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Yearly Archives: 2016
April, 2016
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29 April
Kotayk Governor Convinced Villagers’ Issues Require No Media Coverage, Promises to ‘Take Care’ of Issue Himself
The woman added that Guloyan has also expressed a desire to see her: “I received a call from the village administration and was told that [the governor] wanted to talk to me. I replied that I had... -
28 April
Armenian Reporter Demands that Armenian Police Chief Be Subjected to Discipline
According to RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am), the journalist has written in her appeal that “the chief of police showed obvious contempt and disrespect for reporters, violating the provisions of the law on civil service... -
27 April
Armenian Prisoner Goes on Hunger Strike to Demand ‘Proper Medical Treatment’
Gevorgyan's mother informed the activists of the Helsinki Association for Human Rights about her son's hunger strike Tuesday who on the same day contacted the office of the Armenian Ombudsman and the... -
27 April
Senior Defense Ministry Official Sacked for ‘Deceiving’ Sargsyan: Press
However, things changed following the escalation of hostilities on April 2 in Nagorno-Karabakh: “The large-scale enemy actions along the Nagorno-Karabakh border gave rise to many questions... -
27 April
Karabakh Frontline Positions, Residential Areas Shelled Overnight, Defense Ministry Says
On the night of 26-27 April, the Azerbaijani side continued intensive shelling towards Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army frontline positions and along the entire length of contact line with NKR, according to the press ... -
26 April
Traces of TNT Found in Blown-Up Yerevan Bus
Investigators have also searched the houses of other passengers and found no evidence to link them to the explosion. In addition, investigation has yet to find evidence suggesting a terrorist attack, according to the Committee's statement... -
26 April
Armenian Women’s Rights Coalition to Demand Police Chief’s Resignation if He Refuses to Apologize to Reporter
Gasparyan's behaviour, the statement says, was yet another manifestation of sexism and exertion of psychological pressure on women by high-ranking Armenian police officers. “In August, 2013, for instance,.. -
26 April
Armenian Conscript Found Shot in Head in Military Truck
At about 8:30 pm Monday, a conscript of the Armenian Armed Forces, Hovhannes V Petrosyan, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in the back of a GAZ-66 military truck... -
26 April
Police Chief Says Explosion on Yerevan Passenger Bus Likely Caused by Bomb
As of Tuesday morning, two people were reported dead and eight people injured after because of the blast. Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry has released the names of those injured: Hasmik S Melkonyan ... -
26 April
Two Armenian Contract Servicemen Killed in NKR
The Defense Army, as stated by officials, took preventive measures and launched targeted strikes against enemy positions and front-line bases, “causing the Azerbaijani army significant losses in manpower and military equipment.”.