FOICA vs. “Berlin” Polyclinic of Gyumri
On July 25, 2005 resident of Gyumri city Martiros Karapetyan submitted an information inquiry to the executive director of Gyumri “Berlin” polyclinic Gagik Altunyan and the RA Ministry of Health. Martiros Karapetyan inquired the following information:
On July 25, 2005 resident of Gyumri city Martiros Karapetyan submitted an information inquiry to the executive director of Gyumri “Berlin” polyclinic Gagik Altunyan and the RA Ministry of Health. Martiros Karapetyan inquired the following information:
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A reference from the RA Ministry of Health on the existence of a masseur’s staff provided by the Ministry of Health to “Berlin” polyclinic in 2001-2005.
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A copy of the job contract
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Extract from the order of his dismissal because of reduction of the staff
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Information about the salary
Not receiving any answer to his inquiries, Martiros Karapetyan applied to FIC Shirak regional advocate Artush Grigoryan. The Freedom of Information Centre filed a court case to the first instance court of Shirak region in order to protect the resident’s violated right of access. However, before the start of the judicial process the polyclinic provided the whole requested information. Therefore the first instance court of Shirak region denied the petition on basis of the fact that the information was provided to the citizen within a 30- day period.
