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    HE DOES NOT MIX SEPARATE CASES OF CRUELTY WITH MASS ACCIDENTS

    Lragir.am
    21 June 06

    Miklos Haraszti, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, in
    Yerevan for a two-day visit, stated June 21 that recently no cases of
    violence or physical assault against journalists have been reported
    in Armenia. He said it is very important because the evaluation of
    the rights of journalists and absence of self-critique is based on
    this. His statement that there is no violence aroused laughter among
    journalists, and they reminded Haraszti that two years ago on April
    5 bodyguards broke a camera, on April 12 the police beat several
    journalists, then in Tsaghkadzor the photographers taking pictures
    of the villas of government officials and oligarchs were attacked by
    bodyguards. Miklos Haraszti says he knows separate cases and he does
    not mean that there is no violence at all. He means that there are
    no systematic and mass accidents involving journalists.

    By the way, Miklos Haraszti also wondered why the government, accused
    by the majority of Armenian journalists of violation of the freedom
    of media, does not apply the article on libel, which provides for
    accountability of journalists. Being against this article, Miklos
    Haraszti, nevertheless, wanted to know why it is not applied by the
    government if it is against freedom of speech. Discerning an assertion
    in the words of Miklos Haraszti that the government of Armenia is not
    up for violation of freedom of the media, otherwise they would use the
    article on libel, we will make an attempt at explaining Mr. Haraszti
    why the article on libel is not applied in Armenia. This article is
    not applied for the simple reason that it is impossible to libel the
    government of Armenia, for whatever is written is true. But there
    is another, a more forceful reason for not applying this article. By
    applying this article the government will, in fact, create a precedent
    of application of law in Armenia. And in order to prevent a precedent
    of application of law, the government is ready to bear libel.
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