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Dunja MijatoviÄ‡ expressed concern about police obstruction of journalistsâ€™ activities in Armenia

15 February 2014 09:03 (UTC +04:00)

“Violence against journalists is unacceptable. It is especially alarming that police officers responsible to assist and protect journalists used force against them. I call on the authorities to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident and do everything possible to avoid the police misconduct toward members of the media in the future,” MijatoviÄ‡ wrote in a letter to Armenian authorities.

On February 12, dozens of workers of Yerevan Metro held a protest against the mandatory funded pension system. During the protest, two journalists have been detained.

In December MijatoviÄ‡ raised with the authorities the case of Vardan Minasyan, a journalist with the newspaper Hraparak, who was reportedly detained and assaulted by police officers while covering a public demonstration in Yerevan.