Partnership for Open Society had organized a discussion on November 5th on the “Amendments to RA Law on Non-governmental Organizations” at AUA Business Center (Yerevan, Alek Manougyan 9). Civil society representatives and experts were invited to discuss the impact of proposed amendments on the NGO community. The Minister of Justice Mr. Gevorg Danielyan and Mr. Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan – the Chairman of RA NA Permanent Committee on Human Rights Protection and Public Issues had also been invited to be main speakers of the event. Even though representatives of respective government bodies had been invited a week ago, none of them were present at the discussion. On November 11th we got the following letter (in Armenian) from the Ministry of Justice.