11:40, June 28, 2012
Vitaly Balasanyan is considered the main challenger to Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan in the upcoming presidential election.
Recently, someone asked Balasanyan on his facebook page to list what he thought to be some of the unachieved campaign promises that Sahakyan had made in the 2007 presidential race.
In reply, Balasanyan pointed to Sahakyan's pledge to guarantee freedom of speech and expression.
"The closing of the independent and influential press and that fact that top-notch reporters are leaving Artsakh shows just how much freedom of speech isn't protected," Balasanyan wrote.
Balasanyan was probably referring to the independent newspaper Demo and its prominent editor Gegham Baghdasaryan who now lives in Yerevan.
Armenian News
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