April, 2014

• 8 April

  

  Armenian Police Violate Human Rights During Apprehension, Search, and Arrest: Report

  The majority of violations are committed upon apprehension, then during arrest, and less during searches. Human rights are most vulnerable upon apprehension...
• 8 April

  

  Stop Broadcasting Russian TV Channels Propagating Xenophobia in Armenia: Statement

  Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum is deeply concerned with the programmes and reports overtly propagating xenophobia and...
• 8 April

  

  Azerbaijani Soldiers Killed by Mine Explosion. Karabakh Authorities Claim Sabotage Attempt

  That which the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan considered an accident on the front line, the de facto Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh...
• 8 April

  

  Ombudsman’s Report, Human Rights and the Law: Conversation with Vardan Harutyunyan

  Head of Rights and Freedom Center NGO, human rights activist Vardan Harutyunyan spoke to Epress.am about RA Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan's annual report...
• 8 April

  

  Armenian Justice Ministry Staff Beat and Insult Citizen: Audio Recording

  Arman Gasparyan, 32, appealed to the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, claiming that RA Ministry of Justice employees beat and cursed at him.
• 8 April

  

  Family of Armenian Man Held Captive in Azerbaijan Has Had No News for 1 Month

  The family of resident of the village of Verin Karmiraghbyur of Tavush marz (province) Arsen Khojoyan, 22, who on March 7 crossed the border into Azerbaijan...
• 8 April

  

  Judge is Biased, Claims Lawyer Defending Young Murder Suspect

  The term of the pre-trial detention of murder suspect Karen Kungortsev was once again extended. The court yet again did not take into account the defense motion.
• 8 April

  

  Important that Opera in Yerevan Doesn’t Turn Into a Russian Cultural Center: Newspaper

  Appointed as the director of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Alexander Spendiaryan in Yerevan is Andranik Arzumanyan...
• 7 April

  

  Sex-Selective Abortion in Armenia Could Lead to Demographic Issues: Healthcare Ministry

  Research into the disturbing high rates of sex-selective abortion in Armenia have shown that there are three main reasons parents in Armenia abort female fetuses.
• 7 April

  

  Protests Against New Mandatory Pension Law Continue

  "We have to force the RA State Revenue Committee to adhere to the requirements of the RA Supreme Court's aforementioned decision and...