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Yearly Archives: 2017
August, 2017
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23 August
Sevan Resident Reports Being Coerced to Confess in Letter to General Prosecutor
The one sitting next to the driver turned around and told me not to call them ‘guys.’ Then he squeezed my head between his palms... -
23 August
Armavir Jail Inmate’s Suicide Refuted; Lawyer Motions to Reopen Murder Case
The next day, prison officials handed the young man’s body over to his relatives, saying that he had committed suicide... -
23 August
In Ten Years Armenia’s National Statistical Service Received More Than $2 Million in Foreign Grants
In 2006-2007, the NSS received a grant of more than 5 million drams from the International Labor Organization for research on labor migration. In 2007-2008... -
23 August
Refuse Chute in Yerevan Residential Buildings ‘Overflowing with Garbage;’ Sanitek Apologizes for Inconvenience
- The stink is so horrible we can’t stay indoors; we can’t sleep or open the windows in this heat... -
22 August
Injured Sasna Tsrer Gunman Self-Medicating with Painkillers, Lawyer Says
- But they refrained from carrying out frequent massages since there are still sharp debris remaining in the leg, and blood vessels could be damaged... -
22 August
Armenia’s Public Television Turns On Newspaper for Article Criticizing Armenian Army
And because of this, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, who is not a psychiatrist and whose duties are completely different, handed down a diagnosis and announced that the woman who ... -
22 August
No Criminal Case Over Attack on Armenian Journalists
At the same time, the company has stated that their employee, A. Varazyan, was unaware that his actions were directed against a journalists. The company management has ... -
22 August
Wrongfully Convicted Vanadzor Man Recalls His Short-Lived Freedom
Kungurtsov recalls that living in Vanadzor had become unbearable for him because he’d often randomly bump into the police officers who had subjected him to violent... -
21 August
Main Issues in Armenian Villages Caused by Loss of Self-Government, Villagers Convinced
The water does not belong to the village, its distribution is controlled by those at the top. For example... -
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...