November, 2017

• 16 November

  Domestic Violence Bill in Armenia Undergoes Sudden and Significant Changes

  “Persons allegedly subjected to domestic violence” will not be able to use the law to seek justice for the crime committed against them either, since the concept has been ...
• 16 November

  Armenian Oppositionist Reportedly Beaten in Jail

  HCAV strongly condemns the violent attack against Sargsyan and states that the authorities of Armenia bear the entire responsibility for any damage to his health or life...
• 16 November

  

  Why Armenian Youth Are Not Particularly Enthusiastic About Military Service

  That's what we should talk about, not about education and science. We should come out and demand that before taking all and everyone to the army, they prosecute...
• 15 November

  Young Man Detained Amid Protests in Yerevan

  We were standing outside the Opera Suite Hotel when three people approached us, grabbed Robert and put him in a car. They only said they were from the police...
• 15 November

  Government Armenia’s Largest ‘Grant Eater,’ Opposition MP Says

  This list does not include the grants allocated by the OSCE, the Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, and a number of Indian, Ukrainian, Russian structures...
• 15 November

  

  Yerevan Students Block Central Street as Parliament Abolishes Military Draft Deferments

  Individual protesters engaged in scuffles with law enforcement officers; some of them were lightly beaten or dragged by officers on the ground...
• 14 November

  Students Protesting Against Abolishment of Draft Deferments Go On Hunger Strike in Yerevan University

  The protesters have promised to end the hunger strike on the condition that the National Assembly today votes against the amendments to the Armenian...
• 13 November

  Dolphins in Dilijan Hotel Kept Under Unadopted Russian Law, Expert Says

  We’d applied to the Ministry of Nature and [other inspection bodies] with a request to conduct checks [at the dolphinarium]. The authorities looked into the...
• 13 November

  Students March in Yerevan Against Planned Abolishment of Military Deferment

  Recall, under a Defense Ministry-drafted bill preliminarily passed by the Armenian National Assembly in late October, draft deferments would only be granted to those students who ...
• 1 November

  Yerevan University Professor Decides to Conduct Class’ Exam in Church

  The Armenian Language and Literature professor at the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan has told her students that she would conduct their midterm exam in a church...