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    Armenian ombudsman accuses Azeri media of spreading misinformation

    Arminfo
    8 Dec 04

    Yerevan, 8 December: Armenian ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan has protested
    against the spread of misinformation by the Azerbaijani media. "It
    has become obvious lately that the Azerbaijani mass media are working
    flat out to undermine relations between the human rights commissioners
    of Azerbaijan and Armenia by trying to engage the national rights
    institutions in pseudo-political insinuations that have nothing in
    common with the ideals of human rights," says a statement circulated
    by the department for information and public relations of the Armenian
    ombudsman's office.

    The latest Berlin meeting of ombudsmen from Europe and the CIS
    held under the auspices of the Council of Europe's human rights
    commissioner was no exception to this rule, the document says. The
    misinformation about "victories" in the putative struggle against
    the Armenian ombudsman who has allegedly failed to disprove facts,
    was promptly published on the web site of Azartac, the Azerbaijani
    state-owned news agency.

    Meanwhile, Alaverdyan said the official press release of the Council
    of Europe says that the meeting adopted only one document, the Berlin
    declaration, which does not and could not contain a word about the
    "accepted suggestions and demands" of the Azerbaijani ombudsman,
    especially if they concerned the Karabakh conflict. Such misinformation
    casts a shadow on the high forum of representatives of national human
    rights institutions from Europe and the CIS.

    "In parallel with this, an international conference of ombudsmen from
    the CIS and Europe was held in Baku and the Armenian ombudsman was not
    even invited there even though she had repeatedly said from different
    international rostrums that she was ready to attend the Baku conference
    because she believes it is very important to establish cooperation
    between national human right institutions of Europe and the CIS,"
    the statement said.

    [Passage omitted: previous meetings at the level of ombudsmen]

    "Unfortunately, the destabilizing role of Azerbaijan in the South
    Caucasus region, which the Armenian media and public have been warning
    about, has reached the area of protection of human rights. This compels
    us to raise the issue of joining our efforts in creating an atmosphere
    of real and effective work in the area of human rights which would
    enable us to reject all attempts at distorting the essence of this
    benevolent mission," the statement said.
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