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    MESROP HARUTYUNYAN. "YEAR BY YEAR WE SEE PRESSURES ON THE MEDIA."

    September 30 2014

    According to Mesrop Harutyunyan, there are 1 or 2 TV companies
    that voice views different from the state. According to the "Media
    Freedom Index in Eastern Partnership Countries" report, among the
    Eastern Partnership countries, in the first half of 2014, Armenia
    ranked the fourth. Georgia was on top of the list followed by Moldova
    and Ukraine. Whereas Armenia is ahead of Azerbaijan and Belarus. In
    this regard, Aravot.am talked to media expert Mesrop Harutyunyan. He
    said that he agrees with the estimation given to Armenia. "It cannot
    be due to legislation, because our legislation is highly provided:
    there is a certain provision of freedom of expression both by the
    Constitution and the laws." In the nomination of "practice section",
    where the maximum score is 1110, Armenia gained 603. Mr. Harutyunyan
    thinks that this score is in compliance with the current state of the
    Armenian media. Mesrop Harutyunyan illustrates the cases of violence
    against the journalists of "Chorrord Ishkhanutyun" and "A1+" media
    or obstructing their work, noting that no criminal proceedings was
    filed for both cases. "Year by year, we see exertion of pressures on
    the media by the state and the authorities, and there are lawsuits
    that lead to deterioration in the state of affairs of the freedom of
    media." Referring to nomination of "Internet and New Media" section
    (in which, Armenia gained 117 points out of the maximum 150), Mesrop
    Harutyunyan mentioned that explicit and sometimes hidden control
    tendencies are observed recently. Mr. Harutyunyan agrees with the
    scoring given to the Armenian television under the "Media Freedom
    Index in Eastern Partnership Countries" report (Armenia gained 65
    points out of the maximum 150), because he believes that the level
    of freedom in broadcasting companies of Armenia is very low. "This
    implies to both public broadcasters and the private broadcasters.

    There are 1 or 2 channels that may voice views different from the
    state."

    Ami CHICHAKYAN

    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/09/30/167102/

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