ARMENIAN LEADER RELAXES MEDIA RESTRICTIONS FROM 14 MARCH

Mediamax
March 13 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 13 March: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan signed a decree
today on mitigating the limitations of media activities in the period
of state of emergency effect.

As Mediamax was told in the press service of the President today,
according to the signed decree on making changes in the 1 March decree
on imposing a state of emergency, the edited variant of sub-point 4
of point 4 reads:

"It is banned for media outlets to publish or spread by any other
means obviously false information on state and internal political
issues, destabilizing information, urges to participate in unapproved
(illegal) events".

In accordance with the decree of the President, another point of the
decree on imposing a state of emergency is also considered having
lost its force:

"The ban for spreading leaflets and realization of political agitation
[campaigning] by other means without the permission of corresponding
state bodies".

The decree signed today by the President will come into force on 14
March 2008.