News & events
06.12.2008 SUIT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CENTER AGAINST ARABKIR ADMINISTRATION
On December 19 the RA Administrative Court considered the suit of the Freedom of Information Center versus the administration of Arabkir community of Yerevan. The NGO addressed the court with a demand to commit the communal administration to provide the information requested. On July 30, 2008 the Freedom of Information Center made an inquiry as to the number of apartments held by Arabkir community with ownership right, asking to specify their addresses, as well as provide the judicial...
03.12.2008 SUIT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CENTER AGAINST ARABKIR ADMINISTRATION
On December 19 the RA Administrative Court considered the suit of the Freedom of Information Center versus the administration of Arabkir community of Yerevan . The NGO addressed the court with a demand to commit the communal administration to provide the information requested. On July 30, 2008 the Freedom of Information Center made an inquiry as to the number of apartments held by Arabkir community with ownership right, asking to specify their addresses, as well as provide the...
27.11.2008 The FOI places billboards in the communities of Armenia
“Freedom of Information Center” NGO has been implementing a project with financial assistance of USAID “ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT» within the framework of which 100 information billboards will be placed in 20 communities throughout Armenia. 7 billboards are to be placed in urban communities, and 3 – in rural communities. A few billboards have been placed in Ararat town and Jrashen rural community of Ararat Marz; Areni, Aghavnadzor, Getap rural...
17.11.2008 Prosecutor’s office staff was re-trained
On the 15-16th of November Freedom of Information Center organized its re-training session named “Freedom of Information in the prosecution system of Armenia” for Prosecutor’s office staff in Aghveran. Reporters from the National Assembly, FOICA expert Marine Hakobyan and spokeswoman of the RA General Prosecutor’s Office Sona Truzyan presented to the participants of the training session the concept of information freedom, local and international legal basis for...
12.11.2008 Public Discussion over New Anticorruption Strategy of Armenia
Freedom of Information Center organized a public discussion dedicated to the third chapter of the draft new National Anticorruption Strategy of the Republic of Armenia held on the 12th of November in Yerevan, where 22 civil society representatives took part. The event was implemented with assistance of “Cassals and Associates” Inc. and funded by USAID. Armen Khudaverdyan, Team Leader of Expert Group for Anticorruption Strategy Monitoring comprehensively...
03.10.2008 FOICA court claim against Mayor of Hrazdan
On November 2, 2007, “Freedom of Information Center” NGO has sent a written FOI request to the Mayor of Hrazdan city asking for the copies of Hrazdan Mayor’s and the Council of elders’ decisions made in the second quarter of 2007. On November 11, 2007, 20 days later, not receiving neither written nor an oral answer to the request, FOICA has applied to the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia. The Ombudsman studied the facts presented in the application and accepted the case...
