October, 2015

• 15 October

  

  Armenian Authorities Continue to Discriminate Against Religious Minorities: U.S. State Department

  “Some media outlets continued to publish articles portraying religious minorities as criminals and spies. Most such statements did not specify a particular religious group. Most religious groups, however, reported the situation...
• 15 October

  

  Appeals Court Leaves Unchanged 8-12 Years’ Imprisonment Sentences for Robberies

  Complaining about the trial process, convict Argishti Saribekyan's mother, Larisa Asryan, stated: “The court had announced they would re-examine the facts of a case; however, they did not examine any...
• 15 October

  

  Relatives Threaten to Join Armenian Life-Term Prisoners’ Hunger Strike: Video

  Protester Marine Badalyan, the mother of inmate Vagharshak Avetisyan also convicted of murder, said that her son had been beaten by the prosecutor of Goris. The letter, as stated by the woman...
• 15 October

  

  One Armenian Contract Serviceman Dead, One Injured in Road Accident in Tavush

  A criminal case has been launched in connection with the accident pursuant to part 2 of article 377 of the Armenian Criminal Code (breach of rules of driving or operating vehicles which negligently caused human death)...
• 15 October

  

  Lifers in Yerevan Prison on Hunger Strike, Will Stop Only If Cases Are Reviewed, Relatives Say

  Commenting on Armenian Deputy Justice Minister Suren Krmoyan's visit to the prison, Garnik Kocharyan said: “The Deputy Minister has promised reforms; he has, for example, promised to extend...