March, 2016

• 24 March

  

  Government Rejects Bill to Mark March 1 as Memorial Day for Victims of Post-Election Clashes

  However, according to the Cabinet's decision, the proposed changes “do not conform” to the provisions of the corresponding law. In addition, authorities said, the opposition-initiated bill was “based entirely on political...
• 24 March

  

  Demonstrator Injured as Armenian Police Clash with Supporters of Jailed Oppositionist

  As a result of the police intervention that took place on Mashtots Avenue, one of the Armenian capital's main arteries, a demonstrator, Ruzanna Yeghnukyan, sustained a head injury and was rushed to the hospital...
• 24 March

  

  Armenian Conscript Found Shot in Head in Army Shooting Range

  Armenian army conscript Sevak Hambardzumyan died while on the way to the hospital on Thursday morning after he was found with a gunshot wound to his head at the shooting range of a Syunik military unit...