September, 2014

• 25 September

  

  US Trying to Convince Armenia to Recognize Kosovo’s Independence: Haykakan Zhamanak

  “This issue is sensitive, also from the perspective of Armenian-Russian relations. Russia has not recognized Kosovo’s independence, but has tried to convince Armenia to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia’s․․․
• 24 September

  

  Armenian Juvenile Charged in Murder Case Beat by 8 People at Police Station: Human Rights Defender

  The human rights defender said that a murder charge was intentionally placed on juvenile Hayk Aghamalyan, which would potentially result in an 8-10 year...
• 24 September

  

  New Alliance to Support Armenia’s LGBT Community

  “I’m announcing that I’m opening it, whoever wishes, can join,” said Danielyan. He stated that the Heterosexual Alliance will be involved in activities, such as organizing protests in front of court...
• 24 September

  

  US Embassy Yerevan condemns Armenian Church Destruction in Syria

  They stated that, “this senseless act of destruction demonstrates yet again the utter disregard the terrorist organization ISIL has for the rich religious and cultural heritage of the Middle East...
• 24 September

  

  NGO vs. Ministry of Economy: Demanding Documents for Customs Union Accession

  During yesterday’s court session, the Ministry of Economy representative, Ruzanna Azroyan, tried to prove that the Minister had the right to consider certain types of information either...
• 23 September

  

  Armenian Merchants Protest New Law and Close Republic Square Road

  According to the new law, they have to first, buy new controlled cash registers, which cost around 80,000 AMD (nearly $200). Other than that, businessmen must electronically send complete...
• 23 September

  

  Parliamentarians are Discontent with Putin Representative: Haykakan Zhamanak

  Poghosyan said, “After Kiselyov, you are the Russian authorities softer representative, but the content is the same, you still speak of knowledge of the Russian language...
• 23 September

  

  Why Did Armenia Refuse to Participate in NATO exercises in Ukraine

  From September 15-26, NATO has organized “Rapid Trident” military exercises in the Ukrainian city of Yavoriv. The only South Caucasus country that has not participated in the exercises is Armenia...
• 22 September

  

  Lawyer motions to Recognize Shant Harutyunyan’s Innocence (VIDEO)

  Petrosyan continued, stating that it has been revealed in court that none of the defendants said, “it’s the cops, go hit 'em,” as the suffered police officers have claimed.․․
• 22 September

  

  Why Don’t Diasporan Armenians discuss Human Rights?

  I was able to converse with representatives of various communities at the gathering. My first interviewee was Anahit Khalatyan, from the Moscow office of the Union of Russian Armenians. She said that it’s...