March, 2015

• 11 March

  

  12-Year Old Aygeshat Girl Found Hanged: Case Opened Into the Death

  Armlur.am reports that the girl was ethnically Yezidi. The principal of the village school, Armenak Sardayan, stated that the teenager had not attended school and stayed home with a cold...
• 11 March

  

  Appeal In Connection With the Shootout Near Syunik Governor’s House Filed to the ECtHR

  According to Emil Budaghyan’s representative, lawyer Hayk Alumyan, in the appeal they have asked the ECtHR to recognize the violation of Article 6 paragraph 1 and 2, as well as Article 2 and Article 10 of the...
• 11 March

  

  Domestic Violence is One of Armenia’s Most Serious Issues, Says Human Rights Commissioner

  25% of women report at least one form of psychological violence, while 3.3% have testified that they have been subject to sexual violence by their intimate partner. 61.7% of those surveyed endured some form of controlling...