June, 2014

• 23 June

  

  Armenian Defense Ministry Changed the Charge Without Notice in Case of Soldier’s Death

  In the case of the June 20 death of Grisha Khachatryan in one of the military units in Araraz marz (province), the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Defense of...
• 23 June

  

  27 Activists Detained: Yerevan Deputy Police Chief Justified Use of Force

  According to police, demonstrators were detained on the basis of Article 182 of Armenia's Administrative Code (disobeying the legitimate demands of the police).
• 23 June

  

  Authorities Obstruct Open, Transparent Judicial Process in Shant Harutyunyan Case: Attorneys

  Petrosyan said that the small size of the courtroom also doesn't allow the lawyers to properly defend their clients' rights, but the judge said that this is the Court of...
• 23 June

  

  Appeals Court Sustains Lower Court Ruling in “Harsnaqar Case”

  The RA Court of Appeal today left unchanged a lower court's ruling to sentence all six of the accused in the "Harsnaqar case" to 12 years in prison.
• 23 June

  

  Several Detained, Two Injured in Protest Rally Against Electricity Price Hike

  A couple of individuals were seriously injured and several people were detained by police during a protest demonstration against the electricity price hike earlier today.
• 23 June

  

  Striking Mika-Cement Employees Promised Overdue Wages will be Paid

  Employees of Mika-Cement in Hrazdan ended the labor strike they began this morning. They were promised their wages, which have not been paid since December of last year, in...
• 23 June

  

  ‘Not Manly’: Members of Ruling Party Adopt Revised Law on Funded Pension System

  "Never in my life have I felt so humiliated. You are adopting a law that you know 80% of society opposes. We need a recess," said Prosperous Armenia Party...
• 23 June

  

  Environmental Activists Propose Suspending Aarhus Convention Privileges Granted to Armenian Government

  Since ratification of the Aarhus Convention in 2001, the Armenian government and entities responsible for implementing the rights prescribed by the Convention have failed to...
• 20 June

  

  Blood on Clothes of Accused Did Not Belong to Murdered Schoolboy

  The sample taken from the clothes of Karen Kungortsev, accused in the murder of15-year-old Yerevan resident David Hovakimyan, showed that the blood on his clothes...
• 20 June

  

  MP Compared Enthusiasm of Court’s Ruling on Pension System with Armenia-Turkey Match

  With its new draft law on the funded pension system, the Armenian government is bursting the enthusiasm society had after the Constitutional Court's ruling...