November, 2013

• 13 November

  

  Shant Harutyunyan Won’t Appeal Court Decision to Imprison Him

  Detained during clashes with riot police in Yerevan on Nov. 5, Shant Harutyunyan will not be appealing the two-month pre-trial detention the court...
• 13 November

  

  Parliamentary Speaker on How Re-Elected Control Chamber Chairperson Must Work

  Ishkhan Zakaryan was re-elected as Chair of the Control Chamber of Armenia.
• 13 November

  

  ‘Why People Die in Prison’: Officials Explain When Prisoners Undergo Surgery

  Tavros Voskanyan, currently in Nubarashen penitentiary, wants to be moved to the Hospital for Convicts as he claims he has foreign bodies in...
• 12 November

  

  Updated: Police Forcibly Remove Protestor Who Sewed his Mouth Shut Outside Presidential Palace

  A resident of Etchmiadzin, who sewed his mouth shut on Monday and began a hunger strike and sit-in outside the president's residence...
• 11 November

  

  Police Forcibly Remove Residents Protesting Construction in Central Yerevan

  Larko Group began construction work in the courtyard of the buildings at 10 and 12 Sayat-Nova Ave. in central Yerevan today.
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Parliament Removes Controversial Equality Bill from Agenda

  A draft law on equality between men and women resulted in a stormy debate in Armenia's National Assembly today.
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Parliament Approves Bill to Raise Officials’ Salaries

  With 69 in favor, 37 against, and 6 abstentions, Armenia's National Assembly passed a bill to raise the salaries of government officials.
• 11 November

  

  Police Detain Artists for 4 Hours for Graffiti Portrait of Shant Harutyunyan (VIDEO)

  Members of the group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") were picked up by police on Baghramyan Ave. and taken to Arabkir police division.
• 8 November

  

  Yerevan Court Rules to Keep Detained Activists in Prison

  The Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork Marash Administrative Districts earlier today ruled to keep in prison Shant Harutyunyan...
• 8 November

  

  Police Violated Citizens’ ‘Right to Protest’ in Armenia

  David Gevorgyan, detained during the clashes on Mashtots Ave. in Yerevan on Nov. 5, claims that police actions against him and fellow detainees were unlawful.