December 10 is recognized as Human Rights Day all over the world. In 1948 that day Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified at Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
In the 60th anniversary of the Declaration “Journalists for the Future” NGO is covering a number of issues related to human rights violations in Armenia presenting the reader articles prepared by 14 journalists within the framework of a three-day seminar on “Raising the Role of the Media in Covering Justice and Law Enforcement System”.
The seminar was conducted on 27-29 October in Yerevan by our Luthuanian colleagues Dainius Radzevicius, President of Lithuanian Journalists Union and Audrys Antanaitis, famous TVreporter on TV5 channel of Lithuanian television and radio anchor of the program “Raktas”.
December 10 is recognized as Human Rights Day all over the world. In 1948 that day Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified at Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
In the 60th anniversary of the Declaration “Journalists for the Future” NGO is covering a number of issues related to human rights violations in Armenia presenting the reader articles prepared by 14 journalists within the framework of a three-day seminar on “Raising the Role of the Media in Covering Justice and Law Enforcement System”.
The seminar was conducted on 27-29 October in Yerevan by our Luthuanian colleagues Dainius Radzevicius, President of Lithuanian Journalists Union and Audrys Antanaitis, famous TVreporter on TV5 channel of Lithuanian television and radio anchor of the program “Raktas”.
They presented developments of Lithuanian democracy in establishing free media and other democratic institutions in the transitional period. Also representatives from Prosecutor General’s Office Lilit Tadevosyan, prosecutor, Sona Truzyan, General Prosecutor’s press secretary, and Shahen Tonoyan, head of Public Relations Department of Prosecutor’s Office, as well as the head of Helsinki Committee of Armenia and human rights advocate Avet Ishkhanyan were invited to meet with the reporters within the framework of the seminar.
Topics for the issue articles have been proposed by the journalists, the structures developed with the help of Lithuanian experts.
Read the following articles of the special issue “Journalists for Justice”:
- There are a few citizens in Armenia defending their rights
- Illegal money collection conducted at maternity hospitals of Yerevan
- Village head’s amiability at the expense of peasants’ property
- 28 businessmen trying to save their privatized areas from confiscation risk
- Municipality former employee says he was fired because of supporting opposition
- Extra fees demanded at Yerevan Zeytun Dormitory for habitation
- Justice – Behind the “Closed Doors”
- Last Sounds. Mother School as a Stepchild
- “Bad Men”. Isolation Out of Jail
Issue participants:
Editor: Suren Deheryan
Seminar Coordinator: Davit Muradyan
Editor Assistant: Elina Shahnazaryan
Consultants: Dainius Radzevicius Audrys Antanaitis
Articles’ translator: Karine Darbinyan
Web Master: Gor Ghazaryan
Journalists: Karine Simonyan, Lilit Harutyunyan, Karine Hunanyan, Karine Ionesyan, Naira Bulghadaryan, Christine Aghalaryan, Christine Vardanyan, Arman Gharibyan, Ararat Davtyan, Aida Mesropyan, Vagharshak Naghshkaryan, Akhmed Ismailov, Lusine Manukyan and Lilit Ghazaryan
The seminar, as well as this publication was made possible through the support of the British Embassy Yerevan. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the British Embassy Yerevan.
Source: JNews.am