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Monitoring Group Not Delighted With Amalyan’s Answers
The trilateral meeting between A1+, Noyan Napan, the National Committee on Television and Radio and the CE took place after 33 years as A1+ was deprived of air. At first A1+ Director Mesrop Movsesyan refused to...
Media Of South Caucasus On The Problem Of Mountainous Karabagh
On May 7-8 in Tsaghkadzor “Karabagh Problem and Its Coverage in the Media” seminar was organized by Yerevan Press Club with the assistance of Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The representatives of media and non-governmental...
Action "Help Children" To Take Place on May 10
On may 10 at the special school No18 in Nubarashen, the children will receive assistance under the action "Help Children." The event organizer is OpenArmenia society with support of the international charitable...
“Enemy Of Press" as NPC Sees It
On May 3 the National Press Club (NPC) made its annual announcement of “the enemy of press” in 2004. This time it was the state system of Armenia, since none of the nominees for the title gained the required number of...
Freedom of Choice Impossible Without Freedom of Speech
“We will by all means press for the opening of “A1+”, chairman of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia Avetik Ishkhanyan stated today. In his words the depriving of A1+ of air is the flagrant violation of freedom of speech...
The Parliament Changing The RA Constitution
Today at 12:40 p.m. the discussion of the three draft constitutions started in the NA. Right away Rafik Petrosyan, head of the NA Standing Committee on state and legal affairs, is representing the coalition draft to the...
Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression Issue Joint Statement on Press Freedom Day
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, marked 3 May, the international community's four special rapporteurs on freedom of expression issued a joint statement, paying tribute to the courage and professionalism...
Civil Service and the Freedom of Information
On April 27 in Yerevan a seminar “Civil Service and Freedom of Information” was organized by “Team” Research Center with the assistance of the RA Civil Service Council. The seminar was conducted under a homonymous...
Ombudsman’s First Report
The number of those who seek for justice from the Armenian Human Rights defender has increased with 13%. The Ombudsman has already prepared her first report covering the recent 10 months of activities. The cases of...
Journalist Inquiry Implicates Armenian Officials In Dubai Trafficking
The Armenian authorities have done little to combat illegal trafficking of hundreds and possibly thousands of Armenian women abroad for sexual exploitation despite their persistent claims to the contrary, according to...