Announcements - A great idealist wrote that people are born with equal rights. Then thousands of people cynically and sagaciously criticized it. Some diligently tried to make it real. It’s a paradox, but both the second ones - with their determined belief, and those who were unsparingly criticizing contributed that the idea, even slowly, but started to get formed in the minds of people and nations. As a lawyer, I believe that people’s equality before the law is the most important principal, because I know that it’s the basis of jurisprudence. As a practical person, I also know that this is one of the most difficultly implemented norms. As a realist, I have no doubt that on a way of implementing this mission people more often become targets for criticism than win admiration. But as an optimist I believe that “the drop taps the stone”. And finally as a humanist, I completely agree with some other idealist who said: “No one forces you to change the world and make it better, but no one freed you from participating in that.” In my practice I will follow the next principle – the dominant is not the deed as a result, but the people standing behind it, because the sum of separate people’s victory is more than one victory divided between all. I am grateful to all those who were not indifferent to my election as a Human Rights Defender. Also to those who by their negative attitude gave me a chance to once again analyze my past actions and make conclusions for the future. I am grateful to those who by their positive attitude strengthened my belief in me and an aspiration to be more productive in this post. Karen Andreasyan

2012-04-17

Ombudsman Strongly Condemns Any Case of Violence Against Human Rights Activists.

Violence towards any individual is strongly condemned, and violence towards persons with special mission including human rights defenders and journalists is repeatedly condemned.

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2012-03-28

2012-03-15

The Ombudsman Demands Restoring Peaceful Demonstrators Right to Have a Single Tent in Mashtots Park

Based on the requirements of the RA Legislation and international norms, necessity to protect human rights and freedoms, as well as guided by fundamental principle of humanity, Human Rights Defender calls on the RA Police to allow the setting of a tent.

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2012-01-12

The soldier's life could have been saved

Getting informed about the death of a temporary serviceman Hayk Khachatryan, the Human Rights Defender expresses his condolences to the relatives of the dead soldier and expresses deep concerns regarding this tragic incident in the army.

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2011-11-02

Defender's public reminder to the RA Minister of Justice

Dear Mr. Hrayr Tovmasyan,

One of the main problems of our country is the shortfall of justice. People in our country complain of their poverty, criticize the elections held in past, they are concerned with the Nagorno-Karabakh independence and again and again they revert to the issue of justice.

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2011-10-27

The Defender is concerned with public transportation disruption and prevention of passengers' trans

On October 6, 2011 the staff of the RA Human Rights Defender’s Institution received a call from three citizens regarding the suspension of passengers' transportation in Echmiadzin-Yerevan, Abovyan-Yerevan directions.

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2011-09-15

Human Rights Defender's Report to the Minister of Justice

Mr. Karen Andreasyan, RoA Human Rights Defender, is now addressing Mr. Hrayr Tovmasyan, the Minister of Justice with his report about subjecting three Judges to disciplinary sanction.

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2011-09-09

In defense of free speech

Information is available in armenian.

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