Armenia: Surveillance Bill Threatens Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Armenian lawmakers attend a plenary session at the parliament in Yerevan, October 3, 2023. © 2023 KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images (Yerevan, October 31, 2024) – The Armenian government’s bill for the mandatory installation of video surveillance systems with 24-hour police access throughout the capital, Yerevan, is unjustified and interferes with privacy and other rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill, which passed its first parliamentary review in June 2024, requires private entities in Yerevan to install the cameras and provide police…

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