05 June, 2019
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, express our support to the activity of the Open Society Foundation active in the Republic of Armenia since 1997.
We welcome the establishment of the necessary environment for the freedom of expression as a result of the Velvet Revolution in 2018.
Nevertheless, during the last days, a group a citizens have been constantly protesting near the office of the Open Society Foundations, the nature, the harassments against the police keeping the public order, the threatening against the employees of the Foundation, the demonstrations of hate speech and violence of which are unacceptable from the perspective of human rights protection.
The dissemination of the false and forged information and the evaluations on their ground are useless attempts to humiliate the human rights protection, the role and essence of the civil society organizations in the formation process of accountable and transparent governance and where the Open Society Foundations – Armenia has its own contribution.
Moreover, such protest movements lead to the limitations of the freedom of associations, which contradicts the principals of democracy and legal state. It is also worth mentioning, that its already a few days that the proper activities of the Foundation is not ensured.
We urge the law enforcement bodies to take measures to maintain the public order and to ensure the secure movements of its employees and visitors, as well as prevent the possible harassment against their lives, health and property.
- “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO
- “Informed Citizens Union” NGO
- “Regional Studies Center” NGO
- “Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation” NGO
- “Asparez” Journalists Club”” NGO
- “Helsinki Group of Spitak” NGO
- “Public Agenda” NGO
- “Women Support Cenre” NGO
- “International Association of Lawyers and Psychologists” NGO
- “Public Journalists Club” NGO
- “Yerevan Press Club” NGO
- “Armenian Innocence Project” NGO
- “Transparency International” Anticorruption Center
- “KhoranArd” Intellectual Club
- “Tatevik” NGO
- “Society without Violence” NGO
- Civil-Youth Centre of Armavir
- “Youth Avangarde” Public Interest Protection NGO
- “PINK” NGO
- “Human Rights House” Yerevan
- “Armavir Development Center” NGO
- “Martuni Women Council” NGO
- “Human Rights Research Centre” NGO
- “Peace Dialogue” NGO
- “Journalism for Human Rights” NGO
- “Fermida” NGO
- “New Generation” NGO
- “EcoNews” Informative NGO
- “Tax Payers and Businessmen Rights Protection” NGO
- “Real World, Real People” NGO
- “Goris Press Club” NGO
- “Armenian Helsinki Committee” NGO
- “Helsinki Citizens Assembly Vanadzor Office” NGO
- “Human Right Development and Protection Foundation”
- “Rule of Law” NGO
- “National Center of Public Policy Research” NGO
- “Community Initiatives and Advocacy Center” NGO
- “Non-Discrimination and Equality Coalition”
- “Media Diversity Institute” NGO
- “Urban” Foundations
- “Investigative Journalists” NGO
- “Unison” NGO
- “Armenian Progressive Youth” NGO
- “Europe in Law Association” NGO
- “Women Resource Centre” NGO
- “Agate Rights Defence Centre For Women With Disabilities” NGO
- “Shogher Union” Social-Educational NGO
- “Society without Violence” NGO
- “Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression” NGO
- “Restart” NGO
- “Women’s’ Rights House” NGO
- “Free Citizen Civic Initiative Support Centre” NGO
- “Children’s Society” Youth Initiatives Support Centre
- “Lore Eco-Club” NGO
- “Consumers’ Consulting Center” NGO
- “European Students’ Forum Association” NGO
- “For Equal Rights” NGO
- “CPI” Armenian Human Rights Protection NGO
- “Advanced Public Research Group” NGO
- “Golden Apricot Movie Development Foundation
- “Angel” Social Cultural-Educational NGO
- “Ecoteam” NGO
- Coalition to Stop Violence against Women
- “Legal Research and Development Centre” NGO
- Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center
- Communities Finance Officers Association
- “Helsinki Association” human rights NGO
- “Mandate” NGO
- “Yezidi Center for Human Rights”