March, 2016

• 14 March

  

  Military Service in Armenia Should Be Optional, Sakunts Says

  The human rights activist pointed out that members of the clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church have inexplicable advantages over other soldiers; the army even pays clergymen salary based on the fact that they are...
• 14 March

  

  Hrazdan Inmate Alleges Prison Ill-Treatment Based on His Sexual Orientation

  Prison officials, as stated in A. M.'s complaint, insulted and kept him in a quarantine cell, refusing to transfer the inmate to a regular one. Officials also allegedly restricted the duration of the inmate's phone calls, and took...
• 14 March

  

  Judge’s Decision to Replace Gaspari’s Lawyers ‘Legally Unjustified’

  The Shengavit district court judge issued the decision to remove the lawyers Saturday on the basis that they either failed, on multiple occasions, to appear in court, or left the courtroom without the judge's permission...
• 14 March

  

  Defendant Killed Ex-Wife in ‘Pre-Planned’ Murder, Victim’s Sister Claims

  “He had written that he knew at the scene who killed whom and for what, and now he says nothing. In the police car, he had said, Artak did not even try to hide what he had done and showed no remorse for his...
• 12 March

  

  Vanadzor City Authorities Buy Trash Cans for $200 a Piece: Press

  Official documents show that Armenia's regional government bodies do their best to keep up with Yerevan Municipality in terms of wasting state resources, Zhoghovurd newspaper writes...
• 12 March

  

  NKR Army Soldier Killed in Grenade Explosion

  Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) Defense Ministry reported Saturday that conscript Sargis D Ohanyan, 19, was killed at around 4 pm Friday when a hand grenade exploded at the military positions of one of the eastern...
• 11 March

  

  Appeal Court Upholds Defense Ministry Ban on Information on Non-Combat Army Deaths

  In January, 2015, Peace Dialogue NGO filed a lawsuit against the Defense Ministry for its refusal to provide information on non-combat military deaths. Officials, however, responded to the claim only eight...
• 11 March

  

  Servicemen Set to Testify in Permyakov Trial No Longer in Armenia, Russian Military Officials Say

  The court today was to hear testimonies of a number of servicemen of the Russian base, among them Andrey Nikishin, Permyakov's immediate commander at the time. Despite being subpoenaed, however, the witness failed to appear in court...
• 11 March

  

  Armenian Opposition Activist Denied Release from Pretrial Custody

  A number of New Armenia members held a protest action shortly after the issuance of the verdict outside the courthouse and egged the building in protest of the decision. Protester Gagik Yeghiazaryan has been detained as....
• 10 March

  

  Supporters of Political Prisoners Detained in Yerevan (Video)

  When protester Ara Petrosyan responded with a demand for the release of political prisoners, Osipyan ordered the three dozen law enforcement officers who had come to the scene to detain the activists and take them...