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  • Yerevan Press Club Weekly Newsletter - 07/08/2004

    YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

    JULY 2-8, 2004

    HIGHLIGHTS:

    "MEDIA GROUP" FACING THE DANGER OF LIQUIDATION

    "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS" ADDRESSED THE COURT OF APPEALS


    "MEDIA GROUP" FACING THE DANGER OF LIQUIDATION

    On July 7 the Chamber for Civil and Commercial Cases of the RA Court of
    Cassation left the decision of the second jurisdiction on the suit of
    Vanadzor (Lori region) public information organization "Media Group" versus
    the State Social Security Fund unchanged.

    As it has been reported, the litigation between the parties started in as
    far back as 2003 when "Media Group" with the assistance of "World Learning"
    international organization was implementing a project "Strengthening of
    Relations between the Organizations and the Community of Vanadzor". The
    representatives of State Social Security Fund, after an audit, recognized
    the "Media Group" volunteers to be paid employees and in this regard
    demanded the organizations to make appropriate social security payments and
    pay a fine. The last court ruling of June 3, 2004 obliged "Media Group" to
    cover the debt to the State Social Security Fund, but with no fine payments
    (see YPC Weekly Newsletter, June 4-10, 2004).

    According to the representative of "Media Group" Edmon Marukian, now,
    according to the Armenian legislation, the ruling execution is to start
    against the NGO, its property will be arrested to be later sold from an
    auction. As Marukian said, the organization does not have any funds to cover
    the liabilities to the State Social Security Fund. This is an amount of
    about 500,000 drams (about $ 1,000), including the execution costs. However,
    "Media Group" will continue to protect its rights and intends to address the
    European Court of Human Rights.

    On July 7 the employees of Vanadzor organization held a protest action
    before the building State Social Security Fund in Yerevan.

    "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS" ADDRESSED THE COURT OF APPEALS

    On July 6 "Investigative Journalists" public organization and its chairman
    Edik Baghdasarian challenged with the RA Court of Appeals the decision of
    the court of primary jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash communities of
    Yerevan on the suit versus the Yerevan municipality. As it has been
    reported, on June 21, 2004 the court of primary jurisdiction declined the
    suit of "Investigative Journalists". The plaintiff demanded that the
    municipality provide the resolutions of the city administration of 1997-2003
    on the construction in public green zone around the National Theater of
    Opera and Ballet, necessary for a journalistic investigation. The judge
    motivates her ruling saying the organization did not attempt to receive the
    necessary information from other state institutions before addressing the
    municipality and the inquiry was not specific enough (see YPC Weekly
    Newsletter, June 18-24, 2004).

    "Investigative Journalists" demand that the ruling of the primary
    jurisdiction court be abolished and the actions of the municipality be
    qualified as a refusal in information. Along with this, the organization
    addressed a new inquiry to the municipality of Yerevan, listing all the
    enterprises operating on the territory around the Theater of Opera and
    Ballet and of interest to "Investigative Journalists".

    N.B. Dear readers, please note that YPC Weekly Newsletter will next be
    issued in early September, 2004.

    When reprinting or using the information above, reference to the Yerevan
    Press Club is required.

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    Editor of YPC Newsletter - Elina POGHOSBEKIAN
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    Yerevan Press Club
    9B, Ghazar Parpetsi str.
    375007, Yerevan, Armenia
    Tel.: (+ 374 1) 53 00 67; 53 35 41; 53 76 62
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