Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

These officials have violated the human access to information right during the second quarter of 2011

1. Mr. Manuk Vardanyan – ARM Minister of Transport and Communication:
   On 20 May, 2011 student Lilit Sedrakyan had sent a written inquiry to the Minister, asking for information about the current number of public transports in Armenia and when they will be replaced by new ones. The inquiry was left unanswered. The FOICA’s 22.06.2011 request with the same content was also left unanswered.
    
2. Mr. Armen Yeritsyan – ARM Minister of Emergency Situations:
   ARM Minister of Emergency Situations Yeritsyan left the FOICA’s 25.05.2011 inquiry unanswered, where the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia was requesting for information whether there were documents under the Ministry’s possession, which were made unclassified in 2010, and if there were any then the Ministry was asked to provide their copies.
    
3. Mr. Seyran Ohanyan – ARM Minister of Defense: On 20 May, 2011 student Lilit Sedrakyan had sent a written inquiry to the Minister, asking for information about the number of soldiers that for different reasons died in ARM detachments in 2010-2011, and what steps are taken to avoid such incidents. The student’s inquiry was left unanswered. On 22 June, 2011 the FOICA sent the same request to Minister Seyran Ohanyan, which was also left unanswered.
    
4. Mr. Arthur Gevorgyan – Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of Yerevan Municipality:
   Arthur Gevorgyan did not answer to journalist Arman Gharibyan’s 23.06.2011 inquiry that was sent to the official e-mail address of Yerevan municipality. With this inquiry the journalist was asking how many kindergartens are currently operating in Yerevan and how many had been closed since 2000. By the way, the journalist had called and checked that the inquiry had been received.
    
5. Mr. Armen Tadevosyan – President of «Hamalsaranakanner” county:
   Armen Tadevosyan did not answer to the FOICA’s 13.06.2011 inquiry about the activities of the county. The FOICA’s 30.06.2011 double inquiry was also left unanswered.
    
6. Mr. Arman Khachaturyan – Chief Executive Director of “HayPost” CJSC (ex-director):
   On 12 October, 2010 president of “Marshal Baghramyan County” Robert Mkrtchyan turned to Arman Khachaturyan, but has not yet received an answer from him. On 26 May, 2011 the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia sent an information request asking in what stage was president of “Marshal Baghramyan County” Robert Mkrtchyan’s application and when it will be answered. This inquiry was also left unanswered.