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    SITUATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA MUCH BETTER THAN IN OTHER CIS MEMBER-STATES AND IN REGION IN GENERAL

    ArmInfo
    2010-04-06 15:20:00

    ArmInfo. The situation with human rights in Armenia is much better
    than in other CIS member-states and in the region in general, said
    Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights defender, recipient of the 2003
    Nobel Peace Prize.

    For her part, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
    President Souyer Belassen said that Armenia has made certain progress
    in the human rights sphere. Therefore, the FIDH organized the Forum
    just in Armenia. Nevertheless, Souyer Belassen said that the justice
    sector still needs independence. She said that FIDH is well aware how
    difficult is to change the general system in Armenia and tries to focus
    on specific problems during the Forum. In particular, she outlined the
    problem of political prisoners and the death of 10 people on March 1
    2008. FIDH is going to closely cooperate with the Armenian authorities
    in this sphere, otherwise no real progress will be made, she said.

    The forum, entitled "JUSTICE : New Challenges - the Right to
    an Effective Remedy before an Independent Tribunal" is held in
    Yerevan from 6th to 8th April. This forum, organized in partnership
    with the Civil Society Institute (CSI), FIDH member organization
    in Armenia, within the framework of the 37th FIDH Congress, will
    indeed constitute an opportunity to work on the different remedies
    available to victims of human rights violations in the course of
    their struggle for truth, justice and reparations on a national,
    regional and international level, and to look into the issue of the
    prevention of international crimes, on the basis of the exchange of
    experiences between participating NGOs from every continent.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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