November, 2015

• 2 November

  

  Seven Inmates of Yerevan Prison Join Jailed Veteran’s Hunger Strike

  Note, the retired colonel who was sentenced to 6.5 years imprisonment for fraud last year went on an open-ended hunger strike on Friday after an Armenian independent parole board rejected his second appeal for an early release...
• 2 November

  

  Officials See No Grounds to Prosecute Police Officers Who Used Force On Protesting Parents

  The plaintiffs, however, claim that the decision not to initiate criminal proceedings was politically motivated since a video from the scene clearly shows police officers using force against the protesters. Forensic medical examination...

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...