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*Journalists issue statement in connection with assault on H. Karapetian*
Saturday,April 27
Several journalistic organizations of Armenia issued today a joint
statement in connection with the incident that occurred with Hakob
Karapetian, a reporter of iLur.am.
`We denounce the violence committed against the journalist and demand that
the authorities punish those guilty and take relevant measures to prevent
such incidents in the future. Any justification of impunity is inadmissible
as the detection of this crime is easy. If the crime goes unpunished, we
will consider the numerous statements of the police chiefs about their
political impartiality as idle talk,' says the statement signed by Levon
Barseghian of Asparez Club of Journalists, Erik Baghdasarian of
Investigative Reporters NGO, Boris Navasardian of Yerevan Press Club, Nune
Sargsyan of Internews NGO, Ahot Melikian of the Committee for the
Protection of Freedom of Speech, and Suren Deherian of Journalists for the
Future NGO.
Let us remind you that earlier Hakob Karapetian described the April 23
incident on his Facebook page. Some persons attacked Karapetian who was
covering a pre-election meeting of the current Yerevan Mayor Taron
Margarian in Nor Nork 8th block of Yerevan. Taron Margarian tops the list
of candidates of Republican Party of Armenia.
According to H. Karapetian, several men approached him and demanded that he
should stop filing. He explained that he was performing his professional
duties. The member of Yerevan Council of Elders Ashot Papian swore at the
reporter and hit him, after which several other people joined him and began
beating Karapetian. A policeman was present at the meeting. He did not
intervene to stop the violence. The men seized Hakob Karapetian's camera
and removed footage.
26.04.2013, 21:08
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/04/26/hakop-karapetyan-journalists/
Saturday,April 27
Several journalistic organizations of Armenia issued today a joint
statement in connection with the incident that occurred with Hakob
Karapetian, a reporter of iLur.am.
`We denounce the violence committed against the journalist and demand that
the authorities punish those guilty and take relevant measures to prevent
such incidents in the future. Any justification of impunity is inadmissible
as the detection of this crime is easy. If the crime goes unpunished, we
will consider the numerous statements of the police chiefs about their
political impartiality as idle talk,' says the statement signed by Levon
Barseghian of Asparez Club of Journalists, Erik Baghdasarian of
Investigative Reporters NGO, Boris Navasardian of Yerevan Press Club, Nune
Sargsyan of Internews NGO, Ahot Melikian of the Committee for the
Protection of Freedom of Speech, and Suren Deherian of Journalists for the
Future NGO.
Let us remind you that earlier Hakob Karapetian described the April 23
incident on his Facebook page. Some persons attacked Karapetian who was
covering a pre-election meeting of the current Yerevan Mayor Taron
Margarian in Nor Nork 8th block of Yerevan. Taron Margarian tops the list
of candidates of Republican Party of Armenia.
According to H. Karapetian, several men approached him and demanded that he
should stop filing. He explained that he was performing his professional
duties. The member of Yerevan Council of Elders Ashot Papian swore at the
reporter and hit him, after which several other people joined him and began
beating Karapetian. A policeman was present at the meeting. He did not
intervene to stop the violence. The men seized Hakob Karapetian's camera
and removed footage.
26.04.2013, 21:08
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/04/26/hakop-karapetyan-journalists/