Amnesty International will release its report on violence against women in Armenia at a press briefing in Yerevan on 13 November 2008.
 
The report, No pride in silence: Countering violence in the family in Armenia, addresses different forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence.
 
Who:     Nicola Duckworth, Europe and Central Asia Programme Director at Amnesty International
              Laurence Broers, Armenia expert at Amnesty International
When:   11.00 local time (7am GMT), Thursday, 13 November 2008
Where:  “Friday” Press Club
               7 Alek Manukyan Str
               Yerevan

For more information on the report and requests for interviews with Amnesty International's experts, as well as with a victim of violence against women, please contact Lydia Aroyo, Press Officer for Europe and Central Asia on +44 (0) 7771 796 350; e-mail address: laroyo@amnesty.org.