Armenian Apostolic Church Opposed Sects Registration

[17.11.2004]

Armenian Apostolic Church leader Garegin II came up with a statement Wednesday
voicing disapproval over Jehovah Witnesses sect recent registration.


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Health Condition of Children at Special Schools Is Alarming

[18.11.2004]

Children with special needs placed at special/boarding schools in Yerevan face
myriad health and development problems, according to the Assessment of Health
Condition of Children with Special Education Needs conducted upon the request
from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia by the
Children’s Health Care Association with UNICEF’s support.


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Journalists and Policemen Gathered At a Round Table

[18.11.2004]

On November 17 “Femida” NGO held a round table, in which representatives of
Armenian media and the police took part. The event was organized under “Role of
Press in Establishing Rule of Law in Republic of Armenia” project, implemented
by “Femida” with the financial assistance of European Commission. At the round
table the participants discussed the issue of overcoming the mutual lack of
trust between the journalists and law enforcement bodies that will allow to
provide more up-to-date and reliable information to the public about the
criminal situation in the country. “Femida” plans to hold such meetings
regularly.


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Newspaper Editor’s Car Blown Up

[22.11.2004]

A car belonging to the editor of Armenia’s best-selling daily newspaper critical
of the government was destroyed late Monday in an explosion which he said was as
an assassination attempt engineered by a wealthy businessman Gagik Tsarukian.


Gagik Tsarukian, a businessmen close to the Armenian government, denied on
Tuesday any involvement in the previous night’s bombing of a car used by the
editor of a leading independent newspaper. Leading media associations,
meanwhile, strongly condemned the apparent attack on Nikol Pashinian of the
“Haykakan Zhamanak” daily, saying that violence against journalists is becoming
the norm in Armenia. 

Police said the car exploded because of technical problems.

Armenian journalists have learned to take the police statements skeptically, as
all assaults on journalists remained undisclosed.

Yerevan Press Club and Committee for Press Freedom Protection issued a statement
demanding to conduct fair and objective investigation and calling for drastic
steps to stop violence in the country.


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