October, 2015

• 31 October

  

  Jailed Armenian Veteran Goes on Hunger Strike over Parole Refusal

  Avetisyan informed his wife Margarita Baghramyan of his decision by phone on October 30. He has since been transferred to a cell designated for hunger strikers.
• 30 October

  

  Armenian Law Enforcement Promotes Impunity for Anti-LGBT Violence and Harassment, LGBT Rights Activists Say

  Pink Armenia recalls that on June 1, 2015, following the commemorations on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the NGO submitted...
• 30 October

  

  Parole Commission Denies Early Release for Outspoken Armenian Veteran

  In spring, 2014, opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan stated during a Parliament session that Avetisyan's arrest was politically motivated. The lawmaker recalled that in May, 2013, the veteran tried to raise the issue with Armenian...
• 29 October

  

  ‘Inflation Is Inevitable:’ Armenian Parliament Passes Amendments to Excise Tax Law

  Lawmaker Khachatur Kokobelyan, in turn, stated that the amendments would affect local producers negatively. “Have you though of what would happen in the event that some productions – of vodka or cigarettes...
• 29 October

  

  Armenian Court of Appeal Rules Against Alleged Police Abuse Victim

  Several days after the interrogation, Boshyan attempted suicide by taking overdose amounts of sleeping pills; however, the SIS failed to launch a criminal case for inciting suicide. The Taron department officers were...
• 28 October

  

  Head of Armenian Association of Young Doctors Advocates Anti-Gay Violence, Gets Funding From Promoters of Equality

  “I expect immediate actions from sponsors, and particularly Bayer Healthcare, by distancing themselves from this group, and withdrawing sponsorship,” the author states...
• 27 October

  

  Gyumri Massacre Suspect’s Father Believes Son Is Innocent

  - A lot has been said, a lot has been written. None of that is true. He has not been treated by psychologists; he was a completely normal, adequate boy,” the soldier's father told the outlet. He added that as a child his...
• 27 October

  

  Opposition Lawmaker Accuses Authorities of Covering Up March 1 Murders

  The case files, according to Pashinyan, show that more than 4 “Cheryomukha 7” guns were applied on March 1, 2008. Perhaps, the lawmaker alleged, they were used by other, higher ranking officers. “The case has...
• 26 October

  

  Growth In Armenia’s Eligible Electorate Product of ‘Artificial Intervention’

  According to the RA Central Electoral Commission official data, in 2005 the total number of voters in Vanadzor amounted to 101,205. Meanwhile, based on the NSS data, the resident population of the city in 2005...
• 26 October

  

  Masked Raid on Yerevan Prison ‘Aimed at Intimidating’ Protesting Lifers

  The penal institution, in turn, has denied any physical violence against prisoners. “Officers of the criminal penitentiary's internal security department raided the cells of 'Nubarashen' prison, discovering and confiscating...