May, 2015

• 8 May

  

  Nairit Employees to Hold a Sit-in in Demand of Unpaid Salaries

  Employees of the Nairit chemical factory will stage a sit-in in front of the building of the Government of Armenia starting May 14, demanding payment of the twenty months' worth of salaries owed to them...
• 8 May

  

  “I Don’t Feel Safe in Armenia”: Journalist Spends Three Hours in Police Custody

  After a police officer threatened to arrest Arustamyan, the journalist reminded him that first the officer should present himself, and then name the grounds for the arrest. After these words, four officers attacked Arustamyan and...
• 8 May

  

  Armenian Convict Unable to Walk; Barred from Meeting with Human Rights’ Defender

  Earlier, the Armenian Helsinki Association reported that Gevorgyan, who is unable to speak or to walk, and suffers from acute respiratory failure, has been transferred from the Convicts' Hospital penitentiary institution to Nubarashen prison...
• 8 May

  

  Witnesses in Military Murder Case Afraid to Testify: Armenian MP Alleges Pressure on Soldiers

  The witnesses in the criminal case into the murder of Haykaz Barseghyan, a trainee at Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute in Yerevan, are refusing to testify, claiming they did not see anything and were asleep at the time...