The U.S. Freedom House also issued a statement saying: “We are concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia. We urge Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment and work with civil society to foster and implement meaningful reform.”
Today, traditionally, as after every court session, political prisoner, RPA vice-president Armen Ashotyan answered 168.am brief questions.
The Azerbaijani court has once again extended the pre-trial detention of Ruben Vardanyan, Armenian philanthropist, and former State Minister of Artsakh, who has been illegally detained in Baku since September 27, 2023.
Today, at the call of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, the leader of the “Tavush for the Motherland” popular movement, the head of the Diocese of Tavush, the police used unprecedented brutal force against the citizens who were carrying out peaceful disobedience actions and not only against them. People were even detained from the sidewalks.
I have no regrets about taking that path. I am deeply grateful to you for inspiring me to do the right thing. Now, I understand much better what motivates Marguerite Barankitse, Tom Catena, and other Aurora laureates, and why they have this strong belief in the power of one individual to make a difference. There is simply no choice but to try.
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, the Union of Journalists of Armenia congratulates and deeply thanks its international partners, “International Federation of Journalists” and “European Federation of Journalists” (IFJ, EFJ), as well as the Council of Europe (CoE) ” Safety of Journalists Platform” for principle and consistency.
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative today announced that Raffi Gregorian, a former diplomat and Navy veteran known for his work for the U.S. State Department, NATO, and the UN, has joined the Board of Directors of the Initiative, which was co-founded by his late father, Dr. Vartan Gregorian.
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Today, in support of Tavush, citizens blocked Yerevan-Tbilisi road in Dseghi section and carried out a peaceful action. The policemen in uniform as well as in civilian clothes urged the participants of the action to open the road and then use force against the citizens, including the representatives of the mass media.
The police officers used brutal force against Ani Gevorgyan, journalist and editor of NewDay.am website, and cameraman Janibek Khachatryan, who covered the protest action of citizens in Tavush region for days against the unilateral concessions and the false process of border demarcation and delimitation initiated by the authorities.
