January, 2016

• 12 January

  

  Veteran Arrested for Selling Weapons to Armenian ‘Crime Gang’ on Month-Long Hunger Strike: Press

  The veteran's wife, Ruzan Hovhannisyan, told Haykakan Zhamanak that her husband has been refusing not only food, but also water. The woman also claimed that her husband had had nothing to do with neutralized gang...
• 12 January

  

  Swine Flu Kills 6 in Armenia, Hundreds Hospitalized

  As regards the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, the deputy minister stated that it was not to be taken without a prescription: the drug is envisaged for the treatment of an already existing disease and has no preventive effects on swine flu...
• 12 January

  

  Verdict in Yerevan District Court Postponed Due to Judge’s Unexpected Transfer

  Speaking to Epress.am, the mothers' representative, Haykuhi Harutyunyan, called the situation “absurd.” She stressed that the latest decision on the replenishment of the lists concerning professional advancement ...
• 11 January

  

  76 Soldiers Died in Armenia and Karabakh Armies in 2015: Report

  Besides the above mentioned, there were other 4 deaths of Armenian soldiers registered [in 2015], two of whom were servicemen of the Russian troops in Armenia, one – a soldier of Armenia's...
• 8 January

  

  Armenian Publicist Believes Threats Against Her Were Guided

  The attacks on Hovhannisyan started following her January 3 post on Facebook in support of arrested opposition activist Gevorg Safaryan: the publicist had shared a photo of a t-shirt with the image of Safaryan...
• 8 January

  

  Human Rights Advocates Urge Armenia’s Authorities Not to Extradite Bahraini Activist Detained in Yerevan

  The human rights organizations, on the other hand, urge Armenia's authorities to take into account the fact that the Bahraini judiciary is “significantly prejudiced and has a repetitive habit of using its powers...
• 7 January

  

  Human Rights Defenders Name Arrested Opposition Activist ‘First Political Prisoner of 2016’

  Late on Tuesday, the opposition alliance reported that another New Armenia activist, 23-year-old Syuzi Gevorgyan, had been physically assaulted by two unknown assailants: “At around 9pm on January 5 two well-built ...