November, 2015

• 11 November

  

  Armenian Parliament Passes Controversial Bill on Voting with ID Cards

  Lawmaker Tigran Urikhanyan, in turn, proposed to install electronic devices at polling stations which would record the participation of citizens with ID cards, while ANC MP Nikol Pashinyan suggested to...
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Prisoners Deprived of Bread After Rejecting Prison Meals

  They were told, 'If you don't want meals, you won't get bread either.' A staff member of Armenia's Human Rights Defender's office witnessed this conversation,” the source stressed...
• 11 November

  

  Deceased Soldier’s Father Claims Investigation ‘Has No Intention of Punishing Murderers’

  Undoubtedly, this was the beginning of the periodic clashes, which eventually led to my son's murder. However, the preliminary investigation body does not want to carry out an impartial and comprehensive...
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Authorities Plan to Cut Civil Servants’ Year-End Bonuses: Press

  “The employees of state institutions, civil servants usually receive incentive payments equivalent to one-month salary at the end of the year. However, since state budget revenues for the first 9 months of this year were less..
• 11 November

  

  U.S. Ambassador Questions Political Will to Combat Corruption in Armenia

  The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, the Ambassador stressed, planned to “tackle the issue” of corruption by continuing to work with any Armenian governmental or non-governmental institution that “demonstrates a commitment to fighting...