October, 2015

• 7 October

  

  Procurement Facility Buys Produce After Protesting Vinegrowers Block Highway

  During the protest action Ararat governor Rubik Abrahamyan came to the farmers and sent some of them to the Mkhchyan Artashat Wincon Factory...
• 6 October

  

  Family of Soldier Who Crossed Border Into Azerbaijan Have No News About His Return to Homeland

  In all of his letters, the soldier's brother-in-law said, Andranik has written he wants to return to his homeland, and he does not remember or understand how he ended up in Azerbaijan...
• 5 October

  

  Tsarukyan Worried He Might Have Gotten Himself ‘Into Huge Mess’ by Promising to Buy Entire Grape Harvest

  The vinegrowers were evidently unhappy with the businessman’s statement; one of the farmers even dared to argue that Tsarukyan had been the one to promise to procure the entire produce. The former politician...
• 5 October

  

  Armenian Parliament Approves Draft Constitution

  With 104 MPs voting yes, the Armenian National Assembly approved on Monday the final text of the draft Constitutional amendments. The draft, which will subsequently be put to a referendum, received just ten objections and three abstentions...
• 5 October

  

  Police Intervene, Detain Dozens as Opponents Protest Constitutional Amendments in Yerevan

  Note, the final text of the draft Constitution has been submitted on October 5 to the parliament for a vote by the president-adjunct Specialized Commission on Constitutional Reforms. The constitutional amendments will be put to a referendum later in the year...
• 5 October

  

  Opposition MP Calls on Armenian People to Topple ‘Perpetuation of Sargsyan’s Power’

  “This is an antinational draft; it will push our people further to emigration and poverty. Turns out, it’s not enough for Serzh Sargsyan to remain in power until 2018; he wants to be [in power] eternally. It’s not enough that...
• 3 October

  

  Constitutional Reforms Opponents Hold Rally in Yerevan, Urge Armenians to Reject Changes

  "If we vote for the changes, it will be the last vote in the country since after the [constitutional reforms referendum scheduled for later this year] Serzh Sargsyan’s and the Republicans’ rule will be constitutionally eternalized," ANC...
• 2 October

  

  Armenian Vinegrowers Suffering Losses After Tsarukyan-Owned Factory Refused to Procure Entire Harvest

  According to the interviewee, he, like many other farmers, is currently thinking what to do with the remaining produce: “Last year I sold 2 tonnes of grapes; this year I have 7 since I've a new vineyard. In spring...
• 2 October

  

  No Elements of Crime in Republican MP’s Promise to ‘Decapitate and Rape,’ Court Rules

  The appeal against the SIS' decision had been filed by human rights defender and Head of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office Artur Sakunts who claims that elements of a criminal offence were...
• 1 October

  

  Armenian Governor’s Son Released from Custody as Victim Recants Testimony

  According to local media reports, the decision was based on the fact that victim Harutyun Zakaryan recanted his previous testimony, claiming, allegedly, that he did not remember who had hit him in the eye...