“A1+” WINS IN EUROPEAN COURT
Support A1+!Minutes ago the European Court of Human Rights upheld the claim of Meltex Ltd and Mesrop Movsesyan vs. Armenia (application no. 32283/04).
The applicants were Meltex Ltd, an independent broadcasting company established in 1995 with its registered office in Yerevan (Armenia), and its chairman, Mesrop Movsesyan, who was born in 1950 and lives in Yerevan. The case concerned the applicants’ complaint about being refused broadcasting licences following legislative changes in 2000 and 2001. The applicants relied, in particular, on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The European Court considered that by refusing broadcasting license to “A1+” Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights was violated. The Court decided that the Armenian Government is to pay EUR 30.000 to “Meltex” out of which EUR 10.000 is to be given to the English lawyers.
