November, 2014

• 28 November

  

  Activist Released from Hospital, Claims Attack was Organized by Ruling Authorities

  Safaryan was attacked yesterday when he was hit by a blunt object to his head. He fell to the ground and received more blows to the head and subsequently fell unconscious...
• 28 November

  

  Bill on Serzh Sargsyan’s Impeachment Presented at National Assembly

  , Serzh Sargsyan’s decision to suspend the activities of the fact-finding group was made with the objective of exempting legal responsibilities away from him, as well as 2nd President...
• 28 November

  

  “Gross Violations”, Teenager Sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment For Murder

  They hit his spine, after which he lost consciousness. They told him he had killed someone and that he’d better confess, if he cares about his mother and sister...
• 27 November

  

  Government Worker Involved in Loan Sharking, Claim Protesting Women

  The protesting woman told Epress.am that she paid more interest than the initial amount (the agreed 5% a month), but she was unable to cover the debt itself. According to her, Pluzyan...
• 27 November

  

  Bill Demanding an Apology for Armenian Genocide Presented in Turkish Parliament

  The site notes that if the law is accepted, then Turkey would accept the Armenian Genocide and consider April 24 as a “national day of mourning.” The Kurdish politician...
• 27 November

  

  Echmiadzin Resident Gets Favorable Verdict after Two Years of Protesting

  Ashot Khudoyan first began his protest in front of the Presidential Palace back in June 29, 2013. Khudoyan claimed that his sister, Marieta Kalashyan, with the help...
• 27 November

  

  Drug Addicts Treated with Physical Force in Armenia: Report

  The human rights defenders consider it a problem that patients do not go through the entire course of the treatment. Basically, when patients are relieved of their basic acute condition...
• 27 November

  

  Elites Stalling Democratic Process with Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict

  Non-democratic political regimes in Armenia and Azerbaijan do not have strong incentives of changing the current no-war-no-peace situation. The status quo helps...
• 26 November

  

  Moscow Benefits from Closed Armenian-Turkish Border: Turkish Economist

  Şahbaz stated the latter during a question and answer section and believed that by Moscow keeping the borders closed, it would keep its influence in Armenia...
• 26 November

  

  Sinjar Yezidi National Union Consider Parliament’s Behavior Unacceptable

  “We are nearing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and we are not attempting to condemn the crimes of the Ottoman Empire,” notes the Sinjar Union’s statement...