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CHAIRMAN OF AZATUTIUN RADIO STATION EXPRESSES HOPE THAT RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT ADOPT BILLS GIVING RISE TO CHALLENGES
Noyan Tapan
Jul 3, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Jeffrey Gedmin, the Chairman of the
Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station, criticized the bills being discussed
in the RA National Assembly, the application of which can stop the
broadcast of the Armenian service programs of the Azatution (Liberty)
radio station by Public radio. At the same time, he expressed hope that
these bills will not be finally adopted and will not become a law. This
information was provided by the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station.
"The target of these bills, which formally prohibit the broadcast
of any foreign programs in the Armenian language on the frequencies
of the Public Radio, are, evidently, the programs of the Armenian
service of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station. This will serve as a
dangerous precedent for the public mass media of all the countries of
the former Soviet Union, countries, where people have been listening
to the programs of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station for tens
of years in order to receive such news, which is inaccessable by the
local mass media, which is controlled by the state. I hope that the
Armenian MPs will reconsider their attitude towards these incomplete
bills," Jeffrey Gedmin said in his statement.
Noyan Tapan
Jul 3, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Jeffrey Gedmin, the Chairman of the
Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station, criticized the bills being discussed
in the RA National Assembly, the application of which can stop the
broadcast of the Armenian service programs of the Azatution (Liberty)
radio station by Public radio. At the same time, he expressed hope that
these bills will not be finally adopted and will not become a law. This
information was provided by the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station.
"The target of these bills, which formally prohibit the broadcast
of any foreign programs in the Armenian language on the frequencies
of the Public Radio, are, evidently, the programs of the Armenian
service of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station. This will serve as a
dangerous precedent for the public mass media of all the countries of
the former Soviet Union, countries, where people have been listening
to the programs of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station for tens
of years in order to receive such news, which is inaccessable by the
local mass media, which is controlled by the state. I hope that the
Armenian MPs will reconsider their attitude towards these incomplete
bills," Jeffrey Gedmin said in his statement.