July, 2016

• 18 July

  

  Situation Outside Seized Police Station ‘Tense,’ Gunmen Say (Updated)

  Throughout Sunday, members and supporters of Founding Parliament as well as those of other anti-government initiatives were being groundlessly arrested by law enforcement officers...
• 18 July

  

  Citizen Detained Nearby Occupied Police Station Calls Reasons for His Arrest ‘Absurdity’

  Speaking to Epress.am after being released from a 4 hour and 10 minute custody, Ivchenko, who has been walking with crutches for months after injuring his hip in April, called the police’s reasoning an...
• 18 July

  

  Supporters and Relatives of Yerevan Gunmen, Ordinary Bystanders Forcibly Detained by Police (VIDEO)

  Karo Yeghnukyan, a senior Founding Parliament member, told reporters that police did not present any grounds for detaining the young people; he added that his daughters had specifically been targeted by the police...
• 18 July

  

  Citizen Believes Armenians Sympathize with Yerevan Gunmen ‘Deep in Their Hearts’

  The people’s unwillingness to go out into the streets, according to the 65-year-old citizen, was a consequence of them being convinced that they would no longer be able to change anything in the country. Nevertheless...
• 14 July

  

  Armenian Law Enforcement Search Homes of Opposition Initiative’s Supporters

  Officers of Armenia's Investigative Committee broke down on Thursday morning the door of Hrazdan resident Vahe Manukyan's apartment to conduct a search at his home, according to a statement issued by anti,,,
• 13 July

  

  Armenia’s ‘Injustice System’ and Neighbours’ Indifference Led to Yerevan Woman’s Death, Activists Say

  The aim of these writings, they said, was to remind people that in cases such as this one, they needed to help those in trouble and not become a silent accomplice to a murder...
• 13 July

  

  Yerevan Convict Questioned After Alleging Unlawful Dealings in Prison

  I'm not afraid to possibly be persecuted because of this letter; I'm used to it. I've lived through terrible ill-treatment over the years, and I'm no longer scared of them nor do I fear the new ways of moral tortures...
• 12 July

  

  Yerevan Ax Attack Victim Slams Police for Inaction on Domestic Violence Cases

  Note, Vladik Martirosyan was found guilty in 2015 of having subjected his then-wife to domestic violence on at least three separate occasions; however, he never actually served any time in prison thanks to ...
• 12 July

  

  Powerful Hailstorm Destroys Crops in Six Dozen Armenian Villages: Press

  The paper stresses that it is the third time in the current year that heavy hailstorms cause massive damage in Armenia's villages and strip local farmers of their harvest for the year...
• 11 July

  

  Activists Call for Better Protection for Domestic Violence Victims as Previously Unpunished Abuser Kills Former Mother-In-Law

  Women's Resource Center representative Tatevik Aghabekyan, in turn, insisted that “each and everyone of us – public organizations, journalists and especially the police – is responsible for the July 8 events...