The National Assembly of Armenia adopted a decision on announcing amnesty on Friday. The initiative, put forward by the President’s administration, is primarily seen as a move to ease political tension in the society and release 56 opposition supporters charged in connection with post-election violence in Yerevan in March 2008.
Armenian blogs paid a due share of interest to the Amnesty issue. Most were interested in the fashion it was done, rather than the fact of amnesty itself, saying the move was only undertaken because of the upcoming PACE session which will very likely again discuss the functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia.
Formerly, there had been 6 cases of amnesty in Armenia – in 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2006.
This episode of the Armenian Blogosphere podcast brings views and comments from top Armenian bloggers on Amnesty and related developments. Download the 1.1 Mb mp3 file of the podcast from here or listen to it online by clicking the player icon below.
[…] The Armenian Observer [EN/AM] reports that the politically polarized blogosphere in the country was divided on the matter, opposition bloggers were naturally elated albeit with some concerns. Unzipped, perhaps the most […]
[…] The Armenian Observer [EN/AM] reports that the politically polarized blogosphere in the country was divided on the matter, opposition bloggers were naturally elated albeit with some concerns. Unzipped, perhaps the most […]