PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES SHOULD RESPECT PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM OF GATHERINGS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 17, 2009
STRASBOURG, FEBRUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. PACE Co-rapporteurs on Armenia
John Prescott and George Colombier expressed concern with the
authorities’ decision not to permit the Armenian National Congress
to hold a peaceful rally in Yerevan center on March 1. PACE Yerevan
Office reported this.
J. Prescott and G. Colombier said that on various occasions
the Assembly called the authorities for completely respecting
the principle of freedom of gatherings in Armenia and not making
inappropriate limitations to opposition’s peaceful rallies, especially
in requested places. According to the Co-rapporteurs, the possibility
of all political forces to organize peaceful rallies is one of the
essential components of democracy. They call the Armenian authorities
for permitting such rallies to take place without obstacles, in the
requested places.