Panorama.am
16:04 03/05/2008
TIME OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH…
Today the international day of freedom of speech is
being celebrated. The day was celebrated in the Union
of Journalists in Armenia also. `Time of Freedom of
Speech’ prize was prepared for the journalists.
The prize was awarded to Levon Barseghyan the
president of `Asparez’ club board for protecting the
rights of the journalists during the year. `We should
always fight for the freedom of speech. Freedom of
speech is a real value for me,’ said L. Barseghyan.
According to him the prize is valuable for him but he
also mentioned that for 20 years long he is protecting
the freedom of speech.
`Today the 42% of the world population lives in a
country which does not have freedom of speech, Armenia
is in the range of those countries. Hence, it is
important for us,’ said Boris Navasardyan, the
president of the Yerevan Press Club. According to him
both people and authorities have understood that.
Note that `Time of Freedom of Speech’ prize is awarded
by Yerevan Press Club, Journalists Union of Armenia,
`Internews’ NGO and Freedom of Speech Protection
Committee in 2006. Previous years Aram Abrahamyan and
Tigran Paskevishyan were awarded by the prize.
Source: Panorama.am