Russia Urged To Help Free Jailed Armenian Journalist
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 5:46 pm
A small group of Internet bloggers and human rights activists picketed the Russian Embassy in Yerevan on Tuesday to urge President Dmitry Medvedev to help release an Armenian-born journalist arrested in Moldova’s Transdniester region last month.
Ernest Vardanean, a 33-year-old stringer for the Transdniester news agency Novy Region 2, is accused of spying for Moldova and could be sentenced to between 12 and 20 years in prison if found guilty.
The Moldovan government, the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have urged authorities in Tiraspol to release Vardanean from detention and to ensure he receives a fair trial. Numerous human rights and journalists’ associations, including Reporters Without Borders, have also condemned his arrest........................
http://hyemedia.com/2010/05/11/russia-u ... ournalist/
Ernest Vardanean, a 33-year-old stringer for the Transdniester news agency Novy Region 2, is accused of spying for Moldova and could be sentenced to between 12 and 20 years in prison if found guilty.
The Moldovan government, the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have urged authorities in Tiraspol to release Vardanean from detention and to ensure he receives a fair trial. Numerous human rights and journalists’ associations, including Reporters Without Borders, have also condemned his arrest........................
http://hyemedia.com/2010/05/11/russia-u ... ournalist/