OSCE Media Freedom Rep. Urges Protection for Journalists in Armenia

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović on February 14, 2013 (Photo: OSCE/Colin Peters)

VIENNA (OSCE)”” At the end of the siege of police headquarters in Yerevan, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović on Monday sought reassurance from the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Eduard Nalbandian, that journalists’ rights and safety during times of civil unrest would be protected.

Mijatović wrote to Nalbandian indicating that the government “should implement practical steps to ensure restraint on the part of law enforcement representatives toward members of the media and suggested steps should be taken by the authorities to guarantee that the press is not targeted by the police or thugs. The police should be protecting journalists and members of the media.”