February, 2015

• 16 February

  

  Police Are Behaving Outside the Frame of the Law: What Could Happen During Opposition Rallies

  During the discussion, Helsinki Committee President, human rights defender Avetik Ishkhanyan expressed conviction that because the command giver and punisher was the same person, no police officer would be held responsible...
• 16 February

  

  The Possible Outcomes of the Conflict Between Sargsyan and Tsarukyan

  For example, they may open a few criminal cases against Dodi Gago, quite possibly objective ones, sentence him to imprisonment, and turn him into a second Khodorkovsky; his image will be romanticized...
• 16 February

  

  Ottoman Genocide Statement Excludes Yezidi Genocide; Yezidi Community in Armenia Considers It “Discrimination”

  Such behavior is simply incomprehensible and shocking to the Yezidi community in Armenia. Why is the National Assembly neglecting the genocide of Yezidis on the same empire’s territory? It is known...
• 16 February

  

  BHK, HAK, and Heritage Parties to Organize Mass Rally At Liberty Square

  As noted in the parties' joint press release, the urgent national rally is being convened to “make a decision together with the Armenian citizens in order to resolve the current situation...
• 13 February

  

  The Karabakh Truce Under Threat: Thomas de Waal

  All of this makes the situation around Karabakh more menacing—without even mentioning the fallout of Ukraine and the gloomy geopolitical context. Urgent attention needs to be paid to dampen down the...
• 13 February

  

  Senior Lieutenant Arrested For Suspected Murder of Soldier

  A soldier, senior lieutenant Taron Gedeonyan was arrested in connection to a criminal case into the murder of 24-year old lieutenant Tigran Simonyan, who died from a gunshot wound in NKR base on February...
• 13 February

  

  NGO Demands Prosecutor General Provide the Copy of Letter to Russian Colleague Regarding Permyakov’s Transfer

  The NGO’s released statement notes that on February 4 they applied immediately to the Prosecutor’s office asking them to provide the letter. “And although the Law on Freedom of Information states that information...
• 13 February

  

  Woman Claims Police Beat Up and Opened a Criminal Case Against Husband

  According to her, the violence continued at the police station. All 4 in custody were put in one room. “The police officers were spitting on the men behind the bars. They hit me in the face and my feet and my...
• 13 February

  

  Perinçek’s and Iravunk’s Trenches: Defending Insults Via Freedom of Expression

  During the hearings of Perincek vs. Switzerland case at ECtHR’s Upper House, Armenia’s representative Geoffrey Robertson turned to article 10 of the convention in his speech, noting that the article defends the...
• 13 February

  

  BHK MP Says Russia Has No Intention on Handing Over Murder Suspect to Armenia, Reports Zhoghovurd

  - It seems like there is no intent in regards to handing him over, but they were determined to punish him in the most severe way possible. They said that they have execution by firing squad (in their law), and...