June, 2016

• 23 June

  

  Suspect in Alleged Takeover Plot Did Not Testify against Sefilyan, Lawyers Say

  Nina Karapetyan noted that Armenia’s Investigative Committee was deliberately spreading lies about Poghosyan in an attempt to defame him for refusing to cooperate with the investigation. “It’s a way...
• 23 June

  

  Blogger Publicly Comes Out as Gay & Armenian in Wake of Orlando: Out.com

  "I empathize for all who have not had the right support to come out... But I will not turn my pride into shame. I will not go back into the closet. I will say proudly, I am a gay Armenian man...
• 23 June

  

  One Year On, No Police Officers Held Liable for Violent Dispersal of Electric Yerevan

  On June 23, 2015, the speaker said, Armenia’s law enforcement forces detained 237 people on suspicion of hooliganism; however, the country’s Investigative Committee subsequently reported that no evidence of ...