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    NOT THE FIRST TIME

    A1+
    06:53 pm | April 09, 2009

    Society

    Armenian presses made a condemning statement today:

    "On the night of April 8, 2009, "A1+" journalist David Jalalyan
    underwent beatings by the police while he was on the job. David
    Jalalyan received first aid and was transferred to the hospital by
    an ambulance. Doctors said that his life is not in danger, but that
    he must stay under their supervision for a while.

    This is not the first time that law-enforcement officers illegally
    keep journalists from doing their job without being sure that they
    will not be punished.

    We the presses condemn the disproportionate actions taken by the police
    towards journalists fulfilling their duty as professionals and demand
    the administration of the RA Police to assign an investigation and
    bring those responsible to justice" as stated in the statement signed
    by the Committee on Defense of Freedom of Speech, the Yerevan Press
    Club, mass media outlets such as "Internews" NGO, the Pluralistic
    Media Institute-Armenia, and the Journalists' "Asbarez" Club.
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