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A Letter to Hungarian Ombudsman
Tomorrow in Budapest the case of RA AF officer Gurgen Margaryan’s murder will be heard. On this occasion RA Human Rights Defender Larisa Alaverdyan addressed Parliamentary Ombudsman of Hungary Barnabas Lenkovich with a...
Threat to the Freedom of Speech
RA Ombudsman Larissa Alaverdyan was seriously concerned by the pressures exercised upon journalists lately. She was also worried about the position of Armenia in the reputation list of the «Reporters without Borders» in...
Freedom of Information Awards Winners of 2005 Were Announced
On December 9, 2005 the Freedom of Information Center announced the Freedom of Information Awards winners of 2005 (the event was devoted to the International Anti-corruption Day and was supported by USAID Armenia and...
The Elder Knows Better Than the Young One
Razmik Sargsyan, who has been sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and has gone out on a 110 day hunger strike, has become an experimental marionette for the Nubarashen police department, judges and doctors. Yesterday...
Questionable Policing: Arrests of Oppositionists Follow Protest Rallies
The Republic of Armenia Police is again facing criticism for its apparent campaign of questionable arrests of supporters of oppositional parties who have attended public gatherings to protest the results of the November...
EU-South Caucasus: Concrete Human Rights Benchmarks Needed
EU Should Not Squander Leverage on Human Rights in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (New York, December 9, 2005) — The European Union should press for concrete benchmarks on torture, freedom of expression and other key...
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee: visits in 2006
Strasbourg, 07.12.2005. In 2006, as part of its programme of regular "periodic" visits, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) intends to examine the...
Reporters Without Borders calls for end to blocking of news website
Reporters Without Borders has called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop blocking an Armenian-based news website, Hetq.am that has been censored since 8 July, apparently because it posted a report on Armenian...
Opposition Reports More Arrests
The Armenian opposition reported over the weekend fresh arrests and “intimidation” of dozens of its activists by plainclothes police following its latest unsanctioned rally held in Yerevan. Artak Zeynalian, who heads...
EU Questions Yerevan’s ‘Commitment To Democracy’
The European Union has deplored serious irregularities reported during Armenia’s disputed constitutional referendum, saying that they raised fresh questions about the Armenian government’s commitment to democracy. “...