HRD: TOO MANY CASES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS IN RECENT MONTH
Panorama.am
15:04 21/08/2008
On 18 August the deputy-director of radio station "Azatutyun"
("Freedom") Hrach Melqumyan was beaten by an unknown person in one
of Yerevan central parks. Melqumyan says the incident is connected
with his professional activity.
Human Rights Defender Armen Haroutyunyan made a statement concerning
the event:
"Too many cases of violence against journalists are being reported
this month, therefore, I urge the authorities to find the criminals
as soon as possible. Otherwise, such incidents can be a real threat
to freedom of expression in our country. Such inappropriate attitude
towards press correspondents is unacceptable, no matter what kind of
information the journalists present. Hopefully, this incident will
not pass unpunished."