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| | CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The closure of the independent ANS TV channel in Azerbaijan is a short-term blow to media freedom in the country. |
 | | Ironically, during this same week, ANS TV was celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, showing footages and images of its staff working in the first, very difficult, yet historically important days of independence of the country, the Karabakh conflict and the civil conflicts of the early 1990s. |
 | | Relative to other media outlets, ANS TV and Radio were doing a better job at revealing problems, especially at the local level, discussing issues, raising the voice of the public, broadcasting news about the mismanagement of the local authorities and somewhat balancing the interests of the ruling and opposition parties. |
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