"A1+" WINS IN EUROPEAN COURT

A1+
[03:55 pm] 17 June, 2008

Minutes ago the European Court of Human Rights upheld the claim of
Meltex Ltd and Mesrop Movsesyan vs. Armenia (application no. 32283/04).

The applicants were Meltex Ltd, an independent broadcasting company
established in 1995 with its registered office in Yerevan (Armenia),
and its chairman, Mesrop Movsesyan, who was born in 1950 and lives
in Yerevan. The case concerned the applicants’ complaint about being
refused broadcasting licences following legislative changes in 2000
and 2001. The applicants relied, in particular, on Article 10 (freedom
of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The European Court considered that by refusing broadcasting license
to "A1+" Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights was
violated. The Court decided that the Armenian Government is to pay
EUR 30.000 to "Meltex" out of which EUR 10.000 is to be given to the
English lawyers.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress