November, 2016

• 10 November

  

  Nairit Employees Again Protest Over Unpaid Salaries

  “We are also human; winter is coming and we have to somehow live through it. What do they suggest we do? Should we resort to looting [to provide for out families]? Furthermore, they have now told us that on December 16 the ...
• 9 November

  

  Former Armenian MP Threatens to ‘Hurt’ Ex-Wife and Send Her to Jail, Lawyer Reports

  According to Torosyan, the former parliamentarian repeatedly subjected Avagyan to physical abuse while they were married, and when she finally divorced him, he threatened to take her child away and make sure that the woman ended up in jail...
• 9 November

  

  Armenia’s Police Chief ‘Has No Intention’ of Settling Lawsuit with Reporter

  The court today suggested that the parties consider negotiating a settlement agreement, but Gasparyan's lawyer rejected the idea on the spot, insisting that the police chief had no intention of settling. Nevertheless, the...
• 9 November

  

  Armenia’s New Prosecutor General Promises to Resume Investigation Into Soldier’s Non-Combat Death

  The soldier's family, however, have been arguing for years that their son was murdered and that investigators, namely investigator Arman Apresyan, were deliberately covering up the case...
• 8 November

  

  Psychiatric Commitment in Armenia Mainly Used for ‘Punishment’ Purposes

  The most commonly observed violations, Sakunts continued, were related to the justifications for citizens' psychiatric commitment, the quality of the provided medication and the medical supplies and equipment used in their treatment...
• 7 November

  

  Marchers in Yerevan Demand Adequate Medical Care for Sasna Tsrer Member

  Speaking to reporters during the march, Harutyunyan's sister, Tamara Harutyunyan, said that she no longer trusted that Armenian authorities would do anything to help her brother; “I thought I would go mad when I learned ...
• 7 November

  

  Yerevan Court Won’t Reopen Investigation Into Soldier’s Non-Combat Death

  “These people are not judges, they are minions who follow whatever orders they are given from those in power. There is no justice in this country,” Muradyan announced today after hearing the court's verdict. The aggrieved ...
• 4 November

  

  Injured Armed Group Member Asking Doctors to Amputate His Leg, Lawyer Says

  Hovhannes Harutyunyan, a member of the Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sasun) armed group who was wounded and hospitalized after a shoot-out with police a week into the Yerevan police station siege in July, has not received any medical care for four...
• 3 November

  

  Unpaid Grape Farmers Again Protest in Yerevan

  The farmers had to sell the grapes to Vinar for as little as 40 drams per kilogram after an unusually rich harvest in the fall of 2015. The company, however, has yet to fully pay their money, and after the farmers...
• 3 November

  

  Nairit Employees Demand Four Months’ Back Wages

  About 150 employees of the idling Nairit chemical plant in Yerevan blocked off a road adjacent to the plant on Thursday morning demanding to be paid their back wages for 4 months. The street was reopened 15 minutes...