October, 2013

• 3 October

  

  Georgia Border Placed Within Context of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Human Rights Defender

  Georgian media reports that Allahverdi Pelengov, a Georgian citizen of Azerbaijani descent, has been tortured in Armenia are untrue...
• 3 October

  

  Armenian Parliament Adopts Amnesty Bill

  Armenia's National Assembly today voted 102 in favor of granting amnesty to those who committed a crime up to and including Sept. 1, 2013.
• 3 October

  

  Opposition MP to be Removed from PACE Armenian Delegation, Implies Parliamentary Chair

  "Considering MP Zaruhi Postanjyan's behavior at PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] yesterday and based on the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, I declare that...
• 2 October

  

  Armenian President at PACE: ‘I Do Not Gamble in Casinos’

  "Have you recently been in a casino in Europe [...]and have you lost 70 million euros? Who gave you the money you lost?" asked Armenian delegation member, Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan following...
• 2 October

  

  Attorney Insists his Imprisoned Client Needs to be Hospitalized

  Aram Mughalyan, in pre-trial detention under charges of "hooliganism" and attempt to intentionally damage another's property, has been on a hunger strike for one week.
• 2 October

  

  ‘Money Laundering’: $123,000 Allocated for Collecting Information on Refugees in Armenia

  The State Migration Service of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration has allocated 50 million 146 thousand AMD (about $123 thousand USD) in 2013 for the development and exchange of information on refugees, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.
• 2 October

  

  12-Hour Rally in Central Yerevan to Adopt Law on Domestic Violence

  Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women is calling the government to act and fulfill its commitments, which are reflected in the national Against Gender Violence program and...
• 2 October

  

  Political Prisoner Tigran Araqelyan to be Granted Amnesty: Newspaper

  Political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan will be granted amnesty, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak ("Armenian Times"), according to the amnesty bill...
• 2 October

  

  New Armenian General Prosecutor Elected

  Gevorg Kostanyan was elected the next General Prosecutor of Armenia. In parliament today, out of 130 MPs, 108 voted — 103 for, 3 against, and 2 votes were disqualified.