Gulia was its editor. It was succeeded by Apsny Kapsh (Red Abkhazia) in Soviet times. Alongside it there were numerous other publications in Abkhaz, Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Greek and Laz languages.[2] The 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz war which was followed by the exodus of a large share of the republic's population and a blockade had a profound effect on all the media, with only a few surviving it.

Legislative framework

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Media outlets

Print media

There are two government and several private newspapers, published in Russian (predominantly) and Abkhaz.[3] The circulation ranges from 1,000 to 5,000, most of the newspapers are weeklies.[4] There is a degree a diversity, opposition media criticise the government over the wide range of issues such as Abkhazian-Russian relations and internal politics.[2][6][7] Novy Den and Chegemskaya Pravda newspapers had a pro-opposition tone during the 2009 presidential elections.[6]

There have been several claims of harassment of journalists by the authorities. In September 2009, a court in Sukhumi gave journalist Anton Krivenyuk a three-year suspended sentence for allegedly libelling Bagapsh. Some Abkhazian journalists viewed this as an intimidation of opposition in the run-up to the elections.[6]

Publishing

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Radio broadcasting

{{Main|Radio in Abkhazia}}Radio Soma is the only private radio station is very popular, broadcasting 24 hours a day, primarily music, but also carrying some news and, at times, live talk shows with invited guests.[4] The state radio, like state TV, broadcasts for 3–4 hours a day.[11]

In December 2014, Sputnik (news agency) inaugurated its website and radio broadcasting in Abkhazia.[4]

Television broadcasting

{{Main|Television in Abkhazia}}

The most important channel is a state-run one (Apsua TV), which is broadcast up to 6 hours a day, with 15-minute news in Abkhaz and Russian.[5][6] It is the only local channel available all over the country. Abaza TV, the only private station, reaches only Sukhumi and its environs.[5] It is owned by Beslan Butba and supported him during the 2009 presidential elections.[6] Another private channel, Sukhum-TV existed in the capital in 2006, there are local TV stations in Gagra and Tkvarcheli.[7][8]

Russian channels, such as Channel One, Russia 1, NTV and Kultura, are available throughout Abkhazia.[7] There is an access to Georgian TV in some parts of Abkhazia as well.[8]

On 25 January 2016, Prime Minister Artur Mikvabia released, upon her request, Emma Khojava from the post of General Director of the Abkhazian State TV and Radio, and appointed Roland Bganba as her temporary replacement.[9][10] On 29 January, former Culture Minister Leonid Enik was appointed as the new General Director.[11]

Media freedom in Abkhazia

{{see also|Human rights in Abkhazia}}

Abkhazia is not part of international treaties such as the ICCPR and the ECHR, which for most countries in the world constitute legal obligations for the state-party to respect human rights, including freedom of expression and press freedom. However, Abkhazian authorities have made a commitment to respect international standards of democratic governance and human rights.[12]

The ‘Constitution of Abkhazia’ recognises and guarantees, in Chapter 2, Article 11, “the human rights and freedoms fixed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International covenants of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, or in other universally recognized international legal acts.[12]

Media freedom and pluralism in Abkhazia is affected by government influence as well as by the penetration of Russian media in the Abkhazian media landscape.

According to Freedom House 2016 report, the government, which operates the Abkhaz State Television and Radio Company (AGTRK) largely controls also local broadcast media.[13]

The IREX Media Sustainability report for the year 2016 emphasizes that Russia’s influence in the region is growing, and its impact on Abkhazia's media landscape is evidenced by the fact that “because of Russia’s huge influence and interference no media representatives broadcast anything in Abkhazian language.”

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Attacks and threats against journalists

{{see also|List of journalists killed in Europe#Abkhazia}}

Attacks and killings of journalists in Abkhazia have been registered during the War in Abkhazia (1992–1993).

