December, 2015

• 9 December

  

  Armenian Security Forces Arrest Reserve Major for Spying for Azerbaijan

  The statement added that Marutyan has been charged with high treason. As envisaged by the Article 299 of Armenia’s Criminal Code, the suspect can be sentenced to up to 15 years' imprisonment if found guilty...
• 8 December

  

  Adoption of Armenia’s New Constitution As Depicted by Independent Observers and Media

  Prior to referendum day, a number of citizens had demanded their names be removed from electoral roll, stating they did not want to participate in the “illegitimate election process.” Authorities refused to comply...
• 7 December

  

  Draft Constitution Referendum Results Illegitimate, Observers Say

  European Platform for Democratic Elections representative Sergey Tkachenko said that at least 2 of the 6 international delegations overseeing the electoral process violated the international standards of monitoring...
• 7 December

  

  Armenian Opposition Faction Announces Boycott of Parliament

  Sharmazanov complied with the speaker's order, after which Levon Zurabyan, Aram Manukyan and Gagik Jhangiryan, three representatives of the 7-member ANC faction, left the National Assembly hall...
• 7 December

  

  Draft Constitution Backed by More than 60 Percent of Voters, Authorities Claim

  CEC data reveal that 421 593 citizens – 32.35 percent of referendum participants – voted against the draft; while 53 323 votes were considered invalid...
• 7 December

  

  Heritage Party Member Physically Attacked, Intimidated at Polling Station

  So they took 200 'no' ballots, added them on the 'yes' stack and piled them in a bag, which I signed, but in a way that they be unable to open it. And when I file a recount appeal, there are going to be 'no' ballots in the 'yes' bag....
• 6 December

  

  Referendum Observer Taken Into Police Custody in Yerevan for Doing ‘Terrible Things’

  Gaspari added that violations were especially gross at 9/15 precinct, and all his attempts to report them to the head of the electoral commission of the said precinct were fruitless...
• 6 December

  

  ‘Technical Problem’ Casts Votes Instead of Entire Family at Rural Polling Station (Video)

  A resident of the village of Mughni in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province came Sunday evening to vote in the referendum on the draft constitutional amendments only to discover that votes...
• 6 December

  

  Citizen Crosses Her Name Off Voter List in Protest of ‘Rigged Referendum’

  Having received no reply from the Police, I decided to go to the polling station and cross out my name with my own hand. I realize that this will not change anything, but it's a matter of dignity...
• 6 December

  

  Unknown Person Filmed Distributing Money Among Citizens on Referendum Day (Video)

  When confronted by the reporter about the list and the money, the man claimed it was a “list of debts;” he then tried to seize the journalist's camera...