February, 2016

• 10 February

  

  Hunger-Striking Armenian Female Prisoner Rushed to Intensive Care

  “We were categorically opposed to taking her to the same hospital, but [authorities] decided to nevertheless go ahead with their decision,” the lawyer noted. Grigoryan added that she did not know how long the ...
• 10 February

  

  Republicans’ Ombudsman Nominee ‘Advocates Against Torture Victims’ in ECtHR, Postanjyan Says

  -Say, if one's fundamental and exclusive right not to be subjected to torture were violated, and the citizen took the case to the European Court, the Armenian side would be obliged to provide the Court with...
• 10 February

  

  Armenian Military Police Find Missing Yazidi Conscript in Hometown

  19-year-old Yazidi conscript Aziz Bakoyan, who had willfully left on February 6 a military unit in Dilijan, has been discovered by military police near his place of residence in Armenia's Armavir province, Defense...
• 10 February

  

  Investigation Into Armenian Soldier’s Death Closed; Parents Yet to Receive Written Notice

  Criminal investigation into the death of Valery Muradyan, a soldier of Armenia's Armed Forces who died in 2010 in non-combat conditions, was closed early last December, but the family only learned about it...
• 10 February

  

  Yerevan Judge, Defendants No-Show in Appeal Hearing, ‘Deliberately Delaying Process,’ Plaintiffs Say

  A few minutes after Kotsinyan's message, the parents were nevertheless invited to the courtroom, where they were informed that the hearing could not take place since the judge was in the deliberation room for...