Lawyer Sos Hakobyan undertook the protection of the interests of Mediahub.am journalist Vahe Makaryan and, according to him, the great master of provoking conflicts, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, on 30.10.2024. Issues related to the dispute that took place inside the building of the National Assembly, as a result of the decision to suspend the accreditation of Vahe Makaryan by the decision of the head of the staff of the National Assembly.
"We find that the decision to suspend the accreditation of Vahe Makaryan was made in gross violation of the law and should be abolished. The legal principles of special equality and the realization of the right to be heard have not even been respected in any proceedings. It is important to recognize this decision as illegal in the sense that the vicious practice of suspending the accreditation of journalists who do not receive the favor of the authorities at a specific moment receives a legal evaluation, considering it as a fundamental principle of freedom of speech and information. pressure test.
I inform you that yesterday I applied to the head of the staff of the RA National Assembly with a request to receive the video recordings of the cameras that recorded the details of the incident, and if that is impossible, to preserve those video recordings for at least one year for legal proceedings.
Dear journalists, I find that the issue does not exclusively refer to the protection of journalist Vahe Makaryan's right to carry out his professional activities. Illegal cases like this have happened in the past as well (for example, the cases related to Suzy Badoyan, Knar Manukyan, etc.), and most likely will not end with this incident.
Therefore, I ask all of you to cover this legal process as actively as possible, in the light of the protection of the rights of journalists who practically ensure the public's right to receive information", said Vahe Makaryan's advocate, lawyer Sos Hakobyan.
