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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S REPORT COULD POSITIVELY AFFECT AUTHORITIES' CONDUCT - EXPERT
Tert.am
13.05.11
Amnesty International's report on human rights could positively
affect the Armenian authorities' conduct, according to the Helsinki
Association's president.
"I am very happy that Amnesty International finally published a report
about Armenia and the March 1 [2008] events in the country. It is
very important and could positively affect the authorities' conduct,"
Michael Danielyan told a news conference on Friday, commenting on
the organization's recent Human Rights Report.
He said the Armenian authorities are obviously facing pressures by
foreign forces.
"And this is yet another form of pressure," he said.
Amnesty International's report reflecting the human rights situation
in world's 157 countries was published on Friday. The chapter devoted
to Armenia covers, among other things, such human rights violations as
violence against women and girls, deaths in custody and restrictions
on freedom of speech.
In a section on impunity, the Amnesty International experts
express special concerns over the authorities' failure to launch an
independents inquiry into the March 2008 political turmoil sparked
by a disputed presidential election.
"At the end of the year there had still been no independent inquiry
into allegations of excessive use of force against members of the
public during postelection protests in 2008; no one had been brought to
justice in connection with 10 deaths, including of two police officers,
that occurred during the violent demonstrations," reads the report.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
13.05.11
Amnesty International's report on human rights could positively
affect the Armenian authorities' conduct, according to the Helsinki
Association's president.
"I am very happy that Amnesty International finally published a report
about Armenia and the March 1 [2008] events in the country. It is
very important and could positively affect the authorities' conduct,"
Michael Danielyan told a news conference on Friday, commenting on
the organization's recent Human Rights Report.
He said the Armenian authorities are obviously facing pressures by
foreign forces.
"And this is yet another form of pressure," he said.
Amnesty International's report reflecting the human rights situation
in world's 157 countries was published on Friday. The chapter devoted
to Armenia covers, among other things, such human rights violations as
violence against women and girls, deaths in custody and restrictions
on freedom of speech.
In a section on impunity, the Amnesty International experts
express special concerns over the authorities' failure to launch an
independents inquiry into the March 2008 political turmoil sparked
by a disputed presidential election.
"At the end of the year there had still been no independent inquiry
into allegations of excessive use of force against members of the
public during postelection protests in 2008; no one had been brought to
justice in connection with 10 deaths, including of two police officers,
that occurred during the violent demonstrations," reads the report.
From: A. Papazian