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US STATE DEPARTMENT STATES ABOUT KILLINGS IN RA ARMY
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=7345
12:00 . 25/05
The US State Department has published its annual human rights report.
According to the 2011 Human Rights Report, most human rights violations
were recorded in Turkmenistan, Belarus and Iran.
The report also covers the Arab Spring revolutions.
Like every year, the report has also presented data on the human
rights violations in Armenia.
The most significant human rights problems in Armenia were limitations
on citizens' right to change their government, freedom of speech and
press, and the independence of the judiciary, State Department said
in its annual report.
"The government released the remaining six opposition members detained
in connection with the 2008 clashes between security forces and
protesters disputing the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.
Since April 28 the government began permitting demonstrations and
opposition rallies in previously restricted areas of the capital
city, and all were held without incident, although demonstrators from
outside of Yerevan at times were impeded in their attempts to travel
to rallies. The government decriminalized libel and defamation but
established high new civil fines that encouraged journalists and
media outlets to practice self-censorship."
The report also states that the switch from analog to digital
television reduced media pluralism.
"Courts remained subject to political pressure from the executive
branch," the report says. It also covers death cases in the army.
"There were no reports that the government or its agents committed
arbitrary or unlawful killings, but noncombat deaths in the army
continued to be a problem. The government reported that during
the year 15 military servicemen died under noncombat conditions,
a decrease from 2010," the report says.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=7345
12:00 . 25/05
The US State Department has published its annual human rights report.
According to the 2011 Human Rights Report, most human rights violations
were recorded in Turkmenistan, Belarus and Iran.
The report also covers the Arab Spring revolutions.
Like every year, the report has also presented data on the human
rights violations in Armenia.
The most significant human rights problems in Armenia were limitations
on citizens' right to change their government, freedom of speech and
press, and the independence of the judiciary, State Department said
in its annual report.
"The government released the remaining six opposition members detained
in connection with the 2008 clashes between security forces and
protesters disputing the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.
Since April 28 the government began permitting demonstrations and
opposition rallies in previously restricted areas of the capital
city, and all were held without incident, although demonstrators from
outside of Yerevan at times were impeded in their attempts to travel
to rallies. The government decriminalized libel and defamation but
established high new civil fines that encouraged journalists and
media outlets to practice self-censorship."
The report also states that the switch from analog to digital
television reduced media pluralism.
"Courts remained subject to political pressure from the executive
branch," the report says. It also covers death cases in the army.
"There were no reports that the government or its agents committed
arbitrary or unlawful killings, but noncombat deaths in the army
continued to be a problem. The government reported that during
the year 15 military servicemen died under noncombat conditions,
a decrease from 2010," the report says.
From: A. Papazian