December, 2015

• 6 December

  

  Referendum Observer Taken Into Police Custody in Yerevan for Doing ‘Terrible Things’

  Gaspari added that violations were especially gross at 9/15 precinct, and all his attempts to report them to the head of the electoral commission of the said precinct were fruitless...
• 6 December

  

  ‘Technical Problem’ Casts Votes Instead of Entire Family at Rural Polling Station (Video)

  A resident of the village of Mughni in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province came Sunday evening to vote in the referendum on the draft constitutional amendments only to discover that votes...
• 6 December

  

  Citizen Crosses Her Name Off Voter List in Protest of ‘Rigged Referendum’

  Having received no reply from the Police, I decided to go to the polling station and cross out my name with my own hand. I realize that this will not change anything, but it's a matter of dignity...
• 6 December

  

  Unknown Person Filmed Distributing Money Among Citizens on Referendum Day (Video)

  When confronted by the reporter about the list and the money, the man claimed it was a “list of debts;” he then tried to seize the journalist's camera...
• 6 December

  

  Journalists Hindered by Republican Proxies at Polling Stations, One Detained (Video)

  Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office (HCAV) reports that journalist Sona Tadevosyan, a representative of the Gyumri-based Asparez Journalists' Club, has been detained from the 26/16 polling station...
• 6 December

  

  Republican Youth Detained at Voting Precinct for Checking Whether ‘His People’ Had Voted (VIDEO)

  “He had a list of people whose turnout he had to ensure. He said he worked for Republicans, and he had to check if his people had voted. He had crossed out the names of those who had already [cast their votes]...
• 6 December

  

  Electoral Commission Head Prohibits Newspaper Representative’s Presence at Polling Station

  The editor-in-chief of “Azpares” newspaper has reported the “crime pursuant to the RA Criminal Code Article 149 - 'hindrance to implementation of the right to elect, to the work of election commissions or to the...
• 6 December

  

  Observer Missions Record First Violations in Constitutional Referendum Voting

  Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office (HCAV) has also been reported obstructions of the work of observers. The human rights organization has stated that at several polling stations observers have not ...