Journalists were banned from entering YSU Board meetings

The journalist’s house attacked

A journalist from Artsakh Marat Yeganyan, reports that his house has been attacked. According to the journalist, the attack was carried out by Tigran Harutyunyan, the brother of the Artsakh NA deputy Aram Harutyunyan. In a conversation with the “Media Advocate” initiative, Marat Yeganyan, referring to the topic, mentioned that the incident took place because of a post that appeared on a Facebook group moderated by him. Keep Reading

Media Advocate: CC continues showing street manners

Sargis Aleksanyan, a member of the governing body of the “Civil Contract” party, insulted the Human Rights Defender on his Facebook page, expressing support for the Minister of Minister of High-Tech Industry Hakob Arshakyan, who attacked the journalist. “My Step” MP Nikolay Baghdasaryan, in turn, liked that publication. Keep Reading

Nikol Pashinyan’s government is trying to silence public discontent

Karen Bekaryan, co-owner of “Qaryak Media” media holding, was arrested based on a contrived and a false accusation. Along with him, the National Security Service (NSS) detained the Specialist of the Azerbaijani studies Angela Elibegova, lawyer Gohar Meloyan and others who actively represent their standpoints on social networks. Keep Reading

The journalist’s house attacked

Media Advocate: CC continues showing street manners

Journalists were banned from entering YSU Board meetings

Published on August 26, 2020 by media advocate

The Board of Trustees of Yerevan State University voted for the proposal of the Deputy Minister of the Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan to prohibit journalists’ entrance to the meetings of Board of Trustees. This is an actual example of freedom of speech restriction. For a long time now, there is an actual fight against freedom of speech in YSU. Keep Reading