OMBUDSMAN: "AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ALERTED TO REPEAT NORD AVENUE EXPERIENCE"

Panorama.am
14:19 03/10/2008

The Human Rights Defender of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan has made a study
which revealed out that the electronic mass media of Armenia do not
provide people with pluralism. Moreover, the Ombudsman announced that
the "law on TV/radio" adopted by the National Assembly is a regress.

Remind that according to the current law, no tender would be announced
till 2010. "In fact it opposes to the decision made by the European
Court in respect of A1+ case," said the Ombudsman.

Talking about the problems of property that people always seem to have,
the Ombudsman said that 45 people from Lalaiants street applied to
him who have problems with property management in the aftermath of
Nord Avenue construction.

"The reality shows that the adoption of a law does not contribute to
the protection of people’s right to property," said the Ombudsman.