March, 2018

• 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...
• 20 March

  HCA Vanadzor Condemns Insults Directed at Their Employee

  Vardine Grigoryan and our organization received many words of support and encouragement. We urge everyone to refrain from mocking those who insulted Vardine, from ...
• 20 March

  Suspect in Murder of Gyumri Man Found Guilty, Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

  According to the mother, there were 13 people at the party, including the victim and the accused. Subsequently, however, only 8 people were summoned to testify as witnesses...
• 20 March

  Yerevan Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike

  Papyan has been serving a nine-year prison sentence for murder since 2012 and was recently charged with bribing Armavir prison chief Gevorg Mkrtchyan in order to receive special...
• 20 March

  Juvenile Convicts in Armenia Deprived of Their Right to Education

  There is a law on general education, which says that a 12-year education in Armenia is compulsory and free. We appealed to the [Justice Ministry’s Penitentiary Department] and received a response ...