June, 2016

• 20 June

  

  Jailed Veteran Goes on Hunger Strike to Demand Better Detention Conditions

  Avetisyan had written an open letter late last week on behalf of himself and several other Vardashen prisoners to Armenia's General Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan, Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan...
• 20 June

  

  Prominent Armenian Oppositionist Arrested Over Alleged Takeover Plot

  Zhirayr Sefilyan, the leader of opposition movement Founding Parliament, was arrested by Yerevan police Monday for allegedly organizing illegal purchase and possession of weapons and ammunition and plotting to seize...
• 20 June

  

  ‘Expected Laser Beams and Helicopters but Found Sleeping Security Officers:’ Armenian Artist Testifies in Court

  Gevorgyan took the stand in his trial Monday, testifying that after the “rigged” constitutional amendments referendum on December 6, 2015, he decided to go to the office of the Central Election Commission and express...