Today, Armenia’s Union of Journalists organized a discussion “Against media restrictions, for the sake of free speech and the right to be informed”. During this discussion Satik Seyranyan, head of Armenia’s Union of Journalists made a speech, in which she said that the authorities, the circles that serve them, are targeting journalists, and for a quite long time they have been segregating media into theirs and outsiders.
“The heritage of authorities in our country is expressed in one thing – hate towards media, acting against media and limiting the freedom of speech” said the chief editor of Hraparak daily Armine Ohanyan today during a discussion entitled “Against media restrictions, for the sake of free speech and right to be informed” organized by the Union of Journalists of Armenia.
We have previously published information about a criminal case unleashed against Armenia’s bodybuilding champion Vahram Hakobyan, as a result of which, he claims, his right for free movement has been limited because of illegal actions against him, which in its turn has had a huge negative impact on his sprots career.
The opposition “With Honor” and “Armenia” factions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia condemn the embarrassing violence used against deputies of the National Assembly in parliament today.
Last week, we became convinced by our own experience that presence of Azerbaijani servicemen on the roads between Armenia’s Syunik province is a violation of the right to life and freedom of movement of people.
The Azerbaijani authorities are acting unlawfully, in blatant violation of international norms from the very outset, and bear the responsibility for killing the 2 Armenian servicemen in Yeraskh and Gegharkunik on 16 August, i.e. violating their right to life.
The Azerbaijani military attacked Artsakh’s Defense Army military positions with combat drones in the morning of August 11.
. Azerbaijan again attempted to breach the Armenian airspace by flying a military UAV into the Gegharkunik province from across the border around 11:00, August 4, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia said.
During the new season, Channel 5 TV will present small, but pleasant changes. According to Director of Channel 5 TV Harutyun Harutyunyan, there will be cultural, children’s and political shows.
In particular, the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia received alarms found out based on the alarms on 3 August 2021, that on July 26, 2021, 4 cows belonging to two families of the village were taken to pasture in the administrative territory of Chakaten village of Kapan community of Syunik province, right on the pasture about 1 km away from the village.
