08/10/2019 12:08
Lawmakers strictly condemn encroachments against civil society representatives
A number of lawmakers realizing that for freedom of speech it is necessary to have firm grounds strictly condemn the manifestations of encroachments against representatives of civil society, journalists, human rights advocates, lawmaker Maria Karapetyan stated today at the NA’s Human Rights Defense and Public Affairs Standing Committee session reading the statement of a number of lawmakers about the attack on the VETO initiative founder Narek Malyan.
The statement says that each person has a right to organize peaceful rallies and spread free speech while the encouragement of hate speech and hostility is inadmissible.
The lawmaker said the committee must intensify its activity as human rights agenda is very wide.
“By saying civil society we understand wide circles,” Karapetyan said.