Nine online media outlets, including Epress.am, Tert.am, Lragir.am, News.am, Azatutyun.am, Hetq.am, Galatv.am, Aravot.am, Ilur.am, have published 5,860 articles concerning the violation of human rights in Armenia from July, 2013 to June, 2014.
Results of the survey shed more lights on the unpleasant human rights situation in Armenia. The capital city, Yerevan has turned into the main center of civil liberties violations with an index of 68 percent, while the other regions are witnessing a 32 percent of rights violations.
The investigators, detectives and policemen held 25.9 percent of the entire violation cases, the media reports said.
The courts and judges of Armenia are the second top perpetrators of the human rights in the country. As much as 11 percent of the articles are about unfair judicial acts and violations of the judicial procedure by the courts in Armenia.
The president of the country was also among the violators of the civil rights. Thus, 1.3 percent of the articles published in the media blamed President Serzh Sargsyan for breaching civil liberties.
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Meanwhile, 26.25 of the total law-violations disturbed the ordinary citizens. Furthermore, 850 articles were published on the infringement of rights of various social groups and detainees, as well as woman violence.
The study also revealed the amount of violations against the political parties in Armenia. Thus, the Armenian National Congress led by Levon Ter-Petrosyan mostly suffered from the law breaches.
World Report 2014 of the Human Rights Watch reported about ill-treatment reigning in police custody in Armenia. Authorities often have turned a blind eye to the claims of ill-treatment and victims of violation were pressured to retract their complaints, the report noted.
The report stressed that the violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by both state and non-state actors were serious problems in the South Caucasus state.
The report criticized the status of freedom of expression in the post-Soviet country, highlighting the absence of pluralism in broadcast media. Only one of Armenia`s 13 television channels arranged live political talk shows during the elections. International election observers noted the media supported "selective approaches" to cover post-election developments.
Victims of Police Brutality During Yerevan Protest Appeal to ECtHR
16 Armenian citizens, among them – two reporters, who were injured on June 23 morning during the violent dispersal by the RA police of the peaceful demonstration on Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan, have lodged an urgent appeal with the European Court of Human Rights, one of the applicants, coordinator of "Union of Informed Citizens" NGO Daniel Ioannisyan said, Epress.am reports.
Urgent appeals are provided for cases where there is a possibility of crime prevention; such applications allow to circumvent domestic courts. The complaint, Ioannisyan said, was lodged two days ago: the plaintiffs` testimonies, as well as facts about police use of excessive force against demonstrators have been presented as evidence.
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“We have not received an answer yet; however, according to ECtHR procedure, the Court must have had already sent an inquiry to the Government of Armenia in connection with the June 23 events and the threat of recurrence of violence. As we can see, after the complaint, police have become cautious in their actions towards protesters. Thus, the government wants to refute our claim about the threat of recurrence of violence. This threat, however, is evidenced by photos of combat armored vehicles and water cannons presently located on Baghramyan Avenue and Demirchyan street, which have also been sent to the European Court of Human Rights,” Ioannisyan said.
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