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  • Yerevan Press Club Weekly Newsletter - 11/05/2009

    YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

    OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5, 2009

    HIGHLIGHTS:

    "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ELECTION PLEDGES AND ACTIVITIES OF PARTIES

    PACE MARKED SETBACK IN MEDIA FREEDOM IN COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES

    20TH ANNIVERSARY OF "HAYK" NEWSPAPER


    "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ELECTION PLEDGES AND ACTIVITIES OF PARTIES

    On November 3, another "Press Club" show went on the air of "Yerkir Media"
    TV company. The cycle is produced under Yerevan Press Club project,
    supported by the Open Society Institute. The guests of the program host, YPC
    President Boris Navasardian were Hamazasp Danielian, professor of Yerevan
    State University, candidate of political sciences, and Lusineh Vasilian,
    correspondent of Public Radio of Armenia. The discussion centered on the
    fulfillment of election pledges and the compliance of the political
    platforms with the current activities of Armenian parties.

    The next "Press Club" show will be aired on "Yerkir Media" on November 10,
    at 21.15.

    PACE MARKED SETBACK IN MEDIA FREEDOM IN COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES

    The Report on Media Freedom of the Sub-Committee on Media of the PACE
    Committee on Culture, Science and Education is placed on the website of
    Council of Europe. Overall, for the last three years (2007-2009), the report
    notes a tangible regress of the level of freedom of media in Council of
    Europe member states. Armenia is repeatedly mentioned in different sections
    of the report.

    Thus, the report particularly emphasizes that in varying degrees in a number
    of countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova - the authorities
    displayed intolerance towards the independent and inquiring media as well as
    political opponents. Four CoE member - Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and
    Russia - were classified as not free by the international human rights
    organization "Freedom House".

    In the section dealing with cases of violence against journalists, PACE
    lists, in particular, the incidents occurred with Gagik Shamshian, free
    lance photo journalist, and Lusineh Barseghian, correspondent of "Haykakan
    Zhamanak" daily. The incidents took place in Armenia during the presidential
    elections of 2008. The report also mentions the assaults of 2008 - on Hrach
    Melkumian, Acting Director of the Yerevan Bureau of the Armenian Service of
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Edik Baghdasarian, Head of
    "Investigative Journalists" NGO, as well as the assault on Argishti
    Kivirian, Coordinator of Armenia Today news agency - in 2009. The report
    also stresses about the State of Emergency declared after the presidential
    elections of February 19, 2008, and the temporary censorship imposed in that
    period.

    As for the broadcasting sphere, PACE states that Armenia and Azerbaijan
    "maintain tight state controls over the management and work of their
    national television systems". Armenia, the report notes, "is being strongly
    pressed to permit the popular independent TV channel "A1+", whose
    broadcasting license was taken away in 2002, to be awarded a new one in line
    with a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights".

    Read the whole version of PACE report on www.coe.int.

    20TH ANNIVERSARY OF "HAYK" NEWSPAPER

    On November 4 "Hayk" newspaper celebrated its 20th anniversary since its
    first issue.

    Yerevan Press Club celebrates colleagues and wishes them success and
    prosperity.


    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
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    0002, Yerevan, Armenia
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