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FIDH 37TH CONGRESS-FORUM 'JUSTICE: NEW CHALLENGES', KICKED OFF IN YEREVAN TODAY, STARTED WITH A ROW
ArmInfo
2010-04-06 15:07:00
ArmInfo. FIDH 37th Congress-Forum 'Justice: New challenges', kicked
off in Yerevan today, started with a row.
As ArmInfo correspondent reported, the mob of participants in the
picket, activists of Armenian National Congress, gathered near the
Opera Theatre building, where the forum is being conducted. Young
people participants in the picket were wearing prisoner's stripes and
chained with one chain first. The names of 14 political prisoners,
accused of the mass disorder on 1 March 2008, were fixed at the stripes
of the activists. The mob was chanting and demanding release of the
political prisoners and resignation of the president Serzh Sargsyan.
Representatives of FIDH met participants in the picket. They were met
with applause. The participants in the picket were delivering envelops
containing the materials about human rights state in Armenia to FIDH
representatives and participants in the forum.
To note, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) President
Souyer Belassen said at today's press-conference that Armenia has
made certain progress in the human rights sphere. The forum, entitled
"JUSTICE : New Challenges - the Right to an Effective Remedy before an
Independent Tribunal" is held in Yerevan from 6th to 8th April. This
forum, organized in partnership with the Civil Society Institute (CSI),
FIDH member organization in Armenia, within the framework of the 37th
FIDH Congress, will indeed constitute an opportunity to work on the
different remedies available to victims of human rights violations in
the course of their struggle for truth, justice and reparations on a
national, regional and international level, and to look into the issue
of the prevention of international crimes, on the basis of the exchange
of experiences between participating NGOs from every continent.
ArmInfo
2010-04-06 15:07:00
ArmInfo. FIDH 37th Congress-Forum 'Justice: New challenges', kicked
off in Yerevan today, started with a row.
As ArmInfo correspondent reported, the mob of participants in the
picket, activists of Armenian National Congress, gathered near the
Opera Theatre building, where the forum is being conducted. Young
people participants in the picket were wearing prisoner's stripes and
chained with one chain first. The names of 14 political prisoners,
accused of the mass disorder on 1 March 2008, were fixed at the stripes
of the activists. The mob was chanting and demanding release of the
political prisoners and resignation of the president Serzh Sargsyan.
Representatives of FIDH met participants in the picket. They were met
with applause. The participants in the picket were delivering envelops
containing the materials about human rights state in Armenia to FIDH
representatives and participants in the forum.
To note, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) President
Souyer Belassen said at today's press-conference that Armenia has
made certain progress in the human rights sphere. The forum, entitled
"JUSTICE : New Challenges - the Right to an Effective Remedy before an
Independent Tribunal" is held in Yerevan from 6th to 8th April. This
forum, organized in partnership with the Civil Society Institute (CSI),
FIDH member organization in Armenia, within the framework of the 37th
FIDH Congress, will indeed constitute an opportunity to work on the
different remedies available to victims of human rights violations in
the course of their struggle for truth, justice and reparations on a
national, regional and international level, and to look into the issue
of the prevention of international crimes, on the basis of the exchange
of experiences between participating NGOs from every continent.