19/12/2013 17:03
Human rights activist: Number of acts of violence against reporters grows
During preliminary investigations into deaths in the army, witnesses are kept in custody for months by the military police, sometimes threats are made and pressure put on them, Chairwoman of In the Name of the Law NGO Zhanna Alexanian said. According to her, in such cases even human rights organizations are powerless. “No investigation is being conducted, they just invent a version and base the investigation on it,” she said.
Chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Freedom of Speech Ashot Melikian said for his part that the number of acts of violence against journalists has increased this year. In his words, more such incidents were reported in the first nine months of 2013 as compared with the same period of last year.