OSCE, Vienna, 15 Jun 2010 – Despite amendments, Armenia’s new Law on Television and Radio fails to promote broadcast pluralism in the digital era, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said today. The law, adopted by Parliament on 10 June, would need a presidential signature to take effect.

New York, CPJ, 02.06.2010 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned that Armenian authorities are detaining Ani Gevorgian, a journalist for the pro-opposition daily Haykakan Zhanamak, after she was arrested on assignment on Monday.

JNews, Yerevan, 31.05.2010 – Journalist of “Armenian Times” daily Ani Gevorgian was arrested late on Monday, after being taken to the police department with a group of opposition suppoerters who tried to stage a protest action in Yerevan’s Liberty square.

OSCE, Warsaw, 08 March 2010 – The conduct of the trials that took place in the aftermath of the March 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan reveals shortcomings in Armenia’s justice system, concludes a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

OSCE, Yerevan, 03 Mar 2010 – A compilation of articles discussing violence, intimidation and legal cases against journalists in 2008-2009 in Armenia, published with support from the OSCE Office in Yerevan, was presented today.

On February 24, the photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan was beaten up right in front of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office. The journalist told NEWS.am that a man attacked him as he was trying to take pictures of the officers. The attacker was insulting the journalist and hitting him in the face and other parts of the [...]

WPFC, Washington, 19 Jan 2010 — The World Press Freedom Committee — an organization representing 45 press freedom groups from throughout the world — condemns the seven-year prison sentence handed down today against Armenian journalist Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of the country’s leading newspaper, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times), who was arrested on July 1 after he [...]

CJTeam, Yerevan, 27 Oct 2009 – Today, the courthouse of Shengavit community, chaired by Judge of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities Mnatsakan Martirosyan, continued the trial, begun on October 20, against the chief editor of opposition newspaper “Haykakan Zhamanak” (“Armenian Times”) Nicol Pashinyan.

CJTeam, Yerevan, 03 Sep 2009 – “Armenian Media under Attack” is a photo documentary with portraits of journalists being attacked once or several times in Armenia with their pictures made just after violent attacks. Cases of violence against journalists happen more and more often in Armenia.

RFE/RL, Yerevan, 04 Aug 2009 – Arman Babajanian, the editor of the pro-opposition “Zhamanak” daily suffering from a brain tumor, was set free on parole on Tuesday after spending more than three years in prison for draft evasion.

A1Plus, Yerevan, 22 Jul 2009 – The health condition of the editor-in-chief of “Zhamanak-Yerevan” daily, Arman Babajanian, has abruptly worsened at the Penitentiary Hospital of the MoJ. Arman Babajanyan needs urgent medical treatment.

Justice for Khojaly Press, Baku, 20 Jul 2009 - As it was reported in Armenian internet forums, government of Armenia banned access of Armenian internet users to the official website of the “Justice for Khojaly” International Civil Awareness Campaign (www.justiceforkhojaly.org).

SCTeam, Yerevan, 13 Jul 2009 – The “Freedom of Information Center” NGO in Armenia has published the “black list” of the second quarter of 2009. According to Hraparak newspaper the list includes people who have violated citizens’ right to get information.