November, 2016

• 15 November

  

  Republican MP Convinced ‘God Will Punish’ Army Plunderers

  God forbid we try and do some good for the people, everyone immediately starts talking about the looting, the plunder going on in the army and what not… Those who steal from the army will answer for it. I’d rather they be punished...
• 15 November

  

  No Extreme Cruelty in Yerevan Woman’s Stabbing Murder, Appeals Court Rules

  There’s even witness testimony which indicates that the woman was killed in a particularly cruel way. According to one of the eyewitnesses, Arakelyan had pinned the woman to the floor and ‘was just doing his job sitting atop...
• 15 November

  

  ‘Daredevils of Sasun’ Gunman Charged with Police Officer’s Murder

  The gunman, along with the nearly three dozen other members of the anti-government armed group, had, until now, been facing charges of illegally acquiring weapons, seizing state buildings, vehicles and/or communications facilities, and taking hostages....
• 15 November

  

  Former Armenian Serviceman Promised Treatment Abroad, Sent to Jail Instead

  “They dragged the issue for over a year and finally said that there was not enough money in the state budget to send Davit to Germany,” Sergey Hakobyan said. Officials' failure to carry out their promise, the father added...
• 14 November

  

  Armenian Government’s New Military Benefits Tax Aims to Rip Off Citizens, Protesters Claim

  Several opposition lawmakers, in turn, spoke against the bill from the parliament floor. Heritage faction representative Zaruhi Postanjan, namely, urged her colleagues to vote against the discussion of the bill because...
• 12 November

  

  Yerevan Prisoner Ends Two-Week Hunger Strike

  “I visited Narek yesterday and passed him a letter from Jirayr Sefilyan, Varuzhan Avetisyan, Arayik Khandoyan and Areg Kyureghyan. In the letter, [the oppositionists] urged Sargsyan to end the hunger strike, insisting...
• 10 November

  

  Activists Gather in Yerevan in Solidarity with Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters

  The we also face similar problems, so we realize the importance of international solidarity. We have handed over a letter to US ambassador Richard Mills, raising also the issue of racism since the pipeline project runs ...
• 10 November

  

  Nairit Employees Again Protest Over Unpaid Salaries

  “We are also human; winter is coming and we have to somehow live through it. What do they suggest we do? Should we resort to looting [to provide for out families]? Furthermore, they have now told us that on December 16 the ...
• 9 November

  

  Former Armenian MP Threatens to ‘Hurt’ Ex-Wife and Send Her to Jail, Lawyer Reports

  According to Torosyan, the former parliamentarian repeatedly subjected Avagyan to physical abuse while they were married, and when she finally divorced him, he threatened to take her child away and make sure that the woman ended up in jail...
• 9 November

  

  Armenia’s Police Chief ‘Has No Intention’ of Settling Lawsuit with Reporter

  The court today suggested that the parties consider negotiating a settlement agreement, but Gasparyan's lawyer rejected the idea on the spot, insisting that the police chief had no intention of settling. Nevertheless, the...