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Monthly Archives: March 2018
March, 2018
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23 March
Young Protester’s Mother Forced By Police to File Missing Person Report
- They told my mom that the sixth division [of Armenia’s police] would come for me if she did not file a report. They scared and pressured her into writing it. They ... -
23 March
‘Try to Picture 15 Men Sleeping and Co-Existing on a Few Square Meters’
Let’s just not forget that people are divided into two groups: those who are in captivity, and those who have managed to avoid it... -
23 March
Old Mining Practices of New Head of Constitutional Head
This company exploited the Tukhmanuk gold-polymetallic mine for over 10 years ago. Under the patronage of the above-mentioned person, part of the Aparan ... -
23 March
Yerevan School Headmaster Apologizes for ‘Offensive” Russia-Oriented Event: ‘You Can’t Do Anything Right’
-I get that it might seem weird to some if they don’t know the backstory. But the idea is that the kids are Russians in Russia, so the ‘Russia... -
22 March
Armenian Lawmaker Claims Discrimination Against LGBTI Community Justifiable
- I can be tolerant towards many a thing, but if there’s a chance that this tolerance might shake the foundations of the traditional Armenian family or our society’s moral values... -
22 March
Armenian Human Rights Defender’s Son Detained for Trying to Stand Up Against Police
The officers subsequently detained Barseghyan - who live-streamed the incident on Facebook and later refused to remove the recording from the website - on suspicion of... -
22 March
Armenian Conscript Was Not in Mental State To Commit Suicide, Expert Concludes
The forensic expert also excluded any cause-effect link between the actions of Vachagan Hayrapetyan and Petrosyan's fellow servicemen and his alleged suicide... -
21 March
A Number of Villages in Armenia Deprived of Irrigation Water
- We’ve appealed to them multiple times, saying that the seeds had sprouted but that the land was drying up. We took out 20 million dram loans to buy... -
21 March
Armenia Lacks Groups Focusing Specifically on Issues of Children With Down Syndrome
Harutyun Balasanyan, director of the Nor Kharberd Specialized Children's Home, stated in turn: “Parents’ initial response [to a child born with Down syndrome] is to leave... -
21 March
Armenian Opposition Forces Pledge to Fight ‘Regime Reproduction’
Top representatives of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) defended, however, the outgoing president’s intention to extend his rule. Eduard Sharmazanov, the chief HHK spokesman...