March, 2018

• 27 March

  

  Prosecution Demands 88-Year-Old Man Be Convicted of Attempted Murder, Despite Lacking Evidence

  According to the case materials, Khachatryan poured zinc phosphide on the handle of the front left door of Ghazaryan’s car. “Zinc phosphide affects the respiratory tract, damages...
• 27 March

  Deployment of Russian Military Police in Armenia Illegal

  The agreement envisages different jurisdictions for the Russian Military Courts, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Federal Security Service, etc. There is not a single word in the agreement ...
• 26 March

  

  Stepanakert Police Forcibly Detain Yerevan Girl; Tell Her to Look for Laws in Armenia

  Local Ombudsman Ruben Melikyan, whom Asya turned to for help and protection, offered to “deal with the issue in a private manner” and urged the young girl not...
• 26 March

  Man Whom Convicted Woman Allegedly Shared Marijuana With to Testify in Court

  Anna Hovsepyan, a 25-year-old woman from the Achajur village in Armenia’s Tavush province who was last year sentenced to 3 years in prison for having allegedly shared...
• 26 March

  

  Witnesses and Police Trying to Link Sari Tagh Protesters With Sasna Tsrer Armed Group, Lawyer Says

  - One of the witnesses sat right in the courtroom for about 25 minutes before his own testimony. The judge, however, couldn't care less when we argued...
• 24 March

  

  Mother of Murdered Gyumri Man Informs Armenian President She No Longer Wishes to Be Part of His ‘Criminal Party’

  The on-duty guards tried to prevent the protesters from standing by the gates of the presidential residence, insisting that it was a specially protected area...
• 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...