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  • Yerevan Press Club Weekly Newsletter - 12/05/2013

    YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

    NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 5, 2013

    HIGHLIGHTS:

    FROM "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT

    JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING PROTEST ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA'S JOINING
    CUSTOMS UNION


    FROM "PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ETHICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT

    On December 2, the "Yerkir Media" TV channel broadcast another piece of the
    "Press Club" cycle
    on issues of journalistic ethics. This weekly "Press Club" cycle is produced
    by YPC with the support of Deutsche Welle Academy.

    This piece was devoted to the ethical and legislative aspects of copyright.
    Particularly, the discussion focused on the amendments to the Law of the
    Republic of Armenia "On Copyright and Related Rights" regarding the use of
    media reports (See YPC Weekly Newsletter, September 27 - October 3, 2013
    ). These amendments came into effect
    on November 9. The discussants of the talk show - Head of Copyright and
    related rights department at the RA Intellectual Property Agency Kristine
    Hambaryan and Director of ArmenPress News Agency Aram Ananyan - presented
    their perspectives on this issue. Lawyer Ara Kazaryan, Media Initiatives
    Center (the former "Internews") lawyer Movses Hakobyan, Lragir.am and 1in.am
    correspondent Siranush Papyan and the Zhoghovurd daily correspondent Arman
    Galoyan were the invited experts. YPC President Boris Navasardian hosted the
    show.

    The next "Press Club" will be broadcast by "Yerkir Media" on December 9,
    Monday, at 18.00 (with the rerun on December 14, Saturday, at 11.00).

    Watch December 2, 2013 "Press Club"
    here


    JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING PROTEST ACTIONS AGAINST ARMENIA'S JOINING
    CUSTOMS UNION

    On December 2, on the day of the Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to
    Armenia protest actions were held in Yerevan against Armenia's joining the
    Customs Union. At around 14:00 the Police hindered the most massive action,
    detaining and taking over more than a dozen participants of the march along
    the central streets of the capital.

    Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of Journalists'Club "Asparez" in Gyumri was among
    the detained. As Levon Barseghian told YPC, the action participants were
    taken to the Yerevan Kentron Police Station and were released about four
    hours later. According to Levon Barseghyan, the Police compiled a report
    where the detainment was grounded by Article 180-1 ("Violation of Legal
    Procedure for Assembly") of the RA Code of Administrative Violations.

    Police officers also arrested Hraparak.am correspondent Vardan Minasyan who
    was covering the action. Hraparak.am published the details of the incident
    on the same day in the pieces titled
    "Hraparak.am correspondent was
    beaten" and "What Happened in
    Police Car, and Then in Police Station". In particular, when Vardan Minasyan
    intended to shoot Levon Barseghyan's detention, Ashot Karapetyan, Head of
    Yerevan Police, unexpectedly stood in his way and snatched the video camera
    from his hands, with two policemen forcing the journalist into a car.
    According to Hraparak.am, in the car the policemen were "appeasing" the two
    detained people, sitting next to the journalist. A man in a Police uniform
    who hurried to help them, and was called "Serozhik," gave Vardan Minasyan a
    blow to the chin.

    On the same day, December 2, an

    announcement was posted onto the RA Police website, stating that an internal
    investigation has been launched on the incident with the Hraparak.am
    correspondent Vardan Minasyan.


    When reprinting or using the information above, reference to the Yerevan
    Press Club is required.
    You are welcome to send any comment and feedback about the Newsletter to:
    [email protected]

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    Editor of YPC Newsletter - Elina POGHOSBEKIAN
    ____________________________________________
    Yerevan Press Club
    9B, Ghazar Parpetsi str.
    0002, Yerevan, Armenia
    Tel.: (+ 374 10) 53 00 67; 53 35 41; 53 76 62
    Fax: (+374 10) 53 56 61
    E-mail: [email protected]
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