On June 15 The Human Rights Watch addressed the open letter to the President Serzh Sargsyan expressing its concern regarding the negative impact on media pluralism and public access to diversity of information and opinion in Armenia, recent amendments to the “Law on Television and Radio,” are likely to have
On May 27, 2010, the Amnesty International published its annual World Report 2010. Here we present the chapter on Armenia.
The trial of life sentenced convicts Mher Yenokyan and Soghomon Kocharyan will continue on May 12 at the Nubarashen penitentiary (for safety reasons the trial takes place there). On November 28, 2009 they for the second time escaped from the prison. After 21 days they were found and arrested on December 18. Mher was arrested in the center of the city, and Soghomon in the village of Mughni.
On May 4, 2010, Artur Mkrtchyan who had been sentenced to life imprisonment and has spent 14 years in prison, has started a hunger strike. In the application addressed to the Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielyan, Artur presented two articles from the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: right to a fair trial and no punishment without law.
Human Rights Watch is writing to express its profound concern about the death of 24-year old Vahan Khalafian, who sustained a fatal injury while in the custody of the Charentsavan police station on April 13, and to urge you to conduct a thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into circumstances of his death in accordance with Armenia's international obligations.