PaperBoy Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Harassment of journalists and self-censorship among the news media intensified before and after a flawed February 2008 presidential election. The country’s authoritarian president, Robert Kocharian, imposed a state of emergency after the balloting to suppress demonstrations and block independent news reporting, a move that allowed him to deliver the presidency to a hand-picked successor, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issueid=69086 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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