November, 2015

• 14 November

  

  Armenian Soldier Beaten by Higher Ranking Officer Left ‘Unrecognizable,’ Relative Says

  Harutyunyan told the paper that neither the military unit leadership nor the hospital informed the conscript;s family about the incident. If it weren't for fellow soldiers, she said, the family would still not know where Arthur was...
• 13 November

  

  Two Armenian Soldiers Dead in Karabakh

  Two Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army conscripts, Vahe Vanoyan, 20, and Mikayel Torosyan, 19, were fatally wounded by Azerbaijani fire on November 12 at around 9 pm in a military unit deployed in th...
• 12 November

  

  Azerbaijan Repatriates 73-Year-Old Armenian Civilian

  The handover of Lusine Abovyan, a 73-year-old resident of the village of Koti in the Armenian Tavush province, took place at the international border between the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh and the Armenian town of Ijevan under the auspices of...
• 12 November

  

  Prisoner Claims He Was Beaten by Jail Officers After Complaining Against ‘False Charges’

  According to SIS investigator G. Begoyan, the prisoner said that after refusing to comply with the demands of the deputy prison chief and the operations department member, he committed an act of self-harm by injecting...
• 12 November

  

  Armenian Captive’s Relatives Don’t Believe She Could Have Crossed Into Azerbaijan Accidentally: Press

  According to the interviewee, the house is located 1.5 km from the border; besides, there's a trench along the border. “She couldn't have crossed that trench; she's an old woman. Even I wouldn't be able to cross it, it's so deep...
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Parliament Passes Controversial Bill on Voting with ID Cards

  Lawmaker Tigran Urikhanyan, in turn, proposed to install electronic devices at polling stations which would record the participation of citizens with ID cards, while ANC MP Nikol Pashinyan suggested to...
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Prisoners Deprived of Bread After Rejecting Prison Meals

  They were told, 'If you don't want meals, you won't get bread either.' A staff member of Armenia's Human Rights Defender's office witnessed this conversation,” the source stressed...
• 11 November

  

  Deceased Soldier’s Father Claims Investigation ‘Has No Intention of Punishing Murderers’

  Undoubtedly, this was the beginning of the periodic clashes, which eventually led to my son's murder. However, the preliminary investigation body does not want to carry out an impartial and comprehensive...
• 11 November

  

  Armenian Authorities Plan to Cut Civil Servants’ Year-End Bonuses: Press

  “The employees of state institutions, civil servants usually receive incentive payments equivalent to one-month salary at the end of the year. However, since state budget revenues for the first 9 months of this year were less..
• 11 November

  

  U.S. Ambassador Questions Political Will to Combat Corruption in Armenia

  The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, the Ambassador stressed, planned to “tackle the issue” of corruption by continuing to work with any Armenian governmental or non-governmental institution that “demonstrates a commitment to fighting...