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Monthly Archives: August 2017
August, 2017
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16 August
Privileged Position of Apostolic Church Continues to Fuel Discrimination in Armenia: Report
According to various religious groups and NGOs that advocated for religious tolerance, government rhetoric equating national identity to affiliation with the AAC continued to fuel... -
15 August
Conscript Soldier Found Hanged in Armenian Village
A conscript soldier of a Yazidi origin was found hanged near a house in the village of Hatsik in Armenia’s Shirak province. Speaking to Epress.am, Hatsik village head Artur Matevosyan ... -
15 August
Armenian Defense Ministry Denies Abroad Treatment Financial Aid to Former Soldier
Your illness came up neither as a result of an injury received during combat duty nor while carrying out military duties, therefore you are not eligible... -
15 August
Yerevan Lawyer Receiving Threatening Emails
Arayik Papikyan has been receiving e-mails, in which not only he is being threatened to abstain from performing his professional activities, but also his family ... -
14 August
RFE/RL Reporter Harassed In Armenian Town
- I switched off and hid the video camera to prevent him from damaging it but kept holding the microphone in a visible way, which was enough for him to understand that I’m a journalist, then ran ... -
10 August
Armenian Banana Importer Reports Acid Attack on His Warehouses
Banana imports to Armenia used to be monopolized by the Catherine Group company reportedly owned by Mihran Poghosyan, former head of the... -
10 August
Sasna Tsrer Member Ends Hunger Strike
Ending the hunger strike does not mean giving up on the struggle. We are still vigilantly following the events in our country and are prepared to stand by ... -
10 August
Armenian Teacher Fined AMD 200 000 for ‘Negligently’ Inflicting Eye Injury on Student
The circumstances described by the victim testify that the teacher’s actions were intentional. An AMD 200 000 fine as a punishment is just absurd... -
7 August
Armenian Human Rights Defenders Work in Inadequate Conditions, HRH Report Says
Rights and public interests activists have obviously faced not only Armenia’s faulty judicial system but also the obstructions created by a number of ... -
3 August
Fellow Serviceman and Commander Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Armenian Soldier
Osyan, nevertheless, is convinced that her son did not have any problems during his service: “Whenever he’d...