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    COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO CARRY OUT A THREE-DAY VISIT IN ARMENIA

    Mediamax
    March 11, 2008

    Yerevan /Mediamax/. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights,
    Thomas Hammarberg, will carry out a three-day visit in Armenia to
    get familiar with the post-election situation.

    As Mediamax was told in Yerevan Office of the Council of Europe,
    during the visit, Thomas Hammarberg will meet Armenian President
    Robert Kocharian, Prime Minister and President-elect Serzh Sarkisian,
    Parliament Speaker Tigran Torosian, the Chairman of the Constitutional
    Court Gagik Harutiunian, former President and candidate Levon
    Ter-Petrosian, the Human Rights Defender Armen Harutiunian, as well
    as representatives of international organizations, diplomats and
    representatives of the civil society.

    Commissioner Hammarberg will also visit prisons, police stations
    and hospitals to meet with people affected by the events, which took
    place on March 1 and 2 in Yerevan.

    "I am concerned about the human rights situation in Armenia and the
    consequences of the declaration of the state of emergency" Commissioner
    of the Council of Europe stated.

    He noted that "it is urgent to restore a situation where the activities
    of the media, political parties and non-governmental organizations
    are not hindered".

    Mediamax notes that the Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed on
    March 10 a decree on abolishing certain provisions of the decree on
    imposing a state of emergency in Yerevan. In particular, the President
    abolished the provision on temporary interruption of activities of
    parties and other public organizations, which hinder the elimination of
    reasons, which conditioned the implementation of a state of emergency.
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