October, 2013

• 2 October

  

  Attorney Insists his Imprisoned Client Needs to be Hospitalized

  Aram Mughalyan, in pre-trial detention under charges of "hooliganism" and attempt to intentionally damage another's property, has been on a hunger strike for one week.
• 2 October

  

  ‘Money Laundering’: $123,000 Allocated for Collecting Information on Refugees in Armenia

  The State Migration Service of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration has allocated 50 million 146 thousand AMD (about $123 thousand USD) in 2013 for the development and exchange of information on refugees, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.
• 2 October

  

  12-Hour Rally in Central Yerevan to Adopt Law on Domestic Violence

  Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women is calling the government to act and fulfill its commitments, which are reflected in the national Against Gender Violence program and...
• 2 October

  

  Political Prisoner Tigran Araqelyan to be Granted Amnesty: Newspaper

  Political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan will be granted amnesty, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak ("Armenian Times"), according to the amnesty bill...
• 2 October

  

  New Armenian General Prosecutor Elected

  Gevorg Kostanyan was elected the next General Prosecutor of Armenia. In parliament today, out of 130 MPs, 108 voted — 103 for, 3 against, and 2 votes were disqualified.

September, 2013

• 30 September

  

  Armenian NGOs Declare National Day to Combat Domestic Violence

  The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia has declared Oct. 1 a National Day to Combat Domestic Violence.
• 30 September

  

  Prosecutors Should Not Belong to Political Parties: RA Prosecutor General Nominee

  RA Prosecutor General nominee Gevorg Kostanyan said in parliament today that he is going to fight corruption and corrupt prosecutors.
• 30 September

  

  Nikol Pashinyan Raised in Parliament Incident with Russian Border Troops

  Armenian National Congress MP Nikol Pashinyan today at the start of the fourth sitting of the National Assembly raised the issue of the incident that occurred in Syunik marz last week.
• 30 September

  

  ‘Armenia Needs Independent Investigative Journalism’: US Ambassador to Armenia

  It seems we no longer have either a place or a task to do in the media sector. But we have a few investigative pieces in process — we have to conclude them. With one of these...
• 27 September

  

  Protestors Plan to Appeal to International Bodies in Case of Detained Opposition Activist (VIDEO)

  Joining the weekly protest outside the general prosecutor's office demanding opposition activist Tigran Araqelyan's release today were war veterans, protesting unfair conditions since May...