January, 2017

• 16 January

  

  Opposition Activist Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Assaulting Police Officer

  Safaryan also commented on prosecutor Vahe Dolmazyan's claim that the court could not trust the defense witnesses' testimonies “because they are the defendant's friends and are thus biased...
• 16 January

  Contract Soldier Fatally Shot in Karabakh

  According to the NKR defense ministry's official statement, Sargsyan received a fatal gunshot wound in circumstances that are as yet unestablished, and authorities...
• 16 January

  

  Armenia’s Justice Ministry Received $32.6 Million in Foreign Grants in 2007-2015

  Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the US Department of State has awarded the following grants to the “Offenders Rehabilitation Center...
• 16 January

  Racist Yerevan Teacher Won’t Be Fired Because ‘He Has a Right to Free Speech’

  What I'm going to say may sound mean, but it is the reality, and please don't go preaching political correctness to me. Nature and history have already proven that...
• 16 January

  Man Jailed for Alleged Plot to Topple Armenian Government Ends Hunger Strike

  I spoke to him [on Friday]; he said he decided to end the hunger strike after talking to his mother, who has health issues. [Poghosyan] did not want to cause his mother further worries...