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Monthly Archives: October 2016
October, 2016
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25 October
Ararat Police Chief Beats Up Criminalist for Failing to Carry Out Order Quickly Enough: Press
“According to verified data, the assault took place at the criminalist's office and was initiated by the police chief's driver, Edgar, who was soon joined by a criminal investigation department employee named Arsen... -
24 October
‘To Hell With Human Rights:’ Armenian Protester Subjected to Punitive Psychiatry
- I had no intention of killing myself; I have an 80-year-old mother, I have loans, I want to start a family one day. Why would I want to commit suicide?... -
24 October
Vardenis Man Forcibly Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital After Staging Protest Outside Government Building
Vardenis resident Armen Yeranosyan was forcibly taken to a mental institution on October 22 by police officers after staging 5-day hunger strike and stitching up his lips outside the Government building in Yerevan in protest ... -
24 October
Opposition MPs Call for Tougher Anti-Corruption Measures
Note, speaking to a group of reporters last week, Karen Karapetyan announced that everyone was from now on free to import whatever they wanted to Armenia; he went ... -
21 October
Authorities Looking Into Defense Ministry’s Potato Suppliers After Farmers Protest Against Low Prices: Press
According to the paper, Agriculture minister Ignati Arakelyan recently went to meet the farmers and urged them to wait for a couple of days “until competent government agencies conclude their probe and find out what's really going on... -
20 October
Former NKR MP Accuses New Chief of Armenian Army Staff of Embezzlement
Not only do they know about this, but I'm convinced that Movses Hakobyan would not have been able to do anything without Sargsyan's and Ohanyan's knowledge. It's a fact: everyone knows that the supply of bread is on him... -
20 October
Former Employees of Idling Textile Plant Gather Outside Government Building to Demand Back Wages
“We even have a court decision in our favor that has obligated the plant's management to sell the property and pay the employees' wages. But there's nothing worth selling in that plant; everything has been decayed... -
20 October
Former Gold Mine Worker Sews Mouth Shut to Protest Unfair Dismissal
“I could hardly make ends meet with that job; the salary was barely enough to pay off my loans. I had managed to reduce the size of the loans but they have doubled again now that I've been sacked and unable to pay... -
19 October
‘Essential’ Witness in Armenian Conscript’s Death Dies in Crash
In the statement, HCAV said that during the confrontation “Hayrapetyan gave testimony that was essential to the case,” and now the organization “has serious suspicions regarding the commander's death.... -
19 October
Protesters for Yerevan Men’s Clemency Say Authorities Keep Ignoring Their Requests
Armenian authorities have yet to give a response to the protesting residents of Yerevan's Sari Tagh neighbourhood on their request to grant clemency to the nine Sari Tagh men who were arrested following a clash with...