April, 2016

• 19 April

  

  Loan Organization Sues Armenian Villagers for Unpaid Loans; Defendants Claim Documents Were ‘Forged’

  In an interview with Epress.am, however, Zarzand Harutyunyan denied the villagers' allegations that Finca employees failed in many cases to collect legitimate data before drawing up the loan agreements...
• 18 April

  

  Armenian Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer Resigns After Alleged Links to Offshore Companies

  Mihran Poghosyan, Armenia's Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer, resigned on Monday following the Panama Papers allegations of ties to offshore companies and Swiss bank accounts. Poghosyan,..
• 18 April

  

  Republican Candidates Win in Armenian Local Elections

  A number of Armenian observers and reporters claim to have recorded numerous gross violations in favor of the RPA-affiliated candidate during the local vote in Hrazdan. In a video published by Armlur.am...
• 18 April

  

  Two Armenian Soldiers Wounded in Overnight Ceasefire Violations, Defense Ministry Says

  The statement also claimed that at around 1 am Monday the Azerbaijani side attempted a 20-member sabotage attack on the Defense Army's eastern positions but “was promptly detected and repelled by ...
• 16 April

  

  Anonymous Caller Threatens Garni Protester Her Son Will Be Taken ‘to Karabakh’

  Speaking to Epress.am, Ayvazyan said that another Garni villager, Armen, received phone call from a person who claimed he was an employee of a travel agency and said that he “needed a taxi...
• 15 April

  

  Vanadzor Man Acquitted of Attempted Murder After 3 Years in Custody

  After a lengthy trial, Vanadzor resident Karen Kungortsev was acquitted Friday morning of the attempted murder of 15-year old Yerevan handball player Davit Hovakimyan. The Lori district court of first instance...
• 15 April

  

  Fear of Retribution Resulted in Self-Censorship of Armenia Media, Says U.S. State Department Report

  During the year there were occasional attacks on journalists; however, according to the report, the Armenian government did not conduct credible investigations into such attacks: “On several occasions police...
• 13 April

  

  Garni Residents Block Village Road, Refuse to Pay for PM’s Irrigation Water (Video)

  Despite the Kotayk police chief’s calls to unblock the street and not to hinder the citizens’ movement, the protesters claimed they would not leave the area until construction equipment was removed from the Azat River gorge...
• 12 April

  

  Anonymous Feminists: “They Make Money Through Our Dead Bodies”

  We believe that this patriarchal act of war can be stopped by the collective action and demand for institutional demilitarization and end of state oppression across the region...
• 11 April

  

  Hatred and Hostility Only Serves Interests of Armenian, Azerbaijani ‘Criminal Clans’

  The conflict has brought a lot of misery to our peoples, has taken away a number of our loved ones and belongings. 17 thousand dead and 20 thousand wounded in Azerbaijan; 6 thousand killed and over 10 wounded in...