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    Armenian media bodies condemn beating of journalist

    Arminfo
    29 Oct 04

    YEREVAN

    The Armenian committee to protect freedom of speech, the Yerevan Press
    Club and the union of Armenian journalists have condemned the beating
    up of Vardevan Grigoryan, editor-in-chief of Aragats Ashkhar
    newspaper.

    According to a statement forwarded to Arminfo, the organizations are
    demanding that the law-enforcement agencies conduct an impartial
    investigation into the incident and bring the culprits to book. The
    statement notes that ''this is already the second incident of this
    kind in October involving representatives of the regional media, while
    the atmosphere of impunity generates new crimes that also affect
    Armenian regions".

    We should recall that the head of the fire department, Gagik
    Barsegyan, and his deputy Nraz Aloyan violently beat up Grigoryan in
    the village of Tsakhkaovit of Aragatsont Region on 27 October for
    publishing an article entitled "Poor firemen, they have nothing'',
    which criticized the firemen for their actions during a fire at a
    villager's home. Incidentally, this is not the only attack on the
    editor of the regional newspaper because a similar incident happened
    five years ago when an administrative punishment was meted out to the
    culprit.
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