Dunya Miyatovich, a representative of the OSCE for freedom of mass media, expressed concerns about the decision of the Armenian court of the Kentron and the Nork-Marash administrative districts obliging Armenian mass media to name their sources of information, Arminfo reports.
Miyatovich reminded that journalists had the right for secrecy of information, as one of the principles for self-expression.
The Graparak paper and iLur.am published information, stating that Shirak Police Chief Vardan Nadaryan had stopped the car of Artur Alexanyan, hit him and threatened him and his brother with a gun. The Special Investigative Service initiated a criminal case. Prosecutor General Gevork Kostanyan said that the journalist should give his source of information in cases of grave and exceptionally grave crimes. The National Press Club demanded an appeal.
