August, 2015

• 27 August

  

  Armenian Headmaster Convicted of Defalcation Reappointed School Head

  Note, in 2013 Sargsyan was convicted of defalcation and causing major damage of more than AMD 2 million to the state. According to the indictment, in the period between 2009 and 2012, the then headmaster made false...
• 26 August

  

  Armenian Man Fatally Stabs Sleeping Wife

  Resident of the village of Geghadir in the Armenian Aragatsotn province, Gevorg Galoyan, 55, fatally stabbed his wife, Gayane Grigoryan, 52, on Tuesday evening while she was asleep, the press service of the RA Police...
• 26 August

  

  Yerevan Court Dismisses Administrative Suit Against Ministry of Nature Protection

  “[Our suit] did not simply ask that the mine be audited; we demanded that the results of these inspections be published which has not been done. Even if inspections were launched, they were later terminated...
• 25 August

  

  Defendants Do Not Show Up For Trial in Karabakh War Veteran’s Murder Case

  At the next hearing the court will also consider the motion by the representative of the victim's legal successor, Tanya Melkumyan, to conduct a third forensic medical examination with the participation of an independent foreign expert...
• 25 August

  

  Prosecution Demands 14 Years for Supporter of Armenian Political Prisoners

  At the same time, Armenak Kyureghyan said the petition to sentence his son to 14 years of imprisonment was a politically motivated decision, which for him was not a surprise at all. The defendant's father expressed the hope that...
• 25 August

  

  Armenian Government Intentionally Prevents Inspections in Teghut Mine, Environmentalist Claims

  The defendant, however, refused to provide any more information, claiming that the inspections have been suspended by the government's decision. Following the issuance of the complaint...

July, 2015

• 29 July

  

  Armenian Human Rights Defenders Motion to Prosecute Deputy Police Heads

  At the same time, HCAV filed another motion for the involvement as the accused of the police officers who used excessive force and violence against the peaceful demonstrators on Baghramyan Avenue on June 23. HCAV also...
• 28 July

  

  Nairit Employees Demand Reoperation, Warn About ‘Large-Scale’ Actions

  Meanwhile, the Armenian parliament has called a hearing on July 28 to discuss the study aimed at assessing the technical feasibility and financial viability, as well as the possibility of Nairit's future operation. The study...
• 27 July

  

  American Companies to Assess Validity of Electricity Tariff Rise in Armenia

  These inspections, as stated by Stepanyan, are not related to the ongoing international audit of the national electricity distribution company “Electric Networks of Armenia.” This audit, according to her, is carried out under the...
• 27 July

  

  Dozens Gather in Yerevan in Solidarity with Turkish People

  The majority of the victims were members of Federation of Socialist Youth Association and other left-wing groups, including anarchists that had gathered in Suruc to transport humanitarian aid to the war-torn Syrian city...