Background of the Issue: Citizen Anmar Gasparian had addressed the Media Ethics Observatory with a complaint versus “Aravot” daily, which had published the pieces “The Deadman Consented?” on August 4, 2010, “The Policemen Threaten the Babayans” on September 16, 2010, and versus “Ankakh” weekly, which had written an article on the same topic. Anmar Gasparian specifically noted that the contested pieces contained untrue information.
On December 22, 2010 MEO sent a letter to Anmar Gasparian, advising her to address directly to the newspapers and require to publish a refutation. The letter also stressed that MEO is ready to be a mediator in the case, and therefore needs additional information and explanations given by Anmar Gasparian. The later did not respond to the suggestion.