December, 2013

• 18 December

  

  Lighting of Yerevan’s Main Christmas Tree Ends with Activists’ Detention

  At around 7 pm on Dec. 17, activists Gevorg Safaryan and Armen Mikaelyan were detained while the lights on the big Christmas tree in...
• 17 December

  

  Mandatory Pension Reforms Against Armenian Tradition: MP

  Before the Constitutional Court makes a decision, the applicants are petitioning the Court to prevent the law's entry into force on Jan. 1, 2014...
• 17 December

  

  Doctors Accused in Case of Soldier Who Died of Chickenpox Will be Granted Amnesty: Lawyer

  Head of the Neurology Department of the Central Clinical Military Hospital, Lieutenant Colonel Minas Mkrtchyan and Armenian Armed Forces...
• 17 December

  

  Yazidi Cattlemen Deceived by Armenian Businessman Plan to Fight for their Rights

  Businessman Lyova Safaryan deceived 21 Yazidi farmers who raise livestock, posing as National Assembly Chairperson Hovik Abrahamyan...
• 17 December

  

  ‘Is There Life After Vilnius?’ EU Ambassador, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Notably Absent from Discussion

  Despite an invitation from the organizer, Open Society Foundations – Armenia, head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Traian Hristea and...
• 17 December

  

  Soldier Dies at Armenia-Azerbaijan Border

  At around 5 pm on Dec. 14, at the defense positions of Movses village, on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, resident of the city of Berd, contract soldier...
• 14 December

  

  Art Group Did Not ‘Harm Another’s Property’: Artists to Appeal in Court

  Four members of the group Art Laboratoria ("art lab") are appealing a police decision to slap them with an administrative fine of 30,000 AMD each...
• 14 December

  

  New Video Camera in Exchange for Her Silence: Armenian Activist Refuses Police Deal

  The police offered human rights activist Lala Aslikyan a deal, promising that they will buy her a new video camera if she stops complaining and...
• 13 December

  

  Armenian Opposition Activism’s Weak Point are Minorities (VIDEO)

  The rainbow flag, widely recognized as representing gay pride as well as peace, made a second appearance in Armenia's history during a public-political event...
• 13 December

  

  Women Karabakh War Veterans ‘Bury’ Serzh Sargsyan

  Police on Thursday tried to detain Karabakh War veteran Susanna Margaryan, who threw a photo of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the ground and...