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Monthly Archives: October 2014
October, 2014
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28 October
Activist Protest Directed to the Court (VIDEO)
“I am expressing my protest against Armenian courts like this. I am doing this to remind that 49 out of 52 cases against the Republic of Armenia have concluded at the European Court of Human Rights... -
28 October
Prisoner Sues Former Prison Deputy Chief for Moral Damages, Demands Compensation
According to Hakobyan, during the trial of the bribery case Muradyan would threaten him and say abusive and offensive expressions to him, which resulted in Hakobyan’s emotional breakdown and attempted self-harm... -
28 October
Armenia falls in Gender Gap Report: Leads in Education but Poor in Health and Political Sectors
In the “Economic Participation and Opportunity” index, Armenia has a ranking of 82 (0.6478), in “Educational Attainment” it is 31st (0.9996), while in “Health and Survival” it ranks dead last at 142 (0.9332), and in “Political Empowerment” it is 123rd (0.0680)... -
28 October
Man Arrested and Beaten by Police: Monitoring Group
In the monitoring group’s message it notes that members of the group met with A. Tamaryan and recorded wounds on his body and other issues related to the case... -
27 October
Parliament Hearings about New Maternal Benefits Law; Mothers Protest (VIDEO)
The law is foreseen to take effect after January 1. In essence, the law sees positive changes for non-working (stay-at-home) mothers. According to the law... -
27 October
“The Case is Left Unrevealed”: 15 Years Since October 27
The trial of Nairi Hunanyan’s group began on October 27, 2001 and lasted nearly 3 years. Everyone that had stormed the National Assembly were sentenced to life imprisonment... -
27 October
Mercury has Penetrated Armenian Food Chains: Ecolur.org
While investigating the level of environmental pollution, we began to come across different chains of mercury pollution in the biosphere, and in some areas we discovered that mercury has already penetrated into the food chains... -
25 October
Russia Promises not to Intervene in Customs Activity of Armenia and NKR
“We don’t expect it anytime soon… recently, a representative was assigned to Armenia. He will quickly leave for Armenia. He will most likely, visit the border, but we are not prepared to intervene... -
25 October
Vardges Gaspari Speaks About the Police and Political Prisoners (VIDEO)
“I don’t understand, when people say the judge is not guilty when deciding a verdict, he’s getting the order from above him. When I’m protesting in front of Serzh Sargsyan’s house... -
24 October
Donetsk is the New Karabakh; Russia’s Collapse Only Hope for Ukraine, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
As long as there is Russia, Crimea will belong to it. While Donetsk has turned into a new Karabakh, which is the result of the Ukrainian elite’s greed and stupidity, and Russia did what it could and wanted to do...