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Attacks on the Press in 2005 - Armenia
Committee to Protect Journalists releases "Attacks on the Press report". Here we present the section related to Armenia.

- Despite recommendations from the Council of Europe and other international
organizations, the government in February rejected for the 10th time a broadcast
license application filed by A1+, the independent television station pulled off
the air in 2002. The station continued to operate a popular news Web site,
publish a weekly newspaper, and produce programs for regional television
stations. - In February, the Interior Ministry closed its investigation into a 2004 arson
attack on a car owned by editor Nikola Pashinian of the independent daily
Haikakan Zhamanak in the capital, Yerevan. No arrests were made. Haikakan
Zhamanak reported that police never interviewed a politician whom the newspaper
believed to be responsible. - Arson was used as a means of attack again on April 1, when someone burned the
car of Samuel Aleksanian, editor-in-chief of the state weekly Syunyats Yerkir in
the southern city of Goris, according to local press reports. Aleksanian said
the attack followed his criticism of the local governor. - Armenian politicians cited the "war on terror" as reason for passing
legislation restricting press coverage of terrorism. President Robert Kocharian
signed the measure on April 19, ignoring concerns over vaguely worded
prohibitions on reporting of antiterror tactics, the Yerevan Press Club
reported.
