May, 2017

• 23 May

  

  Appeal Filed with ECHR in Connection with Armenian Conscript’s Death

  Despite the criminal case having been launched on a charge of murder, investigation was also conducted into the soldier's possible suicide and...
• 23 May

  

  Sasna Tsrer Members Accused of Stealing Millions from ATM in Seized Police Station

  What’s more, the daily writes, the money was not even found during the searches that were conducted in the police station...
• 22 May

  Parents’ Civic Initiative Urges Anti-Corruption Fight in Schools

  It’s high time that we started taking specific measures against money collection and other illegal activities taking place in educational institutions. The effectiveness of these...
• 20 May

  

  Armenia’s Defense Minister Talks Big While Soldiers Are Slaughtered in the Army, Parents of Dead Conscript Say

  The Mkhitaryans recall that when their son was only drafted into the army, he “ended up in a bad troop,” and the family tried their best to transfer Arsen to a different unit...
• 20 May

  

  Sanitek Blacklists Employees Who Take on Second Jobs, Former Worker Says

  We had only been working at the market for a week when Sanitek officials came for us… They were filming the entire process, as if we were some kind of criminals...
• 18 May

  Gyumri Massacre Convict to Serve Life Sentence in Russia

  Permyakov, a 20-year-old conscript soldier of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, was sentenced to life in prison by an Armenian court last August for murdering...
• 15 May

  Armenia’s Ruling Party Wins Yerevan Municipal Elections

  According to the CEC, only 40.99% of Yerevan’s eligible voting population turned out to vote in the election, which the opposition candidates claim were marred by widespread ...
• 13 May

  

  Conviction Based on False Confession: Vardenis Family Robbed of 13 Years of Life

  The Nalbandyans, in turn, insist that the high-profile murder case was cooked up against them by the then Vardenis police chief, Viktor Hakobyan, and regional prosecutor...
• 13 May

  CEC Denies Yelk Request to Disqualify Republican Party from City Council Elections

  Nonetheless, Mukuchyan made a decision in favor of the Republican Party, insisting that the video published by Zakharyan did not provide enough evidence to conclude that ...
• 12 May

  Trial Over Brother of Yerevan Armed Group Member Tainted By Judge’s Obvious Bias, Lawyer Says

  He has been making it evident that he fully supports the accusations [against Khandoyan] and cannot therefore be considered an impartial judge conducting a fair trial...