“A1+” in the new resolution again
Tomorrow on June 24 Co-rapporteurs John Prescott and Georges Colombier will inform that amnesty was finally declared in Armenia during the PACE plenary sitting.
According to the Co-rapporteurs, the processes in Armenia culminated in an amnesty as a result of which most, albeit not all, persons deprived of their liberty in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008, will be released.
The Monitoring Committee also notes that the March 1 fact-finding group was disbanded due to insurmountable tensions between its members and considers that the disbandment of the fact-finding group should not be allowed to circumvent the conclusion of an independent and credible inquiry as demanded by the Assembly.
The Co-rapporteurs touched upon the implementation by Armenia of the previous PACE Resolutions 1609, 1620 and 1648 and reforms in the sphere of media. The Co-rapporteurs underline that there is a lack of plurality in Armenia and reaffirm their position that the technical implications of the introduction of digital broadcasting in Armenia should not used to delay unduly the holding of such a tender and thus the execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case concerning the denial of a broadcasting license to the televisinon channel A1+.
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