May, 2015

• 30 May

  

  Father of 8 Refuses to Send Sons to Serve in the Armenian Army

  hachik Khachatryan has turned to both the government and the regional administration with a request to provide his family with a house or some space. The officials promised to respond in a letter, which, however, has not yet come...
• 29 May

  

  Father of a Deceased Amenian Soldier yet to Be Recognized as Legal Successor

  Hrayr Hambaryan refused to express an opinion about the course of the investigation stating he did not know the details of the case. However, the father stressed he did not believe the suicide theory...
• 29 May

  

  Armenian Activist Vardges Gaspari Charged with Another Administrative Offense

  At the station, too, I said that they were 'unscrupulous bastards', 'criminals,' and that in their actions they were only trying to suppress civil movements. I wonder why they were not offended by this at the station,...
• 29 May

  

  Armenian Men Held in Detention for Over Five Months Go on Dry Hunger Strike

  After five months of investigation, the prosecution has changed the charges and accused the detainees of hooliganism. These charges, as lawyer Alikhanyan told “Haykakan Zhamanak,” were not proven either....
• 29 May

  

  Why Does the Armenian Power Utility Rent a House for $ 2300 per Month

  To make a rough estimate of exactly how much money ENA throws away, it is worth noting that according to the claim submitted to the Public Services Regulatory Commission the company has a total of 3, 300 lease...
• 28 May

  

  Armenian Doctor Convicted in Scandalous Murder Case Might Not Appeal Sentence

  According to Hakobyan, the court's ruling “is absolutely illegal,” and was made under pressure from the prosecutor's office. In reality, as stated by the lawyer, there was no direct causal link between Hakobyan's actions and the teenager's death...
• 28 May

  

  “High Voltage”: Thousands March in Yerevan in Protest of Electricity Tariff Hike (PHOTO)

  The demonstrators marched through central Yerevan streets towards the Prime Minister's office at the Republic Square, chanting slogans such as “We are not going to pay off your debts!”, “You owe us!”, “No to robbery in our...
• 27 May

  

  Matter of Granting Asylum to Iraqi Yazidis “Not on Armenia’s Agenda”, Deputy Foreign Minister Says

  The issue of granting asylum in Armenia to Yazidi refugees who have been forced to flee their homes in Northern Iraq to escape a jihadist onslaught by the Islamic State “is not even on the agenda,” Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister...
• 27 May

  

  Children From Armenian Orphanages Engaged in Forced Begging: Opposition MP

  - They take the kids and turn them into beggars for a day wage. You can see such kids on, for example, Abovyan Street. I have personally seen a 5-year-old child engaged in begging alongside a woman. When I asked the...
• 27 May

  

  Police Officers During Protest in Yerevan More Than Double the Number of Participants

  Apart from the journalists and Nelly Harutyunyan, member of Public Monitoring Group at the Detention Facilities of the RA, only 1-2 persons had come to the protest action on the opposite sidewalk of the RA presidential residence...