Articles - Armenia
7 March 2008
Armenia
7 March 2008
Armenia
4 March 2008
Armenia
Regional and international press freedom groups are demanding that the Armenian government immediately lift the state of emergency that bans all demonstrations and independent news reports, imposed after police used excessive force to break up opposition protests in the capital.
13 July 2007
Armenia
13 July 2007
Armenia
11 July 2007
Armenia
Legislation that would have restricted broadcasts of foreign media failed to pass the Armenian parliament on 2 July 2007. The bill would have banned foreign broadcasts on Armenian public television and radio and heavily taxed their retransmission on private stations. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a private service funded by the United States Congress, would have been particularly affected.
31 August 2006
Armenia
30 August 2006
Armenia
22 August 2006
Armenia
22 August 2006
9 April 2004
Armenia
9 April 2004
Armenia
7 April 2004
Armenia
ARTICLE 19 has joined press-freedom organisations in Armenia in urging the government to bring its laws in line with European standards on freedom of expression. The IFEX member says while Armenia has made progress in guaranteeing legal protection for free expression, serious concerns remain.
3 January 2003
Armenia
3 January 2003
Armenia
Armenian authorities have launched an investigation into the death of journalist Tigran Nagdalian who was shot and killed outside his parentsâ home in Yerevan on 28 December, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontieres, RSF) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
29 January 2002
Armenia
29 January 2002
Armenia
29 January 2002
Armenia
A workshop convened last week by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Freedom of Information Center (FIC) has adopted a protocol calling for the creation of a law on freedom of information in Armenia, writes the Yerevan Press Club (YPC).
3 January 2002
Armenia