November, 2016

• 27 November

  

  Woman Cruelly Beaten on Yerevan Street by Husband

  A young woman was violently beaten in broad daylight by her husband on Yerevan’s Teryan street on Saturday as a crowd of people just stood by and did nothing “because it’s his wife,” Zara Hovhannisyan, the coordinator of ...
• 26 November

  

  Soldier Subjected to Violent Beating by Commander Soon Died from Sarcoma Complications

  When the soldier went home on leave a few months later, Ghazaryan continued, he was limping and there was a severe wound on his leg; “It was so deep and the pain was so intense that I had to take him to the hospital...
• 25 November

  

  ‘Okay When She’s Asking for It;’ March in Yerevan Against Domestic Violence

  The marchers passed by a number of Yerevan's universities, handing out the information booklets primarily to students. As a response, female students generally said they had never heard of domestic violence and...
• 25 November

  

  Women’s Rights Activists Blame Police Indifference for Domestic Violence Victims’ Deaths

  The WRC regional hotline, meanwhile, received 2125 calls, including 1816 domestic violence-related ones. This, Yeghiazaryan told reporters, also shows that domestic abuse rates have grown over the country in the last year...
• 24 November

  

  Parents of Dead Armenian Soldiers Do Not Trust Government’s Military Compensation Plan

  The parents, who had gathered outside the government offices on Thursday morning, expressed skepticism over the plan, insisting that the citizens' contribution would hardly serve their actual purpose. “Look what's happening ...
• 24 November

  

  Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says

  After the incident, the witness went on, he was taken to the hospital where he saw the supposed victim, Gegham Khachatryan, without any injury to his face. “I went up to him and told him that his colleagues had beaten...
• 24 November

  

  Yerevan Convict’s Previous Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease Inaccurate, Officials Claim

  “Currently I'm trying to obtain all the documents regarding Gevorgyan's health in order to understand how ministry officials arrived at such a conclusion. How do you misdiagnose someone with Parkinson's disease?” the lawyer said...
• 23 November

  

  Sacked Vardenis Locksmith Promises to Nail His Feet to Bench if Not Reinstated

  I took the PM's letter to company director Anatoly Gogotin yesterday, but he said it meant nothing to him. They did not take Karapetyan's letter into consideration and again refused to reinstate me. I don't know what else to do...
• 23 November

  

  Families Blame Armenian Soldiers’ Deaths in April on Weapons Shortage and Malfunctioning Equipment

  The human rights organization has published a report on its findings, stressing that most of the soldiers' families linked the deaths with a shortage of ammunition ...
• 22 November

  

  Police Ill-Treatment of Detained Persons Still a Problem in Armenia, CPT Report Says

  “Concerning safeguards, the delegation noted that none of the civil psychiatric patients at the Gyumri Centre and just two at Nubarashen Hospital, accommodating over 300 patients, were the subject of involuntary hospitalisation ...