Rosbalt, 14/04/2004, 17:04
Erevan Angered, Clamps Down on Russian Media
EREVAN, April 14. Staff of Armenia’s embassy in Moscow bought up all copies
of today’s Independent Newspaper from kiosks near the embassy, Avetik
Ishkhanian, head of the Helsinki Committee, told Rosbalt. Ishkanian said the
aim was to keep out of circulation an article headlined ‘Kocharian Takes
Revenge on the Opposition in the Name of Moscow.’
Rights organizations earlier had complained that issues of Independent
Newspaper containing information about Armenia’s opposition leaders were not
being sold in Erevan. In addition, broadcasts of NTV to Armenia have been
cut off since April 5, the day of the first mass meetings of the opposition.