News & events
10.11.2020 STATEMENT
Today, on November 10, at about 4:00 AM, dozens of men tried to burst into the Yerevan Bureau of “Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty” (Azatutyun Radio). The attackers knocked on the doors with their feet and fists, swore at the employees of the Bureau. According to the statement published by the radio station, the attackers said that they have come to take away the servers to stop Azatutyun from broadcasting, swore at the employees, and pushed them around. The attackers left after Radio Liberty’s employees called the police.
02.11.2020 Statement on Ecocide Alert in Nagorno–Kharabakh region amidst war between Armenia & Azerbaijan
On November 2nd, 50 Armenian environmental organizations joined their forces and addressed more than 100 reputable conservation organizations worldwide strictly condemning the usage of white phosphorus munitions by Azerbaijani military forces against the primary forests of Artsakh. In the joint statement published earlier, Armenian environmental initiative is expecting adequate feedback from reputable organizations, as well as calls to join all efforts to protect crucial ecosystems, valuable genetic resources, and rare species at the bridge of extinction found in the nature of Artsakh and prevent the potential ecocide in the region.
04.10.2020 Statement on Media Security
In the past few days, military operations have escalated in Nagorno-Karabakh. In this connection, covering the conflict has become extremely complicated for Armenian and foreign journalists.
03.10.2020 Ttrustworthy information on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
Here you can find links to official and unofficial resources for trustworthy information on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Quatre journalistes qui couvraient le conflit dans le Nagorny Karabakh ont été blessés lors de bombardements. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) demande aux autorités azerbaïdjanaises de faire toute la lumière sur l’origine de ces tirs et de tout mettre en œuvre pour sécuriser l’évacuation des blessés.
02.10.2020 Call for probe into origin of shelling that injured reporters in Nagorno-Karabakh
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to shed all possible light on the origin of the bombardment that injured four journalists covering the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday, and to ensure that the injured can be evacuated safely.
