Armenian Opposition TV Station Ordered Off Air

ARMENIAN OPPOSITION TV STATION ORDERED OFF AIR

Haykakan Zhamanak
April 17 2008
Armenia

Court bailiffs visited the GALA TV in [the second largest Armenian
town of] Gyumri at 1400 [local time, 0900 gmt] yesterday [16 April]
and forced the management to vacate the old TV tower that is owned
by the Gyumri municipality. At 1600 hours [1100 gmt] the GALA TV
was taken off the air. The 14 April ruling of the Armenian Court
of Appeals sustained the 29 February ruling of the Shirak Region
Court of General Jurisdiction instructing the GALA TV to remove its
transmitters from the old TV tower in Gyumri.

"Temporarily taking the GALA TV off the air under the tense political
situation in Armenia may lead to unpredictable developments, especially
in the second largest city of the republic. The hasty actions of the
court bailiffs make us believe that taking the GALA TV off the air
is a number one goal of the authorities," a statement issued by GALA
yesterday says.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS