January, 2016

• 26 January

  

  Republican Oligarch Urges Businesses Not to Import Flour to Avoid Hurting Local Producers: Press

  According to official data, an average amount of 290 tonnes of bread is bakes in Armenia during a year. As evidenced by the above mentioned, our 'flour kings' earn unjustified 60-70 drams per kilo of flour....
• 25 January

  

  Homeless Family Overlooked During Housing Alocation in Armenian Village

  When contacted by Epress.am for comment over Sardaryan's protest, the press service of the Governor's office insisted they were “unfamiliar with the issue.” Officials also assured that the houses had...
• 23 January

  

  Armenian Man Fined $300 for Subjecting Wife, Children to Physical Abuse; Aggrieved Party to Appeal ‘Laughable’ Verdict

  According to Women's Support Center head Maro Matosyan, Armenia has no specially designed, gender-sensitive policies, and the government offers no tools or services to protect victims of spousal violence and their children...
• 23 January

  

  Jailed Armenian Anti-Government Protester Ends Hunger Strike

  The public observers visited Kyureghyan in prison Friday afternoon and were assured by the management of Nubarashen penitentiary that the convict would be transferred to solitary confinement....
• 22 January

  

  Gyumri Massacre Suspect Pleads Guilty to Murder

  During the hearing today testimony from first witness Rima Petrosyan, a relative of the victims, was interrupted after she suddenly felt unwell. The court then announced a break, after which the trial was adjourned until January 29...
• 22 January

  

  Armenian Villagers Demand Compensation for Damage Caused by Toxic Tailings

  On the outskirts of [Geghanush], all the residents have died from tumors. Babies are born sick and immediately transferred to children's hospitals,” villager Amalya Martirosyan told the organization. ..
• 22 January

  

  Arrested Oppositionist Unsafe in Jail, Lawyer Says

  “There are two types of separate cells in jails. The one Safaryan's in is not a specially guarded one: this cell is under the control of the criminal world and is unsafe,” Harutyunyan said, adding that the situation with the oppositionist's...
• 22 January

  

  Armenian Political Prisoner Goes on Hunger Strike in Support of Jailed Oppositionists

  ote, on January 21, a group of citizens visited foreign embassies and international organizations in Yerevan, calling their attention to Safaryan's and Kyureghyan's problems...
• 21 January

  

  Armenian Civic Activist Forcibly Taken to Court (Video)

  On Wednesday, January 20, Gaspari delivered a letter of appeal to the country's Chamber of Advocates, rejecting the services of his newly assigned public defender Mery Alaverdyan. Speaking to...
• 21 January

  

  Parents of Dead Armenian Soldiers and Lawyer Receive Police’s ‘Special Treatment’ (Video)

  After the incident, the parents went to the National Assembly and met with deputy head of legal department Garegin Petrosyan. The official told them that he had been on holiday and was out of the loop...