February, 2016

• 24 February

  

  Citizens Hold Solidarity Action, Condemn Violence Against Armenian Political Prisoner (Video)

  A number of Armenian citizens gathered Wednesday evening outside the presidential palace in Yerevan to express their solidarity with civic activist, political prisoner Vardges Gaspari....
• 24 February

  

  Gaspari Subjected to Torture, Inhuman Treatment in Prison, Lawyer Says

  The lawyer added that the activist went on a dry hunger strike on February 22, but was not taken under immediate medical supervision by Nubarashen officials. “He is being subjected to beatings...
• 24 February

  

  Armenian Reporter Worried Anti-Discrimination Law Would Let LGBT People ‘Move Freely’

  Gabrielyan stressed that Armenia's domestic law does not protect LGBT persons from discrimination, and the situation, the speaker said, would not change until the country adopts anti-discrimination legislation...
• 24 February

  

  Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital

  The activist's wife, Gyurjyan said, learned about the activist's transfer to Yerevan's Avan psychiatric hospital when she went to visit her husband in the Nubarashen prison Wednesday morning...
• 24 February

  

  Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript

  Appeal Court Judge Grisha Melik-Sargsyan, however, refused to release the former soldier on bail, claiming that Sahakyan is being properly cared for by prison officials...
• 24 February

  

  Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Vardges Gaspari

  A dozen of Armenian human rights organizations issued a joint statement Tuesday addressing the human rights addressing the “obviously unlawful arrest” of local civic activist Vardges Gaspari...