November, 2017

• 15 November

  

  Yerevan Students Block Central Street as Parliament Abolishes Military Draft Deferments

  Individual protesters engaged in scuffles with law enforcement officers; some of them were lightly beaten or dragged by officers on the ground...
• 14 November

  Students Protesting Against Abolishment of Draft Deferments Go On Hunger Strike in Yerevan University

  The protesters have promised to end the hunger strike on the condition that the National Assembly today votes against the amendments to the Armenian...
• 13 November

  Dolphins in Dilijan Hotel Kept Under Unadopted Russian Law, Expert Says

  We’d applied to the Ministry of Nature and [other inspection bodies] with a request to conduct checks [at the dolphinarium]. The authorities looked into the...
• 13 November

  Students March in Yerevan Against Planned Abolishment of Military Deferment

  Recall, under a Defense Ministry-drafted bill preliminarily passed by the Armenian National Assembly in late October, draft deferments would only be granted to those students who ...
• 1 November

  Yerevan University Professor Decides to Conduct Class’ Exam in Church

  The Armenian Language and Literature professor at the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan has told her students that she would conduct their midterm exam in a church...