Hammarberg urges RA authorities to release participants of March 2008 eventsJanuary 21, 2011 - 20:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg urged the RA authorities to release participants of the March 1-2, 2008, events in Yerevan. “I am still concerned over the matter of imprisoned people. We hailed the amnesty declared by the Armenian President, but urged the country’s leadership to release the rest as well,” Hammarberg told journalists in Yerevan. Asked whether the imprisoned representatives and allies of opposition are political prisoners, Hammarberg said: “There is no term “political prisoner” in international agreements on human rights. In case of these people we deal with two principles – the right to fair judicial proceedings and the right to equality before the law irrespective of political beliefs. We noted that in case of the convicted persons with respect to the March 1-2, 2008 events there are problems related to fair judicial proceedings. And we believe that these two principles have been violated due to political reasons,” said Hammarberg. 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 | Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. |