Media ordered to cite only government sources; three websites, one radio station blocked
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 March 2008 CPJ press release: ARMENIA: Media restrictions imposed as president declares emergency New York, March 3, 2008 – Armenian authorities should immediately lift restrictions on independent news reporting and the censorship of independent news Web sites, steps imposed when President Robert Kocharian declared a state of emergency […]
Opposition news agency sealed off; journalist arrested; non-government broadcasts to be severely curtailed, Internet and satellite reception cut, under state of emergency
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an abbreviated version of a 2 March 2008 Human Rights Watch press release: Armenia: Police Beat Peaceful Protesters in Yerevan State of Emergency Restricts Civil Liberties and Free Press (New York, March 2, 2008) – Armenian police on March 1 used excessive force and violence to disperse demonstrators protesting peacefully […]
Journalists beaten, prevented from taking photographs in violence at polling stations
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an abridged Human Rights Watch press release: Armenia: Violence at Polling Stations Mars Elections Assailants Target Opposition Activists, Observers and Journalists (New York, February 22, 2008) – The Armenian government should investigate alleged assaults on election observers and journalists that marred the presidential election on February 19, 2008, Human Rights […]
Proposed laws would curb media freedoms and effectively ban regional radio station, says Human Rights Watch
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 29 June 2007 Human Rights Watch press release: Armenia: Parliament Must Not Silence RFE/RL Strike Down Proposed Laws Curbing Media Freedoms (New York, June 29, 2007) – The Armenian parliament should not adopt two draft laws that would effectively ban future broadcasts of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a […]
ARTICLE 19 calls on legislators to review law to ensure autonomy of broadcasting commission
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 26 May 2007 ARTICLE 19 press statement: ARTICLE 19 STATEMENT on New Provisions for the Appointment of Members of the National Commission on Television and Radio ARTICLE 19 welcomes the amendments to the Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Rules of Procedure of the National Commission […]
Opposition editor sentenced to four years in prison on dubious charge
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 September 2006 CPJ press release: Armenian opposition editor sentenced to four years in prison New York, September 11, 2006 – A district court judge in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, sentenced Arman Babadzhanian, editor of the opposition newspaper Zhamanak Yerevan, to four years in prison on Friday for dodging military […]
Editor jailed without bail; political motives cited
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Armenian editor jailed without bail; political motives cited New York, July 7, 2006 – The editor of an opposition daily has been jailed in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, for more than two weeks without bail. Arman Babadzhanian, editor-in-chief of Zhamanak Yerevan (Yerevan Times), faces up to […]
Anthropology student Yektan Turkyilmaz released
(WiPC/IFEX) – Yektan Turkyilmaz, a PhD student of cultural anthropology held in Armenia since mid-June, was released from prison with a suspended sentence on 16 August 2005. The Malatia-Sebastia district court in the capital, Yerevan, convicted Turkyilmaz on two counts of attempting to take antique books out of the country. According to Radio Free Europe/Radio […]
Anthropology student jailed, facing up to 8 years in prison for possession of antique books
(WiPC/IFEX) – Members of the world association of writers, International PEN, have been alerted to the plight of Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Turkish PhD student of cultural anthropology who has been in prison in Armenia since mid June 2005. Turkyilmaz was arrested for not declaring that he was in possession of antique books as he was […]
Photographer assaulted after taking pictures of official’s villa
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 25 August 2004 CPJ press release: ARMENIA: Photographer assaulted after taking pictures of official’s villa New York, August 25, 2004 – Armenian photojournalist Mkhitar Khachatryan was assaulted after photographing the opulent homes of government officials in the central Armenian resort city of Tsakhkadzor yesterday, according to local and international […]
IPI condemns attacks on journalists at opposition rally
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 15 April 2004 IPI letter to President Robert Kocharian: H.E. Robert Kocharian President Office of the President Marshal Baghramian St. 26 375077 Yerevan Armenia Fax: + (374 1) 521- 551 / 561-581 / 151-152 Vienna, 15 April 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of […]
Journalists beaten at opposition rally
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 13 April 2004 CPJ press release: ARMENIA: Journalists beaten at an opposition rally New York, April 13, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns today’s early-morning attack on several Armenian journalists who were covering an opposition rally in the country’s capital, Yerevan. According to local and international reports, four […]
RSF condemns attack on journalists covering opposition demonstration
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has protested the 5 April 2004 attack on at least four journalists who were covering an opposition demonstration in the capital, Yerevan. One of the journalists was also arrested and detained briefly for photographing police who were setting up roadblocks before the rally. Police failed to intervene as a group of unidentified […]
Journalists attacked at opposition rally
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: ARMENIA: Journalists attacked at an opposition rally New York, April 6, 2004-Journalists covering yesterday’s opposition rally in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, were attacked by two dozen men in civilian clothes. The men smashed journalists’ cameras, assaulted several reporters, and destroyed filmed footage of the events, the U.S.-funded […]
ARTICLE 19 statement on state of Armenia’s media legislation
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 21 March 2004 ARTICLE 19 press statement: ARTICLE 19 Press Statement on the State of Armenia’s Media Legislation In the last four years, and particularly since joining the Council of Europe in 2001, Armenia has made some important progress in developing legal guarantees for freedom of expression and […]
ARTICLE 19 concerned about proposed amendments to Law on Freedom of Information
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 open letter to Justice Minister David Harutyunyan: Ministry of Justice Minister Mr. David Harutyunyan Fax: (3741) 582157 1 March 2004 Dear Mr. Harutyunyan, ARTICLE 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression, is deeply concerned about the proposed Law On Amendments to the Law of the Republic […]