According to the registry of journalists killed, which is maintained by the US-based, independent organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), two foreign journalists lost their life in 1993 while covering the conflict: the Wall Street Journal correspondent Alexandra Tuttle was killed on September 22, 1993, while being on a military aircraft hit by an Abkhazian ground-to-air missile.[15] while Russian war photographer Andrey Soloviev was killed in Shukumi by a sniper fire on September 27, 1993.[16]

A third journalist, Georgian reporter Georgy Chanya, was killed on 27 May 1998 while engaged in the coverage of a new outburst of fighting near Gali.[17]

See also

  • Abkhazian Network News Agency
  • Apsnypress

Sources

  • A Survey of Access to Information in Abkhazia and its Impact on People’s Lives, Article 19, June 2007
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051734/http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/caucasus/georgia/176-abkhazia-today.aspx Abkhazia Today], International Crisis Group, 15.09.2006
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100427182317/http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/caucasus/georgia/202-abkhazia-deepening-dependence.aspx Abkhazia: Deepening Dependence], International Crisis Group, 26.02.2010

References

1. ^Абхазская литература. Литературная энциклопедия 1929—1939. (Abkhazian literature. Encyclopaedia of literature 1929-1939) {{ru icon}}
2. ^Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations, ПРЕССА АБХАЗИИ (АПРЕЛЬ 2002) (Media of Abkhazia), 04/2002 {{ru icon}}
3. ^Republika Abkhazia, Apsny, Ekho Abkhazii, Nuzhnaya Gazeta, Chegemskaya Pravda, Novy Den, Bzib, Gal per A Survey of Access to Information... , p. 16
4. ^Sputnik Launches Website, Radio Broadcasting in Abkhazia, WAN IFRA. {{Retrieved|access-date=2017-02-17}}
5. ^A Survey of Access to Information... , p. 15
6. ^Abkhazia: Deepening Dependence, p. 13
7. ^A Survey of Access to Information... , p. 16
8. ^Abkhazia Today, p. 15
9. ^{{cite news|title=Эмма Ходжава освобождена от занимаемой должности|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/emma-khodzhava-osvobozhdena-ot-zanimaemoy-dolzhnosti/|accessdate=30 January 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=25 January 2016}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=Роланд Бганба назначен исполняющим обязанности гендиректора РГУ "Абхазская государственная телерадиокомпания"|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/roland-bganba-naznachen-ispolnyayushchim-obyazannosti-gendirektora-rgu-abkhazskaya-gosudarstvennaya-/|accessdate=30 January 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=25 January 2016}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=Леонид Еник назначен гендиректором РГУ "Абхазская государственная телерадиокомпания"|url=http://apsnypress.info/news/leonid-enik-naznachen-gendirektorom-rgu-abkhazskaya-gosudarstvennaya-teleradiokompaniya/|accessdate=30 January 2016|agency=Apsnypress|date=29 January 2016}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=A Survey of Access to Information in Abkhazia and its Impact on People’s Lives|url=https://www.article19.org/data/files/pdfs/publications/abkhazia-foi-report.pdf|website=Article 19|accessdate=24 March 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web |url= https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2016/abkhazia |title=Freedom in the world 2016 Abkhazia|author= |date=2016 |access-date= 17 February 2017}}
14. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/media-sustainability-index-europe-eurasia-2016-georgia.pdf.pdf |title= IREX report 2016 |author= |date= 2017|access-date= 17 February 2017|}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://cpj.org/killed/1993/alexandra-tuttle.php |title= Alexandra Tuttle entry in the registry of killed journalists maintained by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)|author= |website= Committee to Protect Journalists |access-date=17 February 2017}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=https://cpj.org/killed/1993/andrei-soloviev.php |title= Andrei Soloviev entry in the registry of killed journalists maintained by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)|author= |website= Committee to Protect Journalists |access-date=17 February 2017}}
17. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ifex.org/georgia/1998/06/16/reporter_georgy_chanya_killed_in/|title= Reporter Georgy Chanya killed in May clashes in breakaway Abkhazia|author= |date=16 June 1998|website=IFEX|access-date=17 February 2017}}

External links

  • Apsnypress, information agency of Abkhazia {{ru icon}}
  • [https://archive.is/20130414182830/http://www.era-abkhazia.org/news/smi/ Newspapers of Abkhazia] - archive of 4 main newspapers (Echo Abkhazii, Novy Den, Nuzhnaya, Chegemskaya Pravda) {{ru icon}}
  • Radio SOMA
  • Abkhaz State Television and Radio Company (AGTRK), Abkhaz State Radio-Television

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