  CE Commissioner for Human Rights meets Vice Speaker and members of RA NA January 20, 2011 - 09:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 19, Vice-Speaker of the RA National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan met with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Thomas Hammarberg. During the meeting, Nikoyan briefed Hammarberg on the work of the RA parliamentary commission on investigation of the March 1-2, 2008, events. Mr. Hammarberg also met with representatives of the parliamentary groups to discuss the March 1-2, 2008, tragic events, work of media, as well as situation with human rights in the Armenian Armed Forces, the RA NA press service reported.   Top stories 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. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Latest news Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan  The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan.Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic.Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan.Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |
