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Yearly Archives: 2017
November, 2017
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24 November
Armenian Domestic Violence Bill Does Not Ensure Effective Protection for Victims, Activists Say
The demonstrators demanded that the authorities change the name of the bill back to its original one and make other contextual changes to the draft to ensure... -
23 November
Military Officials Demand Newspaper Reveal Identity of Soldier Who Talked About Army Problems
The aim here is to ensure that no soldier leaks this type of information to the media in the future... -
22 November
Sexism and Gender-Based Violence in Armenian TV Series
The Armenian media field is filled with sexist publications and TV series/movies with scenes depicting violence against women. In addition to representing a woman... -
22 November
Prisoner Goes On Hunger Strike to Protest Against Parole Refusal
Gor Ghlechyan, spokesperson for the penitentiary department at Armenia’s Justice Ministry, told Epress.am on Wednesday that following the launch of the hunger... -
22 November
Company Wants to Exploit Mine in Armenia Through Cheating, Locals Insist
The Ardvi-Lori initiative group has written an open letter-application from to Lori province MPs on behalf of Ardvi residents, asking for... -
22 November
Students Propose Alternative Form of Military Service
This step, according to Petrosyan, would replenish the army with literate and educated people, and would allow students to get familiar with the problems of the army... -
22 November
Three Soldiers Killed, One Wounded in Karabakh
Three servicemen of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army were killed and another one was seriously wounded at around 7pm on Tuesday in a mine explosion... -
22 November
Monetization of Soldiers’ Lives and Society’s Militarization: Discussion on ‘Nation -Army’ Concept
We need to do our best to abolish the ‘nation-army’ concept in Armenia. Armenia should be developing, combat-ready and so on, but it should not be possessed with the terrible... -
17 November
Armenia to Pay EUR 12 000 to Family of Dead Pregnant Woman, ECHR Rules
On 26 May 2008 the Avan and Nor-Nork District Court of Yerevan dismissed the applicant’s complaint, finding that the inquiry into K.M.’s death had been thorough and adequate... -
17 November
Vanadzor Teacher Harasses Student, Gets Away with Warning
According to the headmaster, the child’s bruises did not appear because of the teacher’s actions, but as a result of a quarrel with classmates...