March, 2016

• 14 March

  

  Military Service in Armenia Should Be Optional, Sakunts Says

  The human rights activist pointed out that members of the clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church have inexplicable advantages over other soldiers; the army even pays clergymen salary based on the fact that they are...
• 14 March

  

  Hrazdan Inmate Alleges Prison Ill-Treatment Based on His Sexual Orientation

  Prison officials, as stated in A. M.'s complaint, insulted and kept him in a quarantine cell, refusing to transfer the inmate to a regular one. Officials also allegedly restricted the duration of the inmate's phone calls, and took...
• 14 March

  

  Judge’s Decision to Replace Gaspari’s Lawyers ‘Legally Unjustified’

  The Shengavit district court judge issued the decision to remove the lawyers Saturday on the basis that they either failed, on multiple occasions, to appear in court, or left the courtroom without the judge's permission...
• 14 March

  

  Defendant Killed Ex-Wife in ‘Pre-Planned’ Murder, Victim’s Sister Claims

  “He had written that he knew at the scene who killed whom and for what, and now he says nothing. In the police car, he had said, Artak did not even try to hide what he had done and showed no remorse for his...