OSCE expresses "deep" concern about lack of progress in Armenia
Mediamax news agency
30 Apr 04
YEREVAN
The OSCE office in Yerevan has expressed "deep concern" about an
increase in the number of violent incidents, "an alarming lack of
progress" in the punishment of those guilty and an atmosphere of
intolerance in Armenian society, the head of the OSCE office and
ambassador, Vladimir Pryakhin, has said in a letter to Armenian
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan.
Vladimir Pryakhin recalled that a deputy of the Armenian parliament,
Viktor Dallakyan, was attacked on 23 March and the chairman of the
Helsinki association and human rights activist, Mikael Danielyan, was
beaten up on 30 March and well-known politician Ashot Manucharyan on
22 April.
Pryakhin expressed regret about a lack of progress in the
investigation of these incidents and of the attacks on journalists
during the rallies on 5 and 13 April
Mediamax news agency
30 Apr 04
YEREVAN
The OSCE office in Yerevan has expressed "deep concern" about an
increase in the number of violent incidents, "an alarming lack of
progress" in the punishment of those guilty and an atmosphere of
intolerance in Armenian society, the head of the OSCE office and
ambassador, Vladimir Pryakhin, has said in a letter to Armenian
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan.
Vladimir Pryakhin recalled that a deputy of the Armenian parliament,
Viktor Dallakyan, was attacked on 23 March and the chairman of the
Helsinki association and human rights activist, Mikael Danielyan, was
beaten up on 30 March and well-known politician Ashot Manucharyan on
22 April.
Pryakhin expressed regret about a lack of progress in the
investigation of these incidents and of the attacks on journalists
during the rallies on 5 and 13 April