OSCE REPRESENTATIVE’S STATEMENT

AZG Armenian Daily
07/03/2008

Post-election

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, called
on Armenian authorities to lift restrictions on independent news
reporting that have been imposed since the state of emergency was
declared on March 1.

It is informed that he referred to President Robert Kocharian’s state
of emergency decree of March 1, under which the media may cite only
official sources when reporting on national politics.