Principle of protection of Hovik Agazaryan`s personal data violated

ArmInfo. What happened to the member of the National Assembly of Armenia Hovik Agazaryan not only proves that the principle of protecting his personal data was violated, but also creates the impression that a campaign has been  launched against him by the government apparatus. This was written on  her Facebook page by the member of the National Assembly Taguhi  Tovmasyan.

She noted that she had sent letters to her international colleagues  and a number of international organizations regarding the situation  with Hovik Agazaryan. "As a representative of the Armenian parliament  dealing with human rights issues, I consider it my duty to talk about  what happened. Having ideological and political differences with  Agazaryan, I nevertheless believe that making public personal  telephone conversations, correspondence of a person and providing it  to members of a political team, from the point of view of protecting  personal data, is highly problematic and unacceptable," Tovmasyan  emphasized, adding that the leak violates national legislation and a  number of international law norms, including the Universal  Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and  Political Rights, the European Convention for the Protection of Human  Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Tovmasyan noted that Articles 33 and 34 of the RA Constitution  clearly state that everyone has the right to freedom and privacy of  correspondence, telephone conversations and other forms of  communication. "It is even more unacceptable that the "revelations"  about the MP's sexual orientation were made on a website linked to  the Chief of Staff of the RA Prime Minister Taron Chakhoyan. I expect  an appropriate reaction from my international partners and various  organizations, because earlier, ambassadors of foreign countries  condemned such incidents, but now they are silent," Taguhi Tovmasyan  noted.

On December 3, a meeting of the board of the Civil Contract party was  held, chaired by the chairman of the board Nikol Pashinyan. By the  decision of the board, Hovik Agazaryan was expelled from the party  due to the leak of confidential information of state and party  importance, as well as gross violations of public morality. The basis  for this step was the leak of personal information stored on  Agazaryan's phone. The deputy himself stated that he was leaving the  Civil Contract faction with great regret, also resigning from his  duties as a member of the Counting Commission. Agazaryan does not  intend to give up his deputy mandate.