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YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 5, 2013
HIGHLIGHTS:
FROM "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT
JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING PROTEST ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA'S JOINING
CUSTOMS UNION
FROM "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT
On December 2, the "Yerkir Media" TV channel broadcast another piece of the
"Press Club" cycle
on issues of journalistic ethics. This weekly "Press Club" cycle is produced
by YPC with the support of Deutsche Welle Academy.
This piece was devoted to the ethical and legislative aspects of copyright.
Particularly, the discussion focused on the amendments to the Law of the
Republic of Armenia "On Copyright and Related Rights" regarding the use of
media reports (See YPC Weekly Newsletter, September 27 - October 3, 2013
). These amendments came into effect
on November 9. The discussants of the talk show - Head of Copyright and
related rights department at the RA Intellectual Property Agency Kristine
Hambaryan and Director of ArmenPress News Agency Aram Ananyan - presented
their perspectives on this issue. Lawyer Ara Kazaryan, Media Initiatives
Center (the former "Internews") lawyer Movses Hakobyan, Lragir.am and 1in.am
correspondent Siranush Papyan and the Zhoghovurd daily correspondent Arman
Galoyan were the invited experts. YPC President Boris Navasardian hosted the
show.
The next "Press Club" will be broadcast by "Yerkir Media" on December 9,
Monday, at 18.00 (with the rerun on December 14, Saturday, at 11.00).
Watch December 2, 2013 "Press Club"
here
JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING PROTEST ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA'S JOINING
CUSTOMS UNION
On December 2, on the day of the Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to
Armenia protest actions were held in Yerevan against Armenia's joining the
Customs Union. At around 14:00 the Police hindered the most massive action,
detaining and taking over more than a dozen participants of the march along
the central streets of the capital.
Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of Journalists'Club "Asparez" in Gyumri was among
the detained. As Levon Barseghian told YPC, the action participants were
taken to the Yerevan Kentron Police Station and were released about four
hours later. According to Levon Barseghyan, the Police compiled a report
where the detainment was grounded by Article 180-1 ("Violation of Legal
Procedure for Assembly") of the RA Code of Administrative Violations.
Police officers also arrested Hraparak.am correspondent Vardan Minasyan who
was covering the action. Hraparak.am published the details of the incident
on the same day in the pieces titled
"Hraparak.am correspondent was
beaten" and "What Happened in
Police Car, and Then in Police Station". In particular, when Vardan Minasyan
intended to shoot Levon Barseghyan's detention, Ashot Karapetyan, Head of
Yerevan Police, unexpectedly stood in his way and snatched the video camera
from his hands, with two policemen forcing the journalist into a car.
According to Hraparak.am, in the car the policemen were "appeasing" the two
detained people, sitting next to the journalist. A man in a Police uniform
who hurried to help them, and was called "Serozhik," gave Vardan Minasyan a
blow to the chin.
On the same day, December 2, an
announcement was posted onto the RA Police website, stating that an internal
investigation has been launched on the incident with the Hraparak.am
correspondent Vardan Minasyan.
When reprinting or using the information above, reference to the Yerevan
Press Club is required.
You are welcome to send any comment and feedback about the Newsletter to:
[email protected]
Subscription for the Newsletter is free. To subscribe or unsubscribe from
this mailing list, please send a message to: [email protected]
Editor of YPC Newsletter - Elina POGHOSBEKIAN
____________________________________________
Yerevan Press Club
9B, Ghazar Parpetsi str.
0002, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel.: (+ 374 10) 53 00 67; 53 35 41; 53 76 62
Fax: (+374 10) 53 56 61
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.ypc.am
From: Baghdasarian
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 5, 2013
HIGHLIGHTS:
FROM "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT
JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING PROTEST ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA'S JOINING
CUSTOMS UNION
FROM "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT
On December 2, the "Yerkir Media" TV channel broadcast another piece of the
"Press Club" cycle
on issues of journalistic ethics. This weekly "Press Club" cycle is produced
by YPC with the support of Deutsche Welle Academy.
This piece was devoted to the ethical and legislative aspects of copyright.
Particularly, the discussion focused on the amendments to the Law of the
Republic of Armenia "On Copyright and Related Rights" regarding the use of
media reports (See YPC Weekly Newsletter, September 27 - October 3, 2013
). These amendments came into effect
on November 9. The discussants of the talk show - Head of Copyright and
related rights department at the RA Intellectual Property Agency Kristine
Hambaryan and Director of ArmenPress News Agency Aram Ananyan - presented
their perspectives on this issue. Lawyer Ara Kazaryan, Media Initiatives
Center (the former "Internews") lawyer Movses Hakobyan, Lragir.am and 1in.am
correspondent Siranush Papyan and the Zhoghovurd daily correspondent Arman
Galoyan were the invited experts. YPC President Boris Navasardian hosted the
show.
The next "Press Club" will be broadcast by "Yerkir Media" on December 9,
Monday, at 18.00 (with the rerun on December 14, Saturday, at 11.00).
Watch December 2, 2013 "Press Club"
here
JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING PROTEST ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA'S JOINING
CUSTOMS UNION
On December 2, on the day of the Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to
Armenia protest actions were held in Yerevan against Armenia's joining the
Customs Union. At around 14:00 the Police hindered the most massive action,
detaining and taking over more than a dozen participants of the march along
the central streets of the capital.
Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of Journalists'Club "Asparez" in Gyumri was among
the detained. As Levon Barseghian told YPC, the action participants were
taken to the Yerevan Kentron Police Station and were released about four
hours later. According to Levon Barseghyan, the Police compiled a report
where the detainment was grounded by Article 180-1 ("Violation of Legal
Procedure for Assembly") of the RA Code of Administrative Violations.
Police officers also arrested Hraparak.am correspondent Vardan Minasyan who
was covering the action. Hraparak.am published the details of the incident
on the same day in the pieces titled
"Hraparak.am correspondent was
beaten" and "What Happened in
Police Car, and Then in Police Station". In particular, when Vardan Minasyan
intended to shoot Levon Barseghyan's detention, Ashot Karapetyan, Head of
Yerevan Police, unexpectedly stood in his way and snatched the video camera
from his hands, with two policemen forcing the journalist into a car.
According to Hraparak.am, in the car the policemen were "appeasing" the two
detained people, sitting next to the journalist. A man in a Police uniform
who hurried to help them, and was called "Serozhik," gave Vardan Minasyan a
blow to the chin.
On the same day, December 2, an
announcement was posted onto the RA Police website, stating that an internal
investigation has been launched on the incident with the Hraparak.am
correspondent Vardan Minasyan.
When reprinting or using the information above, reference to the Yerevan
Press Club is required.
You are welcome to send any comment and feedback about the Newsletter to:
[email protected]
Subscription for the Newsletter is free. To subscribe or unsubscribe from
this mailing list, please send a message to: [email protected]
Editor of YPC Newsletter - Elina POGHOSBEKIAN
____________________________________________
Yerevan Press Club
9B, Ghazar Parpetsi str.
0002, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel.: (+ 374 10) 53 00 67; 53 35 41; 53 76 62
Fax: (+374 10) 53 56 61
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.ypc.am
From: Baghdasarian