February, 2017

• 13 February

  Missing Brother of Supporter of Yerevan Gunmen Phones Mother (Updated)

  We are not this state's enemies; we've always lived a decent life, have always helped others in their time of need. And now, one of my sons is on hunger strike in prison, and the other one...
• 13 February

  Jailed Ex-Deputy Defense Minister ‘Isolated from Outside World,’ Denied Visitation with Lawyer

  Everyone is aware that Shirkhanyan is unable to move on his own; officers used to assist him to walk to the visitation room during all our previous meetings. This time, however, they...
• 13 February

  Opposition Gunman Held in Dilapidated Cell, Lawyer Says

  In contradictions with the statements made by Hovhannisyan and the Nubarashen administration, however, Hovhannes Harutyunyan is still being kept in a dilapidated ground-floor cell...
• 11 February

  

  Armenia Will Be Left With No Police If Officers Are Fired After Every Controversial Incident, Police Chief Says to Mothers of Dead Soldiers

  Then, addressing Muradyan, Martirosyan continued; “You pushed him first. Look! Look, it's you; you are hitting him...
• 10 February

  

  Newly Arrested Man Who Delivered Food to Opposition Armed Group Goes on Hunger Strike

  Speaking to Epress.am, AWF member Syuzan Simonyan said the demonstrators had taken with them a bag full of bread to the protest action...
• 10 February

  

  Hunger-Striking Prisoner Experiencing Sharp Health Deterioration, Lawyer Says

  Gevorgyan has recently been transferred to the Armavir prison from Yerevan’s Nubarashen jail. In the process, the Nubarashen administration took away Gevorgyan's...
• 10 February

  Criminal Proceedings Against Armenian Lawmaker Who Allegedly Punched Journalist Discontinued

  The reporter added that he intends to appeal against the SIS decision and prove that Hakobyan has in fact punched him in the face, which, according to Makaryan, has also been found to be...
• 10 February

  Yerevan Man Suspected of Assisting Anti-Government Armed Group Arrested Again

  According to Yegoryan, Sargsyan has been arrested for failing to appear in the Special Investigation Service on February 3; meanwhile, he added, they had warned the authorities that Sargsyan...
• 9 February

  

  Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Spat at, Dragged by Police Officers

  The protesters demanded to view the footage shot by the government building's surveillance cameras; however, the officers replied that they “wouldn't know whom to go to with such a request...
• 9 February

  

  Stigmatization and Discrimination; Perception of HIV-Positive Individuals in Armenia

  HIV awareness and stigma around the infection, however, is still a major issue in Armenia's society, and an HIV diagnosis, which is widely perceived as a death sentence, often leads...