June, 2015

• 15 June

  

  Russian Soldier Arrested Over Death of Fellow Serviceman in Armenian Gyumri (Updated)

  Ivan Novikon, a soldier of a Russian military unit in the Armenian city of Gyumri, was found dead on Monday, June 15, near the Mother Armenia monumental statue, Raffi Aslanyan, Prosecutor of Shirak province...
• 15 June

  

  Electric Networks of Armenia Keeps Its Senior Managers’ Salaries Secret (Statement)

  The NGO recalls that the ENA had appealed to PSRC for the increase of electricity tariffs, claiming the utility was unable to cover electricity distribution costs with the current tariff...
• 14 June

  

  Armenian Political Prisoner‘s Son Invades Pitch During Armenia-Portugal Qualifier (Photo, Video)

  Based on the above-mentioned, I believe that the risk of being murdered would be minimized if I were to serve my punishment in a cell with my two friends. Even if I were killed, my friends would know, and the other prisoners would...
• 13 June

  

  Jailed Armenian Oppositionists Start Hunger Strike; Demand to Be Transferred to Individual Cell

  Armenian political prisoners Shant Harutyunyan and Vardan Vardanyan have started a hunger strike at the "Vardashen" penitentiary, demanding to be transferred to an individual cell. Shant Harutyunyan began the strike on June 8...
• 12 June

  

  Gazprom CEO Failed to Keep His Promise: Gas Price for Armenia Not Reduced (Statement)

  “In other words, the statement of the head of Gazprom is not true, and the price of gas supplied to Armenia has not decreased. This means that the Russian Gazprom continues to receive excess profits due to the gas...
• 11 June

  

  Authorities Try to Put Pressure on Witness Who Has Changed Testimony in Case of Diseased Armenian Soldier: Statement

  Today, around 1:30 PM, Artur Abrahamyan phoned Peaceful Dialogue NGO military expert Ruben Martirosyan and said some people were trying to take him to the Prosecutor's Office. Soon after Mushegh Shushanyan found...
• 11 June

  

  Parents of Deceased Armenian Soldiers Expect No Help from Ombudsman (VIDEO)

  However, the law enforcement officers formed a chain and pushed the mothers away from the gates of the residence, stating “we're not pushing.” The protesters demanded that the representative of the Ombudsman's Office...
• 11 June

  

  20-Year-Old Soldier Dead in NKR Defense Army

  20-year-old conscript Edgar Melkonyan died on June 11 at around 1:30 AM in a military unit deployed in the southern direction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, the NKR Ministry of Defense said in an official...
• 11 June

  

  Another Witness in Case of Deceased Armenian Soldier Changes Testimony

  Manucharyan was drafted to the army in the summer of 2012 from the Vanadzor military commissariat. He died on July 31, 2013, as a result of three gunshot wounds. A criminal case was initiated under RA Criminal Code Article...
• 10 June

  

  Armenian Woman Harassed by Parents-In-Law for 6 Years: Court of Appeal to Determine Child Custody

  “I am not happy with the ruling; the court did not take into account that my daughter was persuaded to talk against me, they bought her gifts. In court, my daughter said she was not giving up on her mother, however...