October, 2013

• 9 October

  

  Why Are So Many in Armenia Refused Painkillers? New Campaign to ‘Stop the Pain’ Launched in Armenia

  Thousands of people in Armenia suffer from life-limiting and chronic illness. The lack of access to oral morphine for pain relief puts those patients in unnecessary pain.
• 9 October

  

  Judge Continues to Deny Bail to Jailed Oppositionist Tigran Araqelyan

  Judge Eva Darbinyan today again refused to consider a motion to release political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan in the Court of Appeal while hearing the case of...
• 9 October

  

  Armenian MP Against Racism, Xenophobia. A Year Ago He Justified Hate Crime

  When brothers and nationalists Arame and Hambik Khabazyan set fire to DIY, a bar in central Yerevan, Sharmazanov not only didn’t condemn their actions, but publicly declared his support, saying that what they did was “right and justified”.
• 9 October

  

  Armenian Diaspora Minister : ‘I Imagined I was Shooting Aliyev’

  Within the framework of the Ardzaganq 2013 ("Response 2013") military drills, members of the government presented a proposal to the prime minister to take action to neutralize possible threats and prepare the country’s defense.
• 8 October

  

  Why Armenians Emigrate and Don’t Want a Second Child: UNFPA Survey

  According to the survey findings, relatively young and educated respondents said that, apart from economic reasons, their decision to emigrate was due to...
• 8 October

  

  Norayr Hayrapetyan Confesses to Beating Vahe Avetyan to Death

  During his testimony in court, Hayrapetyan constantly insisted that he was the only person who hit Avetyan. When asked why he was confessing to the act...
• 8 October

  

  Armenian President Visits Resort Belonging to Him: Paper

  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during a visit to Vayots Dzor on Saturday also went to the Jermuk Resort. The visit was not accidental, since...
• 7 October

  

  Police Gave False Statement, Insists Activist

  According to activist Vahagn Minasyan, who's been staging a sit-in outside Yerevan City Hall for over two months, the police statement about his behavior outside...
• 7 October

  

  MP Zaruhi Postanjyan on What Really Disgraces Serzh Sargsyan (VIDEO)

  "What, I had to disgrace Sargsyan with my question? Disgrace is that 35% of the Republic of Armenia s poor and hungry — vivid evidence of this is...
• 7 October

  

  Court Didn’t Bother to Hear Motion to Change Tigran Araqelyan’s Measure of Restraint (VIDEO)

  The next hearing in the case of political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan in the Court of Appeals today ended with a hasty court decision.