ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS ACCUSED LAW-ENFORCERS OF PANDERING INSTIGATORS OF DISORDERS AT OPPOSITION RALLIESApril 6, 2004 - 23:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Press Club, Asparez journalists' club and editorial staff of Hetq magazine of the Association of journalists-investigators of Armenia condemned a group of young people, who attacked the journalists during the opposition rally in Yerevan on April 5. "The incident proves that the pressure on freedom of speech in Armenia still remains unpunished and is encouraged by the silent consent of law-enforcers", Asparez's statement says. The authors also called "to show respect to the professional duty" to those journalists, who, in the opinion of the authors, "distorted the situation thus supporting the hooligans". To remind, during yesterday's rally organized by the National Unity opposition party a group of young people bombarded the marchers with eggs and then took away and broke the journalists' audio and video equipment. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |