OUR DEAR COLLEAGUE ARMEN NIKOGHOSYAN PASSED AWAY
December 21, 2014 It is with deep sadness and sorrow that Yerevan Press Club informs you of the untimely death ...
A LA GUERRE COMME A LA GUERRE? OR A FOLLOWUP ON A STORY
Russian news agency REX published an article “All-Out War in Ukraine”, having attached to it a photo taken 22 years ...
COURT PARTIALLY SECURED THE LAWSUIT OF “INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS” ON COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
On December 17, court of general jurisdiction rendered a precedent-setting ruling on the lawsuit filed by “Investigative Journalists” NGO versus ...
BAN ON COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING ON PUBLIC TV INTRODUCED
On December 17, at the extraordinary session the National Assembly of Armenia adopted in the second reading and finally the ...
OPEN LETTER TO OMBUDSMAN ON HOMOPHOBIC PIECE
Representatives of 16 NGOs, challenging the homophobic piece by the Chief Editor of “Iravunk” newspaper, forwarded an open letter to ...
COURT SECURED THE LAWSUIT OF “INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS” VS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
On December 8, the Administrative Court of Armenia fully secured the lawsuit filed by “Investigative Journalists” NGO against the RA ...
INFORMATION DISPUTES COUNCIL: “NO MECHANISM OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH PROTECTION APPLIES TO HATE SPEECH”
On December 9, the Information Disputes Council released an opinion regarding the court ruling on the ...
MEDIA NGOS: DIGITALIZATION PROCESS NEEDS TO BE BETTER REGULATED
MP Edmon Marukian turned to the Armenian Government with a written request in which he expressed his concern about regional ...
COURT PROCEEDING ON THE CASE OF NIGHT CLUB VS “ARAVOT” DAILY STARTED
On December 5, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan started hearing the defamation ...
MP’S BODYGUARD HIT JOURNALIST’S CAMERA
On December 4, at the entrance to the National Assembly of Armenia an incident occurred between correspondent of “Hraparak” daily ...
HEARINGS ON PRECEDENT-SETTING DISPUTE BETWEEN MEDIA OUTLETS ENDED
On December 3, the Court of General Jurisdiction ended hearing the lawsuit filed by “Investigative Journalists” NGO versus the founder ...
FREEDOM HOUSE AGAIN LISTED ARMENIA AS A COUNTRY WITH FREE INTERNET
On December 2, international human rights organization Freedom House published its fifth annual report “Freedom on ...
HATE SPEECH AND INFORMATION WAR: A CHALLENGE TO QUALITY JOURNALISM
On November 22-25, Batumi hosted conference “Hate Speech And Information War: a Challenge to Quality Journalism”, organized by Deutsche Welle ...
SIS FINDS NO CORPUS DELICTI AGAIN, PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OBJECTS AGAIN
The Special Investigation Service of Armenia for the second time has rejected opening a criminal case for impeding the work ...
MEDIA NOT ADMITTED TO FAREWELL CEREMONY OF ARMENIAN PEACEKEEPERS
In the early morning of November 27, a group of Armenian serviceman departed for Lebanon to serve as part of ...
WHY WOULD MONKEYS INTEREST THE PUBLIC?
On November 24, the Administrative Court of Armenia ended hearing the lawsuit filed by “Investigative Journalists” NGO against the RA ...
KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE?
The recent summon of Lusineh Khachatrian, correspondent of Epress.am, to the Special Investigative Service (SIS) of Armenia because of her ...
CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEAL REJECTED COMPLAINT OF JOURNALIST
On November 20, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal rejected the complaint of Ani Gevorgian, correspondent of “Chorrord Ishkhanutyun” newspaper, ...
THE 11TH SOUTH CAUCASUS MEDIA CONFERENCE RECOMMENDS
The 11th South Caucasus Media Conference on “Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age”, organized by the Office of the ...
PROPAGANDA IS POWER
On November 3, “The Voice of Russia” started broadcasting in Armenia on FM 106.0. Radio station is a joint project ...
THIRTY NGOS CONDEMN COURT DECISION TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC PIECE
On November 5, thirty Armenian NGOs, including Yerevan Press Club, “Asparez”, Journalists’ Club, “EcoLur”, Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center, Helsinki Citizens’ ...
LAWSUIT AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC PIECE DISMISSED
On October 30, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan dismissed a defamation lawsuit ...
SEVERAL GYUMRI MEDIA BOYCOTT ARMENIAN PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO THEIR CITY
On October 21, Levon Barseghian, Board Chairman of “Asparez” Journalists’ Club of Gyumri, called on the ...
AUTHOR OF THE HOMOPHOBIC ARTICLE AND HIS LAWYER SHARE THE SAME OPINION
On October 20, court of general jurisdiction continued hearings of the class action lawsuit against the homophobic article by the ...
MEDIA FREEDOM INDEX: ARMENIA LAGS BEHIND GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA AND SWITCHES PLACES WITH UKRAINE
On October 17 in Yerevan, Yerevan Press Club presented the results of the Media Freedom Index (for the period of ...
TRANSITION TO DIGITAL BROADCASTING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
On October 16, round table discussion on switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting was held in Yerevan. According to timeline ...
ANI GEVORGIAN PROVIDED SIS WITH THE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT NEAR THE POLICE STATION AND CHALLENGED THE COURT RULING ON FEBRUARY 12 INCIDENT
The RA Special Investigation Service (SIS) continues the investigation of June 23 incident near the Kentron Police Department of Yerevan, ...
DAY OF ARMENIAN PRESS CELEBRATED FOR THE TENTH TIME
On October 16, media community of the country celebrated the Day of Armenian Press for the tenth time. The professional ...
MONUMENT TO JOURNALIST UNVEILED IN YEREVAN
On October 13, monument to journalist was unveiled in one of the parks of Nor Nork community of Yerevan. The ...
SIS IS AGAIN ENTRUSTED WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF ATTACK ON JOURNALIST BY HEAD OF THE PARLIAMENT SECURITY SERVICE
On October 7, the RA Prosecutor’s Office informed that the Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanian canceled the ...
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION NAMED THE MOST OPEN AND CLOSED OFFICIAL WEBSITES
On October 7, Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression presented the results of the monitoring of the RA public authorities’ ...
JOURNALISTIC ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND TO STOP IMPUNITY
On September 29, seven media NGOs of Armenia, including Yerevan Press Club, issued a statement condemning the decision of the ...
ANI GEVORGIAN’S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SIS DECISION IS REJECTED
On September 30, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan rejected the complaint by ...
MP ACCUSES JOURNALISTS OF FUELING PROTESTS
Ashot Aghababian, MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and owner of the shopping center “Hrazdan”, claims that journalists ...
OMBUDSMAN DRAWS CONCLUSIONS
On October 2, at the RA National Assembly Human Rights Defender of Armenia Karen Andreasian presented the annual report on ...
LAURA BAGHDASARIAN: “ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS TRUST SOCIAL NETWORKS”
On October 2, Research Center “Region” presented the results of their study “Social Media as a ...
GOLDEN KEYS AND RUSTY LOCKS FROM FOI CENTER
The Freedom of Information Center announced the recipients of its annual “Golden Key and Rusty Lock” ...
