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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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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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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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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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Ex-KGB Admits Sending Agents To Opposition Rally
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) acknowledged on Thursday that the two men detained in Yerevan’s Liberty Square the previous night for allegedly urging opposition supporters to resort to violence were its employees.
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Imaginary(but not Improbable) interview with high government official in Yerevan
Imaginary (but not improbable) interview with high government official in Yerevan
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Statement of the Broadcasting Board of Governors on Closure of Independent Media in Armenia
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) strongly objects to the blackout of independent media in Armenia. Under the state of emergency rules that went into effect on March 2, media were ordered to cite only official sources when covering national news, and the Voice of America's (VOA) Armenian-language TV program and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Armenian-language radio programs are no longer being broadcast through local affiliated stations. In addition, Internet access has been curtailed as part of the government efforts to control news and information as the political crisis has deepened since the disputed February 19 elections.
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Armenia: Independent TV Station Faces Renewed Pressure
Four years ago, Armenia’s A1+ independent TV station was forced off the air in what its journalists maintain was a government-inspired vendetta. Now, A1+ says the authorities are behind moves to force the TV station out of its offices.
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Ban on independent news coverage in Armenia is contrary to OSCE commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 4 March 2008 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, called on Armenian authorities today to lift restrictions on independent news reporting that have been in place since the state of emergency was declared on 1 March.
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