March, 2015

• 9 March

  

  Serzh Sargsyan Suspends Judge Who Issued Verdicts Against Police

  The administrative proceedings were related to three cases between police and citizens who had organized a sit-in in front of the Yerevan City Hall in 2013 after the protest movement against the...
• 6 March

  

  Human Rights Defender’s Appeal Rejected: Prosecutor Justifies Use of Force

  The latter consequently appealed the decision, while today, March 6, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun administrative districts, representated by Judge Levon Avetisyan...
• 6 March

  

  Court Hearing Convenes Without Plaintiff, Defendant, and Lawyer

  Recall, at the start of the June 12 hearing into the case of Shant Harutyunyan and his friends, Kyureghyan climbed onto a car outside the courthouse and shot rounds from what seemed to be an air pistol in the...
• 5 March

  

  “I Have Always Been Against Maidans”; Gagik Tsarukyan Leaves Politics

  I no longer have any connection to BHK. In a short while you will elect a new leader, new executive bodies, and henceforth the party’s destiny is in your hands. This is my final decision...
• 5 March

  

  Court Continues to Hand Verdicts In Favor of Hate Spreading Paper

  Instead, Judge Ruben Nersisyan handed a verdict where the plaintiffs had to pay 150,000 AMD to the paper and 150,000 AMD to the paper's editor-in-chief Hovhannes Galajyan in compensation for his lawyer costs...
• 5 March

  

  Police Barricaded Sidewalk In Front Of Presidential Palace From Mothers of Dead Soldiers (VIDEO)

  - Turns out, the Ombudsman’s office is a formality. Even the Human Rights Defender's rights are being violated, said dead soldier Valery Muradyan’s mother, Nana Muradyan...
• 5 March

  

  Gyumri Murder Case: “Russia Does Not Respect the Territorial Integrity of Armenia”

  - Moreover, since the Constitution of Armenia has supreme legal force in Armenia, in no way can the range of its power be reduced or be revoked ‘in certain cases’, says the statement by the Union of Informed Citizens...
• 4 March

  

  Nairit Workers Close Factory Entrance and Reopen It After Negotiations

  The protesters demanded that the factory was closed down entirely and that the government finally fulfilled their demand and provided them a timetable for when they would cover the debt accumulated by their unpaid salaries...
• 4 March

  

  Child Custody Battle Continues In Court: Judge Asked to Leave Aside Presumptions

  Edison Adyan was also present at today’s court session. He motioned to participate in the case because the issue was related to him. In his speech Adyan said that Nikoghosyan never called or...
• 4 March

  

  Parliament Passes Amended Version of Turnover Tax Law After Entrepreneurs’ Protests

  According to the change, small and medium sized entrepreneurs will have to pay a 5% tax for undocumented products. Previously, the tax was 3%. The invoiced products will be taxed at 1.5%...