GROUP CHARGES DEFENSE MINISTRY WITH HINDERING REPORTERS
hetq
15:22, March 20, 2012
A civic group calling itself “The Army in Reality” charges the RA
Ministry of Defense with hindering reporters from covering stories
related to accidents and other suspicious incidents within the
armed forces.
The group says that despite assurances to contrary, the RA Defense
Ministry and Military Prosecutor’s Office continues to cover-up such
incidents and has exerted pressure on reporters not to publish their
findings.
The group says that recently the Ministry has summoned reporters to
account for their coverage of such incidents and had demanded that
journalists divulge their sources.
The group claims that the army’s investigative service has yet to
launch a probe into alleged violations or suspicious incidents based
on the findings of reporters.