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OMBUDSMAN EXTENDS SUPPORT TO ARMENIAN PAPER
11:56 ~U 31.01.13
The Armenian ombudsman has expressed solidarity with the Zhoghovurd
newspaper in connection with the libel lawsuit filed by the Yerevan
Poultry Plant owner.
In a statement, Karen Andreasyan condemns the district court judge for
what he claims to be an unlawful ruling against the paper. "The media
outlet is now facing the threat of closedown because of a first
instance court judge, who has passed an unlawful verdict conflicting
with not only a legally binding ruling by Armenia's Constitutional
Court but also several norms of international law.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that 'the courts have to consider
the means and earnings of a journalist while deciding the
appropriateness of the compensation claim in order to avoid imposing
an excess burden on the latter.
Such rulings later cause a huge material and moral damage to our state
in the Strasburg Court [European Court of Human Rights].
Any judge in Armenia allows himself or herself to pass an unlawful
ruling or verdict because the blatantly unlawful move is not always
likely to be reversed by the Constitutional Court, with the Council of
Justice often failing to demand accountability from the judge.
A judge can be independent of each and every person, except the
'powerful' members of those two bodies," says the ombudsman.
The owner of the Yerevan Poultry Plan, Khachik Khachatryan, filed the
lawsuit against Zhoghovurd earlier this month in connection with a
December report accusing the company of selling eggs which were past
the sell-by date.
http://tert.am/en/news/2013/01/31/ombudsman-joghovurd-daily/
11:56 ~U 31.01.13
The Armenian ombudsman has expressed solidarity with the Zhoghovurd
newspaper in connection with the libel lawsuit filed by the Yerevan
Poultry Plant owner.
In a statement, Karen Andreasyan condemns the district court judge for
what he claims to be an unlawful ruling against the paper. "The media
outlet is now facing the threat of closedown because of a first
instance court judge, who has passed an unlawful verdict conflicting
with not only a legally binding ruling by Armenia's Constitutional
Court but also several norms of international law.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that 'the courts have to consider
the means and earnings of a journalist while deciding the
appropriateness of the compensation claim in order to avoid imposing
an excess burden on the latter.
Such rulings later cause a huge material and moral damage to our state
in the Strasburg Court [European Court of Human Rights].
Any judge in Armenia allows himself or herself to pass an unlawful
ruling or verdict because the blatantly unlawful move is not always
likely to be reversed by the Constitutional Court, with the Council of
Justice often failing to demand accountability from the judge.
A judge can be independent of each and every person, except the
'powerful' members of those two bodies," says the ombudsman.
The owner of the Yerevan Poultry Plan, Khachik Khachatryan, filed the
lawsuit against Zhoghovurd earlier this month in connection with a
December report accusing the company of selling eggs which were past
the sell-by date.
http://tert.am/en/news/2013/01/31/ombudsman-joghovurd-daily/