June, 2016

• 30 June

  

  Armenia’s Parliament Ratifies Treaty on Joint Air Defense System with Russia

  A small group of citizens, for their part, held a demonstration on June 27 outside the parliament building, demanding that the lawmakers did not give their approval for the creation of the joint air defense system...
• 29 June

  

  LGBTI Armenians Continue to Face Discrimination and Stigma: Study

  The fieldworkers also asked the respondents if they thought that homosexuality should be outlawed. 90% of respondents agreed with that statement, and only 2% stated that they would agree with a law allowing homosexual marriage....
• 29 June

  

  On Why Armenia Should Not Strive So Hard to Become Second Israel

  Panellist Harutyun Marutyan countered to this by saying that Armenia has no problems with national minorities, so the need to ensure the provision of their rights and freedoms is not really a relevant...
• 29 June

  

  Yerevan Prisoner on Hunger Strike Again in Protest of Inappropriate Treatment

  Hrachya Gevorgyan, who was sentenced in November, 2015, to 8 years in prison for hostage-taking, violence against a representative of authorities, and extortion, is suffering from chronic ...
• 28 June

  

  Armenian Conscript’s Murder ‘Hushed Up’ to Allegedly Protect Relative of Top Official

  It is apparent the witness was pressured into changing his story. But that's not all: the investigation later went so far as to claim that neither Habobyan nor Hambaryan had been among those fighting. Nevertheless...
• 28 June

  

  Armenia’s Prisons Need ‘State-Level Revolutionary Reforms’

  He added that the family of only one deceased convict have appealed to the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office with a request to establish the circumstances of the prisoner's death. “It turned...
• 28 June

  

  World Bank Mining Practices ‘Impoverish’ Armenia, Environmentalists Claim

  A group of civil society representatives and local environmentalists had also been invited to the discussion; however, they decided to boycott the invitation and picket the AUA building instead, holding posters...
• 27 June

  

  Oppositionist Calls Russian-Armenian Air Defense Deal ‘Betrayal’

  The Heritage party today issued a statement against the agreement, noting that in case of ratification, “Russia will basically be the decision-maker on matters concerning the air defense of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh....
• 27 June

  

  Armenia’s Defense Industry Highly Corrupted, Expert Claims

  “Our research has shown that budget report observations conducted by National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs are not thorough enough. We've found that...
• 27 June

  

  ‘Dozens’ Detained in Yerevan and Gyumri During Pope’s Visit

  The Police, having learned about the movement's intention, waited at the entrance to the Founding Parliament's office and detained all those who came out of the building, the group said. “The Police, placing...