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Committee to Protect Journalists
Armenia
2010
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New York, December 2, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about reports that Nikol Pashinian, an opposition activist and editor-in-chief of the independent daily Haykakan Zhamanak, was beaten in custody and moved into solitary confinement.
New York, June 2, 2010—The
Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned that Armenian authorities are
detaining Ani Gevorgian, a journalist for the pro-opposition daily Haykakan
Zhanamak, after she was arrested on assignment on Monday. Police in the capital, Yerevan, arrested Gevorgian, left, as she was covering a sit-in at Liberty Square being staged by activists with the Armenian National Congress,
We issued the following statement today
after the National Assembly of Armenia
approved on a second reading the decriminalization of defamation, including
libel and insult. If signed into law, the amendments to Armenia
• Broadcast media controlled by government or its allies.
• Numerous assaults reported, but police do little.
Key Statistic
12: Broadcast license applications filed by independent outlet A1+. None approved.
The nation remained polarized by the fraud-marred 2008 presidential election won by Serzh Sargsyan, with large public protests and violent government reprisals continuing well into 2009. The global economic crisis caused layoffs in the mining industry and a decline in remittances from Russia, heightening public frustrations. The government sought to suppress critical debate over these issues, and journalists faced intolerance, hostility, and violence.
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