October, 2015

• 20 October

  

  Constitutional Court Rules Lower Court’s Disclosure Order Against Armenian Media Outlets Unlawful

  “Even physical violence against journalists would not affect the flow of information coming from the media to the public as much as the compulsion to disclose sources. Once a journalist reveals a source, all his other...
• 20 October

  

  Economist Says, Situation in Armenian Agriculture Typical of Weak, Underdeveloped Country

  According to Yeghiazaryan, the state should also regulate the relationship between farmers and large processing enterprises. “They should reach a parity of incomes between farmers and processors. Naturally...
• 20 October

  

  Armenian Pharmaceutical Company Unable to Clear Anticancer Drug Through Customs: Press

  The officials' argument, as stated by Varsanyan, is absurd and cannot serve as basis for prohibiting the entry of the drug into the country. The Vaga Pharm Director stated that Xeloda has had a two-year expiration date...
• 17 October

  

  Russian Woman Sues Armenian Lawmaker, High Ranking Police Officials for Libel and Insult

  The woman was then approached by MP Edmon Marukyan, who was part of the “human wall” between the protesters and police during the demonstration, and accused her of “provocative actions....
• 16 October

  

  Armenian Lifers End Hunger Strike Waiting for Government Response

  The [inmates] already have poor health. They decided to stop the hunger strike until next Thursday, to wait for the government response to our demands and decide what to do accordingly,” the inmate's mother said...
• 16 October

  

  New Import Regulations to Be Implemented in Armenia Bear High Corruption Risks: Press

  State officials, the reporter notes, will start convincing the people it's a “very good” procedure, products imported to Armenia have to be checked, get certified and so on: “Check what? The [less than 1-dollar] Chinese...
• 16 October

  

  Armenian Official Reveals Plans for Second Iran-Armenia Pipeline: Press

  To date, “Haykakan Zhamanak” writes, there has been no hint of such a program; however, Ghazaryan claims he has taken part in a several intergovernmental discussions, and the “new Iran-Armenia gasline project has been mentioned.”
• 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...