Notes
1. Azerbaijan has signed grant agreements with the UNDP (National Information Communication Technologies Strategy for 2003–2012), the World Bank (for expanding telecommunications
in the rural areas of the Southern Caucasian countries), and other international organizations.
2. Human Rights Watch, ‘‘Azerbaijan: Presidential Elections 2003,’’ http://www.hrw.org/
backgrounder/eca/azerbaijan/index.htm.
3. Transparency International, ‘‘Corruption Perceptions Index 2008,’’ http://www.transparency
.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2008.
4. Decree 1146 on the Establishment of National Strategy on Information and Communication
Technologies Aimed at the Development of the Republic Azerbaijan (2003–2012), signed by the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on February 17, 2003.
5. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ‘‘Azerbaijan: RFE/RL Journalist Freed but Faces New
Charges,’’ December 10, 2007, http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/12/0d8a4642-2e50-4135
-a8c2-21bfbe12eefa.html; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ‘‘Azerbaijan: Activist Becomes First
Female Political Prisoner to Die in Detention,’’ November 29, 2007, http://www.rferl.org/
featuresarticle/2007/11/6bd1a0ac-31ce-4874-bf46-f6d4525ce5ca.html.
6. Two previously active opposition news Web sites, http://www.times.az and http://www.kiv.az,
were bought out by a U.K. media corporation and are no longer supported.
7. A local nonprofit multimedia center conducts regular monitoring of state Web sites and provides information about e-governance services, frequency of information updates, and accessibility (http://www.informasiya.org/).
8. ANTV is a product of an initiative of the Forum of Azerbaijani Students in Europe. ANTV
encourages free speech, video sharing, and discussions using the YouTube platform. See http://
www.youtube.com/user/vhsoy.
9. BBC News, ‘‘Country Profile: Azerbaijan,’’ April 15, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/
country_profiles/1235976.stm.
10. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), ‘‘Internet Indicators: Subscribers, Users, and
Broadband Subscribers,’’ 2008, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Reporting/ShowReportFrame.aspx
?ReportName=/WTI/InformationTechnologyPublic&RP_intYear=2008&RP_intLanguageID=1.
11. Transport, Communication, Information, and Communication Technologies, State Statistical
Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The latest published data are for 2006; The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, http://www.azstat.org/statinfo/communication/en/
042_1.shtml.
12. The project targets selling more than 100,000 PCs in the country by 2010 and providing
each Internet user with free Internet hours. Trend, ‘‘National PC Project Open for Cooperation:
Azerbaijani IT Ministry,’’ April 13, 2009, http://en.trend.az/capital/it/1455207.html.
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1. Azerbaijan has signed grant agreements with the UNDP (National Information Communication Technologies Strategy for 2003–2012), the World Bank (for expanding telecommunications
in the rural areas of the Southern Caucasian countries), and other international organizations.
2. Human Rights Watch, ‘‘Azerbaijan: Presidential Elections 2003,’’ http://www.hrw.org/
backgrounder/eca/azerbaijan/index.htm.
3. Transparency International, ‘‘Corruption Perceptions Index 2008,’’ http://www.transparency
.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2008.
4. Decree 1146 on the Establishment of National Strategy on Information and Communication
Technologies Aimed at the Development of the Republic Azerbaijan (2003–2012), signed by the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on February 17, 2003.
5. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ‘‘Azerbaijan: RFE/RL Journalist Freed but Faces New
Charges,’’ December 10, 2007, http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/12/0d8a4642-2e50-4135
-a8c2-21bfbe12eefa.html; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ‘‘Azerbaijan: Activist Becomes First
Female Political Prisoner to Die in Detention,’’ November 29, 2007, http://www.rferl.org/
featuresarticle/2007/11/6bd1a0ac-31ce-4874-bf46-f6d4525ce5ca.html.
6. Two previously active opposition news Web sites, http://www.times.az and http://www.kiv.az,
were bought out by a U.K. media corporation and are no longer supported.
7. A local nonprofit multimedia center conducts regular monitoring of state Web sites and provides information about e-governance services, frequency of information updates, and accessibility (http://www.informasiya.org/).
8. ANTV is a product of an initiative of the Forum of Azerbaijani Students in Europe. ANTV
encourages free speech, video sharing, and discussions using the YouTube platform. See http://
www.youtube.com/user/vhsoy.
9. BBC News, ‘‘Country Profile: Azerbaijan,’’ April 15, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/
country_profiles/1235976.stm.
10. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), ‘‘Internet Indicators: Subscribers, Users, and
Broadband Subscribers,’’ 2008, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/Reporting/ShowReportFrame.aspx
?ReportName=/WTI/InformationTechnologyPublic&RP_intYear=2008&RP_intLanguageID=1.
11. Transport, Communication, Information, and Communication Technologies, State Statistical
Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The latest published data are for 2006; The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, http://www.azstat.org/statinfo/communication/en/
042_1.shtml.
12. The project targets selling more than 100,000 PCs in the country by 2010 and providing
each Internet user with free Internet hours. Trend, ‘‘National PC Project Open for Cooperation:
Azerbaijani IT Ministry,’’ April 13, 2009, http://en.trend.az/capital/it/1455207.html.
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