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    THE VIOLATED RIGHT OF "A1+" MUST BE RESTORED

    A1+
    [06:26 pm] 25 December, 2008

    Judge of the European Court of Human Rights Alvina Gyulumyan
    touched upon the verdict reached by the EC for the lawsuit filed
    by "A1+" during a press conference today. Gyulumyan noted that the
    fulfillment of the verdict is mandatory and the Ministerial Committee
    is following-up on the completion.

    "The court reached a verdict. The Ministerial Committee of the Council
    of Europe will determine how the verdict must be implemented and what
    the requirements are for the country, not the court."

    Gyulumyan also noted that the court takes into account the
    socio-economic situation of the country when fixing the amount of
    the fine.

    Let us recall that "A1+" TV was shut down in 2002 and on June 16 this
    year the European Court of Human Rights approved the lawsuit filed by
    "Meltex" company and reached a verdict according to which the shutdown
    of "A1+" independent television was against the 10th article of the
    European Convention of Human Rights, which refers to the right to
    freedom of speech.

    "We believe that the state bodies have not made reasonable decisions
    and this is the violation that gave citizens the chance to know why
    this company was given an advantage and for the television station
    to know the reason for no frequency so that we will not face this
    problem during the next contest," said Alvina Gyulumyan.

    Based on the verdict reached by the European Court of Human Rights, the
    Armenian government had to pay 10,000 euros as compensation for court
    expenses and 20,000 euros as compensation for damages caused to "A1+".

    Do the payments make up for the government's obligations to "A1+"
    TV? In response to that, Alvina Gyulumyan said:

    "The Ministerial Committee not only follows-up on the financial
    compensation, but also plans measures to restore the right."

    One of the journalists noted that not only does "A1+" not have the
    right after the verdict of the European Court, but the government
    has adopted a law according to which there will be no tenders until
    2010. What must "A1+" do? Should it file a lawsuit? In response to
    that, Alvina Gyulumyan said that "A1+" may file a lawsuit if it feels
    that its right is violated by law.
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