OPINION: ARMENIAN PRESS SINGLED OUT FOR ITS WIDE PLURALISM
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 26 2007
YEREVAN, July 26. /ARKA/. Armenian press is singled out for its wide
pluralism, Caucasus Media Institute Director Alexander Iskandaryan
said Thursday at a conference focused on media and democratic processes
in Armenia.
He said opposition newspapers are freely published in Armenia as well
as articles criticizing the authorities.
"In Armenia, every newspaper publish hat it wants. I think authorities’
pressure upon the press is far stronger in many other countries",
he said.
Iskandaryan said state censorship in Armenia is replaced with
self-censorship. It means every editor knows what articles he can
publish.
Freedom House, international human rights organization, in its 2007
report, mentioned Armenia among ten countries with not free media.