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RESIDENTS ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO LISTEN TO “RADIO LIBERTY”
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While Armenia’s authorities make attempts to “regain public confidence” local authorities deepen the gap.
Residents of Zovuni village say that the village head, Serzh Avetisian has found new methods to restrict people’s right to information. He bans residents to listen to “Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty” in the village.
Serzh Avetsisian calls people his office and instructs them not to listen to the radio station.
Residents do not intend to obey Serzh Avetisian’s order as “Radio Liberty” is the only source of information in the village.
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Today in Armenian history- 1879 Death in Moscow (Russia) of Stepanos Nazaryan, editor of the "Aurora Borealis". He was born in 1812.
- 1918 The "Messenger Book" daily is published in Tbilissi (Georgia): the first Soviet newspaper in Armenian.
- 1923 The Soviet of People's Committee of the Armenian SSR creates the State Cinema of Soviet Armenia (HayFilm).
- 1953 Academician Hrachia Atcharyan (linguist) dies in Yerevan. He was born in 1876.
- 1958 Death of composer Vagharshak Srvandztian.
- 1959 The Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet confirms the new Education Policy of Armenia.
- 1984 The US House of Representatives accepts a resolution (number 247) requesting that the Government announce that 1985 04 24 be designated a "National Day of Commemoration of Man's Inhumanity to Man".
- 1984 The Permanent People's Tribunal recognized the Armenian Genocide.
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