COURT REJECTED ADVOCATES' PETITION
Support A1+!The Court of Tver rejected the petition of Educated Media Foundation to consider the legal procedure towards Manana Aslamazyan, the President of the foundation, unwarranted.
To remind, on 18 April, 2007, officers of the Department of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia carried out a seizure of financial documents and electronic devices, the computer servers, over a period of 11 hours in the offices of the Educated Media Foundation, a non-governmental organization and the legal successor of Internews Russia.
The raid was carried out in connection with the criminal charges brought against Foundation President Manana Aslamazyan, who in January 2007 while going through customs after a private trip to Paris did not fill out a declaration form for 9,550 Euros and 5,130 Rubles (legally it is possible to bring $10,000 into the country without a declaration form).
Thousands of journalists from every part of the country have signed an open letter to President Putin in support of Manana Aslamazyan and the Educated Media Foundation. Nevertheless, the pursuit is ongoing.
It is noteworthy that Armenian journalists also joined in solidarity with fellow media professionals in Russia and in support of Ms. Aslamazyan and the EMF,
Mesrop Movsesyan - President, "A1 + " TV and on-line news, Yerevan, Armenia
Nouneh Sarkissian - Managing Director, Internews media support NGO, Armenia
Boris Navasardian - President, Yerevan Press Club
Arthur Yezekyan - President , SHANT TV
Ara Shirinyan - filmmaker, producer, Shoghakat TV Company
Aram Abrahamyan - editor-in-chief, Aravot daily
David Aslanyan - Art Director, Yerkir Media TV, Yerevan, Armenia, Member, International Federation of Journalists
Elina Pogosbekyan - Editor of the Weekly Bulletin and member of the board, Yerevan Press Club
