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An open letter concerning OSCE's position on the processes in Mashtots
park Yerevan
hetq
22:52, April 1, 2012
To Mr. Andrey Sorokin
Ambassador of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe, office in Yerevan
Excellency,
Considering that one of the main goals of OSCE is the development of
democratic institutions, we would like to bring to your attention
flagrant human rights violations taking place in Mashtots park
Yerevan. We strongly disagree with OSCE representatives' assessment of
police actions concerning protests in the park. The police has broken
the law and violated fundamental rights for peaceful protests numerous
times, especially during the `Dismantling' of the tent placed in the
park. This is presented in detail in the statement of the Human Rights
defender of RA and in the statements of our civic initiatives; we have
also reported the criminal action to the General Prosecutor's office
and the Special Investigation Service of RA.
Following the responses of your office to the ongoing protests in the
park, we believe that OSCE did not adequately assess and condemn
violations of human rights and freedoms. On the contrary, an attempt
is made to justify illegal actions of the RA Police.
We call upon you and other establishments and representatives of OSCE
to revise the evil practice when inadequate and careless statements or
decisions of an establishment or representative catalyze power
structures' violence against the society members. This happened after
the presidential elections of 2008, when the first preliminary
statement of OSCE/ODIHR gave an opportunity of using inadequate force,
which brought to tragic results. The OSCE/ODIHR has its share of
responsibility for it.
We are also aware that your office has been performing various
programs with the police and Yerevan municipality, which aim at
professional development and improved governance skills of these
institutions and their employees. The events around Mashtots park
demonstrate that those programs have not been effective and both
institutions have failed meeting the expected results of accountable
and transparent governance.
Based on OSCE mandate, the problems concerning democratic governance,
Armenia's performance of its international obligations, access to
justice and environmental protection should be directly discussed with
the civic society, too.
Sincerely,
`Save Teghut' civic initiative
`This City Belongs to Us' civic initiative
`Our City' civic-social initiative
30.03.2012թ.
From: Baghdasarian
park Yerevan
hetq
22:52, April 1, 2012
To Mr. Andrey Sorokin
Ambassador of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe, office in Yerevan
Excellency,
Considering that one of the main goals of OSCE is the development of
democratic institutions, we would like to bring to your attention
flagrant human rights violations taking place in Mashtots park
Yerevan. We strongly disagree with OSCE representatives' assessment of
police actions concerning protests in the park. The police has broken
the law and violated fundamental rights for peaceful protests numerous
times, especially during the `Dismantling' of the tent placed in the
park. This is presented in detail in the statement of the Human Rights
defender of RA and in the statements of our civic initiatives; we have
also reported the criminal action to the General Prosecutor's office
and the Special Investigation Service of RA.
Following the responses of your office to the ongoing protests in the
park, we believe that OSCE did not adequately assess and condemn
violations of human rights and freedoms. On the contrary, an attempt
is made to justify illegal actions of the RA Police.
We call upon you and other establishments and representatives of OSCE
to revise the evil practice when inadequate and careless statements or
decisions of an establishment or representative catalyze power
structures' violence against the society members. This happened after
the presidential elections of 2008, when the first preliminary
statement of OSCE/ODIHR gave an opportunity of using inadequate force,
which brought to tragic results. The OSCE/ODIHR has its share of
responsibility for it.
We are also aware that your office has been performing various
programs with the police and Yerevan municipality, which aim at
professional development and improved governance skills of these
institutions and their employees. The events around Mashtots park
demonstrate that those programs have not been effective and both
institutions have failed meeting the expected results of accountable
and transparent governance.
Based on OSCE mandate, the problems concerning democratic governance,
Armenia's performance of its international obligations, access to
justice and environmental protection should be directly discussed with
the civic society, too.
Sincerely,
`Save Teghut' civic initiative
`This City Belongs to Us' civic initiative
`Our City' civic-social initiative
30.03.2012թ.
From: Baghdasarian