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CHORRORD ISHKHANUTYUN CHECKMATES EVERYONE: MESROP HARUTYUNYAN
Tert
Nov 10 2009
Armenia
Committee for the protection of freedom of speech member Mesrop
Harutyunyan circulated a statement "on the ruling of the judge on
Chorrord Ishkhanutyun [a local Armenian paper; "Fourth Authority"
in English] newspaper and its developments." Stating a number of
facts, according to which the judge who made a ruling on Chorrord
Ishkhanutyun case violated the Republic of Armenia Constitution,
Harutyunyan concluded that "by making the above-mentioned ruling,
the judge violated the right to circulate information and the right to
freedom of the press as prescribed by Article 27 of the RA Constitution
and Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as requirement of Article 4
of RA Law on Mass Media, since prohibiting publication of a newspaper
is not foreseen by law, it is not necessary for a democratic public
and doesn't serve the aims of the RA Constitution and the European
Convention mentioned."
In the postscript of the statement, Harutyunyan states:
"The advantage and progressiveness of RA Law on Mass Media is such that
it renders meaningless suspending or prohibiting the publishing of
any newspaper." Stating that the 'Media is published and distributed
without preliminary or ongoing state registration, licensing,
state or other body declaration, or any other type of notification'
(Article 4 of the RA Law on Mass Media), the law protects media from
such political persecutions (and no one doubts that the persecution
of Chorrord Ishkhanutyun is political). Since if you prohibit "A"
newspaper from being published, it will immediately be published in
the name of "A+B"; if you prohibit this, on the next day it will
be published in the name of "A+B+C" and so on. This is the simple
democratic right attained by our analysts' three-month struggle.
"Fortunately, the media knows the law better and Chorrord Ishkhanutyun
editorial staff exercised its legislative right in the best way and
correctly, checkmating both the Gind [another local Armenian paper],
and the judge and those who do his bidding."
Tert
Nov 10 2009
Armenia
Committee for the protection of freedom of speech member Mesrop
Harutyunyan circulated a statement "on the ruling of the judge on
Chorrord Ishkhanutyun [a local Armenian paper; "Fourth Authority"
in English] newspaper and its developments." Stating a number of
facts, according to which the judge who made a ruling on Chorrord
Ishkhanutyun case violated the Republic of Armenia Constitution,
Harutyunyan concluded that "by making the above-mentioned ruling,
the judge violated the right to circulate information and the right to
freedom of the press as prescribed by Article 27 of the RA Constitution
and Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well as requirement of Article 4
of RA Law on Mass Media, since prohibiting publication of a newspaper
is not foreseen by law, it is not necessary for a democratic public
and doesn't serve the aims of the RA Constitution and the European
Convention mentioned."
In the postscript of the statement, Harutyunyan states:
"The advantage and progressiveness of RA Law on Mass Media is such that
it renders meaningless suspending or prohibiting the publishing of
any newspaper." Stating that the 'Media is published and distributed
without preliminary or ongoing state registration, licensing,
state or other body declaration, or any other type of notification'
(Article 4 of the RA Law on Mass Media), the law protects media from
such political persecutions (and no one doubts that the persecution
of Chorrord Ishkhanutyun is political). Since if you prohibit "A"
newspaper from being published, it will immediately be published in
the name of "A+B"; if you prohibit this, on the next day it will
be published in the name of "A+B+C" and so on. This is the simple
democratic right attained by our analysts' three-month struggle.
"Fortunately, the media knows the law better and Chorrord Ishkhanutyun
editorial staff exercised its legislative right in the best way and
correctly, checkmating both the Gind [another local Armenian paper],
and the judge and those who do his bidding."