November, 2013

• 13 November

  

  Majority of Armenian MPs Didn’t Participate in Karabakh Recognition Vote

  A bill to recognize the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh was put to a vote in Armenia's National Assembly today.
• 13 November

  

  40 Soldiers Poisoned in Ararat Military Unit: Newspaper

  Mass poisoning has been recorded in a military unit in the town of Ararat, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak.
• 13 November

  

  Shant Harutyunyan Won’t Appeal Court Decision to Imprison Him

  Detained during clashes with riot police in Yerevan on Nov. 5, Shant Harutyunyan will not be appealing the two-month pre-trial detention the court...
• 13 November

  

  Parliamentary Speaker on How Re-Elected Control Chamber Chairperson Must Work

  Ishkhan Zakaryan was re-elected as Chair of the Control Chamber of Armenia.
• 13 November

  

  ‘Why People Die in Prison’: Officials Explain When Prisoners Undergo Surgery

  Tavros Voskanyan, currently in Nubarashen penitentiary, wants to be moved to the Hospital for Convicts as he claims he has foreign bodies in...
• 12 November

  

  Updated: Police Forcibly Remove Protestor Who Sewed his Mouth Shut Outside Presidential Palace

  A resident of Etchmiadzin, who sewed his mouth shut on Monday and began a hunger strike and sit-in outside the president's residence...
• 11 November

  

  Police Forcibly Remove Residents Protesting Construction in Central Yerevan

  Larko Group began construction work in the courtyard of the buildings at 10 and 12 Sayat-Nova Ave. in central Yerevan today.
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Parliament Removes Controversial Equality Bill from Agenda

  A draft law on equality between men and women resulted in a stormy debate in Armenia's National Assembly today.
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Parliament Approves Bill to Raise Officials’ Salaries

  With 69 in favor, 37 against, and 6 abstentions, Armenia's National Assembly passed a bill to raise the salaries of government officials.
• 11 November

  

  Police Detain Artists for 4 Hours for Graffiti Portrait of Shant Harutyunyan (VIDEO)

  Members of the group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") were picked up by police on Baghramyan Ave. and taken to Arabkir police division.