October, 2013

• 17 October

  

  Armenian Government Violates Procedure for Implementing ECHR Rulings

  Since 2010, oversight procedures in the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, which supervises the execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments, have changed...
• 17 October

  

  ‘Justice to Tigran Araqelyan’ Art Seen on Northern Avenue (VIDEO)

  After a six-month break, the art group "Counter Blow" made a come back with a poster stuck on a wall on Northern Ave. in central Yerevan...
• 17 October

  

  OSCE Monitoring of Karabakh Frontline Stopped Because of Shooting

  “A planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan to be conducted by the OSCE Mission in the Hadrut direction, scheduled for October 17, was stopped...
• 17 October

  

  Ethnic Azeri Man Released After Being Held for 2 Months in Armenia

  Armenia has released Allahverdi Pelengov, an ethnic Azeri and a citizen of the Republic of Georgia, who was held for two months by the RA National Security Service.
• 17 October

  

  Wings of Tatev to Operate at Special Tariffs on Oct. 19 and 20

  October 16 marks the third anniversary of the launch of the Wings of Tatev aerial tramway. In its lifetime, the tramway has transported approximately 200,000 tourists.
• 17 October

  

  Mine Explodes, Killing 25-Year-Old Army Officer and Injuring 3 Others

  Chief of the field engineer company, captain Gevorg Mnatsakanyan was fatally injured when a mine exploded at around 8:30 pm on Oct. 16 near a military post at Armenia’s northeastern border.
• 17 October

  

  Amnesty International Report and Abuses in the Armenian Army

  "Such a book shouldn't have been written. Imagine if a 14-year-old reads this book. How is he going to later serve in the army? Described in this book are incidents that can't happen in the army...