NGO RECEIVES OVER 330 CALLS ON POLLING DAY IN ARMENIA
NGO Daily News
May 15, 2012 Tuesday
Armenia, May 15 -- An Armenia based non-governmental organization,
Protection of Rights without borders in association with Open Society
Foundations-Armenia organized a program entitled "Ready for election"
in Armenia, wherein hotline numbers were available to people for any
query on the elections in the country.
According to the NGO, they received around 48 phone calls on May 6,
which was the date of the election and around 17 calls prior to the
Election Day. The NGO reported that their lawyers in various districts
received around 120 before and over 330 alarms after the polling day.
The calls were made by various citizens, observers and people engaged
in the electoral process. The NGO also stated that they provided
consultations to people and visited polling stations as part of
their program.
Protection of Rights without Borders is a non-profit organization
of human rights and legal professionals, which are engaged in
monitoring, advocacy, raising awareness and strategic litigation. The
Organization defends and promotes human rights and freedoms and
carries out activities designed to strengthen and develop human
rights jurisprudence and obtain redress for people whose rights have
been violated.
NGO Daily News
May 15, 2012 Tuesday
Armenia, May 15 -- An Armenia based non-governmental organization,
Protection of Rights without borders in association with Open Society
Foundations-Armenia organized a program entitled "Ready for election"
in Armenia, wherein hotline numbers were available to people for any
query on the elections in the country.
According to the NGO, they received around 48 phone calls on May 6,
which was the date of the election and around 17 calls prior to the
Election Day. The NGO reported that their lawyers in various districts
received around 120 before and over 330 alarms after the polling day.
The calls were made by various citizens, observers and people engaged
in the electoral process. The NGO also stated that they provided
consultations to people and visited polling stations as part of
their program.
Protection of Rights without Borders is a non-profit organization
of human rights and legal professionals, which are engaged in
monitoring, advocacy, raising awareness and strategic litigation. The
Organization defends and promotes human rights and freedoms and
carries out activities designed to strengthen and develop human
rights jurisprudence and obtain redress for people whose rights have
been violated.