October, 2014

• 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...
• 24 October

  

  Parliament of Armenia Passes Debated Border Village Law

  National Assembly voted yes on a law giving tax exemptions to entrepreneurs from border villages. 85 MPs voted 'yes' to the law, 1 'abstained' and 5 'against'...
• 23 October

  

  Mothers Protest New Law to Decrease Benefits during Maternity Leave

  Tatevik Aghabekyan, from the Women’s Resource Center, told Epress.am that the meeting was not successful, and that they left the discussion before it finished...
• 23 October

  

  Parents of Dead Soldiers Pushed and Pulled by Police Near Presidential Palace (VIDEO)

  The protesters had opened a poster in front of the Palace with the names and photos of the five soldiers, Tigran Ohanjanyan, Valeri Muradyan, Artur Ghazaryan, Araik Avetisyan, and Arman Muradyan...