5/1/2012
Armenian human rights activist is attacked – newspaper
YEREVAN. – Arman Veziryan from the Helsinki Association human rights organization was attacked in Armenia’s capital Yerevan on Monday, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
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5/27/2010
Law on Not Opening “A1+”
Even after a superficial glance at the revised edition of RA law on “Television and Radio Broadcasting”, one may say that it is a law that intends to exclude genuine competition and decide the fate of all TV frequencies before announcing the competition.
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6/1/2009
Assaulted "Aravot" correspondent
The young man with the nickname "Boko from Noragyugh" assaulted correspondent of "Aravot" daily Nelly Grigoryan, pushed her around, used swear words, threatened her and left in an unknown direction with the journalist's camera.
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10/16/2008
Police Confront Opposition Activists Ahead Of Yerevan Rally
Police tried to stop groups of young people publicizing the Armenian opposition’s upcoming rally in Yerevan for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, ignoring criticism from the country’s human rights ombudsman.
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10/16/2008
Opposition To Defy March Ban
The Armenian opposition will defy a government ban and tell supporters to march through central Yerevan after their rally on Friday, a spokesman for opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Thursday.
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10/14/2008
ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS CONDEMNS
The Armenian National Congress “Democratic Armenia” civil initiative strictly condemns the evident persecution of former liberation soldier Sargis Hatspanian.
“We don’t accept the fact that after the case connected to Jirair SefilIan, the authorities are once again trying to exile an Armenian who risked his life in the Artsakh war. Before, Hatspanian was fighting for Artsakh; now he’s fighting for democratization in Armenia,” as stated in the congress press release.
According to the initiative’s press release, with this the authorities prove once again that “they will do anything to get rid of political opponents without thinking about the consequences.”
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10/8/2008
Armenian Court Offers Another Venue For Opposition Rally
Armenia’s Administrative Court on Wednesday allowed the opposition to hold its next rally in downtown Yerevan on October 17 but said its participants can not march through the city center afterwards.
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10/3/2008
Armenia: Prefect candidate says TV channels refused to air his campaign materials
Several days before the elections of the head of administration of Kentron community of Yerevan (that took place on September 28, 2008), one of the two running candidates, Board Chairman of the Armenian National Movement Ararat Zurabian announced that a number TV companies refused to broadcast his election campaign materials.
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9/30/2008
Pro-Government MP Blamed For Deadly Beating
A senior employee of Armenia’s state television and radio on Tuesday blamed a pro-government parliamentarian notorious for reportedly violent conduct for an attack on a Yerevan café that left one of his friends dead.
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8/25/2008
Constitutional Freedom of Expression forced out of Northern Avenue
It has become obvious that the protesters of Northern Avenue can’t avoid incidents, that pursue an aim to restrict their constitutional right to freely express their opinion. People taken to the police station have become a usual thing, but no one expected the Police to see danger also in the posters fixed on the walls of the buildings.
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7/30/2008
ENTREPRENEUR BECAME EXILE
Volodya Hovannissian, an opposition activist and Director of Aigeservice Ltd, stopped business activity in Armenia and moved to Tbilisi. Hovannissian says he escaped persecution and found a political asylum in Georgia.
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7/24/2008
Empty Promises about Democracy
The committee of protection of political prisoners issued a statement which holds: “Despite the appeals of innumerable human rights and other international organizations the Armenian government once again violated the right of Arman Babajanyan, the editor-in-chief of the Zhamanak Yerevan and the Zhamanak Los Angeles newspapers for early release.
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7/18/2008
ARMAN BABAJANIAN WILL NOT BE RELEASED
On July 18 over thirty Armenian citizens crowded near the Penitentiary Department of the RoA Ministry of Justice with posters, “Freedom of Speech,” “Free Armenia,” “Free Political Prisoner Arman Babajanian.”
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7/18/2008
Jailed Editor Again Denied Parole
Ignoring calls from Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, prison officials and international watchdogs, Armenian authorities on Friday again refused to parole the editor of an opposition newspaper who was imprisoned for draft evasion two years ago.
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7/18/2008
Armenia: Plight For An Early Release Of Chief Editor Of “Zhmanak-Yerevan” Refused
On July 18 the Commission on Early Release and Release on Parole refused the plight of “Hospital for Convicts” penitentiary institution for the early release of the Chief Editor of “Zhamanak-Yerevan” daily Arman Babajanian.
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7/15/2008
ARMAN BABAJANIAN WAS TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 17
“Arman Babajanian should be conditionally released,” considers RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian on the grounds that “Arman Babajanian has never been imprisoned before; no charge has ever been brought against him”. The Ombudsman also based his estimation on the latest statements of various international reporting and law organizations.
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7/14/2008
Human Rights Watch urges release of Armenian editor
Arman Babajanian, 32-year-old editor and founder of the “Zhamanak Yerevan” newspaper, was arrested two years ago for evading military service and subsequently sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.
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7/3/2008
Letter to the Armenian Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Regarding the Imprisonment of Arman Babajanian
Dear Prime Minister Sargsyan and Minister Danielyan,
We are writing to encourage you to ensure the release of the well-known journalist and editor, Arman Babajanian, from prison based on his pending request for parole.
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6/4/2008
AMALIAN IRRITATED EVERYONE
After Zharangutiun MP Stepan Safarian announced that the law regulating live broadcast is constantly being broken in Armenia, Amalian requested to bring an example. Mesrop Harutiunian named Article 15 of the RoA Law on “Television and Radio” which is being violated by all TV companies including Public TV.
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4/29/2008
ARMENIAN PRESS IS “NOT FREE”
Today Freedom House released the rankings and overview for at the Newseum, Washington DC. Freedom of the Press, annual survey of media independence in 195 countries.
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3/27/2008
Armenia: Lift Ban on Peaceful Protest - Opposition Demonstrators Detained Under New Restrictions
The Armenian government should lift new restrictions on freedom of assembly and cease detaining opposition supporters participating in peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said today.
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3/19/2008
Embattled TV Raising Money To Stay On Air
A rare Armenian TV station at loggerheads with the government pleaded for financial support from viewers and sympathizers on Wednesday as it scrambled to pay a hefty fine imposed by tax authorities.
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3/5/2008
Armenia: Opposition Arrests After Unrest
The police have arrested 30 opposition activists and accused them of starting a riot on Saturday in which eight people were killed, the prosecutor general said.
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