SELF-CENSURE AS ACHIEVEMENT OF ARMENIAN JOURNALISM
Support A1+!The World Press Freedom Day was marked today in the UN Yerevan Office together with the Yerevan Press Club. According to YPC head Boris Navasardyan, today people gathered not only to mark the achievements but also to discuss the failures of the press. In his words, the investigations say that press in Armenia concentrates on the political events and pays too little attention to social needs, thus arousing the society's discontent.
Besides, according to B. Navasardyan if a journalist does not write about something, it testifies of the pressure exerted on him. Editor-in-chief of Azg newspaper Hakob Avetikyan also states that the self-censure is developed in our country. If we want to make the world tolerant we should start with journalists, he says.
Head of the department for public relations of the department of Emergency Situations Nikolay Grigoryan noted, «No development will be observed without freedom of press».
The UN representatives delivered congratulations speeches and announced of the contest dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of the UN and objectives of the Millennium Developments. The outcomes of the contest will be summed up in July. The winners will be granted an opportunity to visit the UN Office in Geneva.
