"VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION AND LEGAL CASES AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA IN ARMENIA 2008-2009" COMPILATION WAS PUBLISHED

NOYAN TAPAN
MARCH 8, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 8, NOYAN TAPAN. By the support of the OSCE was
published a compilation "Violence, Intimidation and Legal Cases against
Journalists and the Media in Armenia 2008-2009," and produced by the
non-governmental organization Investigative Journalists.

According to Liana Sayadyan, Editor of the compilation, violences
and intimidation against journalists the police don’t do their work
well, they don’t investigate the people who saw the perpetrators
whom journalists have shown. In several of the violent attacks the
perpetrators remain unknown because of the bad work of police.

"There is no complete data available on violence against journalists
and slander, personal insult and defamation cases involving journalists
in Armenia, but this compilation should be useful to judges reviewing
such cases, to journalists and to those filing lawsuits", said Liana
Sayadyan, Editor of the compilation.