2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA TO BE PRESENTED TO PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH
NOYAN TAPAN
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2009 annual report on the
state of human rights in Armenia will be presented to the public in
February or March, RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian announced at the
February 10 press conference. In his words, although some positive
phenomena which did not exist in the previous years were recorded in
2009, no progress "in the system sense" has been made.
A. Harutyunian said that statements regarding the possible rise in the
gas and water tariffs are being prepared. "I think it would be correct
to manifest political will and courage and to make all those big
businessmen pay the full amount of taxes, rather than to make citizens
bear the main burden of the tariff rise," he noted. A. Harutyunian
reminded that under the Constitution of the RA, Armenia is a social
state and "the policy should be somewhat socially-oriented".