YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2-8, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS:
“PRESS CLUB” TALK SHOW: PROS AND CONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
REPRESENTATIVES OF EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM DISCUSSED ISSUES OF
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE
TIGRAN KOCHARIAN ADDS FINANCIAL CLAIMS VERSUS FOUNDER OF “CHORRORD
INKNISHKHANUTIUN” DAILY
DEAN OF VANADZOR PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE RECALLS SUIT VERSUS “HETQ”
CORRESPONDENT
“PRESS CLUB” TALK SHOW: PROS AND CONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
On November 5, the season’s first program of “Press Club” cycle, dealing
with journalistic ethics, went on “Yerkir Media” TV company. The TV shows’
series are produced by Yerevan Press Club in the frames of the “Promoting
Freedom, Professionalism and Pluralism of the Media in the South Caucasus
and Moldova” programme, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of
Europe.
The talk show considered the advantages and disadvantages of social media.
Diverse viewpoints on the issue were presented by the “Press Club”
discussants – Konstantin Ter-Nakalian, blogger, Assistant to Chief Editor of
, and Anna Israelian, Editor of The experts of
the program were Manana Aslamazian, Director of “Alternative Resources in
Media” project, lawyer Ara Ghazarian, Suren Deherian, Head of “Journalists
for the Future” NGO, Gegham Manukian, Director of the News and Current
Affairs Programs of “Yerkir Media” TV company. YPC President Boris
Navasardian hosted the talk show.
The next “Press Club” talk show will be aired on “Yerkir Media” on Monday,
November 12 at 18.00 (rerun – on Saturday, November 17 at 12.50).
Watch “Press Club” of November 5, 2012 at
REPRESENTATIVES OF EAP CSF ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM DISCUSSED ISSUES OF
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE
On December 2-4, in Dilijan, Tavush region, Yerevan Press Club held the
seminar “The Role of the EaP Civil Society Forum in Fostering Reform in the
Fields of Human Rights and Social Dialogue”. The event, supported by the
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, was attended by NGOs, joining the Armenian
National Platform of Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, experts from
Belarus and Georgia.
The report of Grigori Grigoryants, Child-Welfare Advocacy Officer of World
Vision Armenia, presented the situation of human rights in Armenia from the
civil society’s perspective. Tamar Chugoshvili, member of EaP CSF First
Working Group, Chairwoman of Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, talked
about the implementation of CSF recommendations on human rights in Georgia
and reflected upon the results of the recent parliamentary elections in the
country. Aliaksandr Yarashuk, President of the Belarus Congress of
Democratic Trade Unions, spoke about the role of social dialogue in
democracy building and the expectations from the newly-established CSF Fifth
Working Group on Social Dialogue. Levon Khachatrian, Head of Educational
Research Centre at Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia, introduced to
the concept for developing social dialogue in Armenia. Seyran Martirosian,
Facilitator of EaP CSF Armenian National Platform, told about the activities
of the National Platform and its future. The report of YPC President Boris
Navasardian dealt with the Fourth EaP Civil Society Forum, which will be
held on November 29-30, 2012 in Stockholm.
TIGRAN KOCHARIAN ADDS FINANCIAL CLAIMS VERSUS FOUNDER OF “CHORRORD
INKNISHKHANUTIUN” DAILY
On November 5, Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash
administrative districts of Yerevan ended the preliminary hearings on the
suit of blogger Tigran Kocharian versus the founder of “Chorrord
Inknishkhanutiun” daily, “Trespassers W.” LLC. As we have reported, the
basis for the litigation was the piece “Fascist and Elephant: Save the
Elephants”, published in “Chorrord Inknishkhanutiun” on July 15, 2012. The
piece contained critics about Tigran Kocharian, whose Internet nickname is
“Elephant”. The plaintiff demanded refutation, moral damage in the amount of
3 million AMD, caused by libel and insult (see YPC Weekly Newsletter,
September 21-27, 2012). In the course of preliminary hearings the financial
claims rose by 500,000 AMD (attorney fees), thus making the overall amount
3,500,000 AMD (about $ 8,600).
The next court session is assigned on November 12.
DEAN OF VANADZOR STATE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE RECALLS SUIT VERSUS “HETQ”
CORRESPONDENT
On November 2, Court of General Jurisdiction of Lori region dismissed the
case on the suit of Tereza Shakhverdian, Dean of Pedagogic Faculty of
Vanadzor State Pedagogical Institute, versus Adrineh Torosian, correspondent
of “Hetq” online. (“Hetq” was involved in the case as a third party.) The
basis for the Court’s ruling was the withdrawal of the suit. At the same
time, the Court bound Tereza Shakhverdian to pay off the attorney costs of
the plaintiff in the amount of 185,000 AMD ($ 450). As we have reported, the
matter of the protracted litigation that had started on December 5, 2011,
was the piece “Unhealthy Passions at Vanadzor Pedagogical Institute”,
published in “Hetq” on May 13, 2011(see details in “On Freedom of Speech in
Armenia” Yerevan Press Club report for 2011 at
).
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