President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on dismissing Hrant Yepiskoposyan from the post of First Deputy Director of the National Security Service of Armenia.
Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan informed the Board members that due to healthcare problems he asked the Armenian President to accept his resignation from the post of Prosecutor General of Armenia, Prosecutor General’s press secretary Khristine Melkonyan wrote on Facebook: “Dear colleagues, Please be informed that today the Board’s session has been held in the Prosecutor General’s Office led by Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan. He informed the Board members that due to healthcare problems he asked the Armenian President to accept his resignation from the Prosecutor General’s post.
“Her-her” HPP with the capacity of 1.2 MW is within the company. Yolyan stated that it’s allowed to RA Minister of Defense as a person exercising liabilities of sole shareholder of Vorotan Hydropower Cascade, to make the decision of selling the property with the total amount of AMD 67938,264 to “Arm-Aero” CJSC.
OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatović wrote to Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian indicating that the government “should implement practical steps to ensure restraint on the part of law enforcement representatives toward members of the media” to guarantee that the press is not targeted by the police or thugs. “The police should be protecting journalists and members of the media,” she added.
The citizen, who attempted to set himself on fire has died today. The Research Center of Radiation Medicine and Burns informed about this. Earlier it reported that 20 percent of upper respiratory tract and 50 percent of the body surface of the citizen has been burnt.
At the end of the siege of police headquarters in Yerevan, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today sought reassurance from the foreign minister of Armenia that journalists’ rights and safety during times of civil unrest would be protected.
The EU Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum member Hovsep Khurshudyan, president of the “National Civic Initiative” NGO David Sanasaryan and “New Armenia” Front member Andreas Ghukasyan have been detained.
“Armenia’s investigation of the police assaults on demonstrators on July 29 should be swift and thorough,” said Giorgi Gogia, South Caucasus director at Human Rights Watch. “While the police have an obligation to maintain public order, they do not have carte blanche to use violence against people gathered to peacefully express their views.”
Accusation has been brought against Davit Sanasaryan, press speaker of “Heritage” party, member of the Council of Elders. Robert Revazyan, his attorney, told 168.am that he has been arrested in suspicion of organizing mass disturbances, according to Article 225, Point 1 of the Criminal Code. Davit Sanasaryan doesn’t accept the charges against him. A motion has been submitted to the Court of First Instance of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun administrative districts on choosing detention as a means of restraint.
“I thank our journalists and reporters for their dedicated work and for working for a bloodless resolution of the situation. I also apologize to the journalists for the events which took on the night of July 30; during these events it was our greatest blunder. Certainly, conclusions will be made. I ask for our indulgence, I ask journalists but not the low enforcement personnel to forget about these events, because I am confident that it will never happen again. I also want these events to have no event subconsciously an impact on the freedom of your work.”
