February, 2016

• 24 February

  

  Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital

  The activist's wife, Gyurjyan said, learned about the activist's transfer to Yerevan's Avan psychiatric hospital when she went to visit her husband in the Nubarashen prison Wednesday morning...
• 24 February

  

  Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript

  Appeal Court Judge Grisha Melik-Sargsyan, however, refused to release the former soldier on bail, claiming that Sahakyan is being properly cared for by prison officials...
• 24 February

  

  Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Vardges Gaspari

  A dozen of Armenian human rights organizations issued a joint statement Tuesday addressing the human rights addressing the “obviously unlawful arrest” of local civic activist Vardges Gaspari...
• 23 February

  

  Former Deputy Justice Minister Elected as Armenia’s New Ombudsman

  With 96 votes in favour, Armenia's National Assembly on Monday elected former deputy justice minister Arman Tatoyan as the country's new Human Rights Ombudsman. 7 MPs voted against the appointment, while...
• 23 February

  

  Opposition MPs Join Reporters’ Protest Against Republican Lawmaker (Video)

  A group of Armenian journalists staged a protest Tuesday outside the National Assembly building in Yerevan demanding that the NA's Ethics Committee hold Mher Sedrakyan, a parliamentarian from...
• 22 February

  

  Petition Calls on Ruling Party to Punish MP’s ‘Disgusting Behaviour’ Towards Reporters

  If the demands are not fulfilled, the petitioners say they'll have grounds to assert that conduct similar to that of Sedrakyan is the norm within the Republican Party and other parts of the Government: “And...
• 22 February

  

  Gaspari’s Arrest Not Politically Motivated, Parliament Vice Speaker Insists

  ANC faction member, former political prisoner Nikol Pashinyan branded the grounds for Gaspari's arrest “questionable.” The oppositionist added that he had visited the arrested activist in prison and learned...
• 20 February

  

  Yerevan Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Vardges Gaspari

  Vardges Gaspari, as stated by his attorney, is currently in the Nubarashen prison. “We’ll appeal the court decision as soon as we get it,” Gyurjyan added...
• 19 February

  

  Officials Confirm, Armenian Soldier Fatally Shot Fellow Serviceman, Killed Himself

  Artur Muradyan, head of the Proshyan community in Armenia's Kotayk province, told Epress.am he was not familiar with the details of the incident. “All I know is they phoned the mother early in the morning to inform ...
• 19 February

  

  Republican MP Allegedly Calls Reporters a ‘Herd,’ Will Only Speak to ‘Normal’ Journalists

  Fahradyan demanded that Sedrakyan not insult reporters as the lawmakers refused to answer their questions and tried to make his way to his office. In response, the MP accused the journalist of lying: “Clean your ears, will you...