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Yearly Archives: 2018
January, 2018
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17 January
Armenian Government Plans to Facilitate Mass Surveillance by Amending Law on Police
Armenia’s Government proposes to amend the country’s law on police and let officers use video and photo equipment anytime while performing their duties: when preventing and solving... -
17 January
Armenia’s Defense Minister Busy Raising Funds Instead of Resolving Army Issues
“High-ranking officers being prone to handling their weapons unsafely indicates deep and serious problems in the army,” she said. Recall, according to official information, Albert... -
16 January
Yerevan Public Transport Drivers Protest Against Rise in Fuel Prices
Alik Gevorgyan, an adviser to Yerevan’s mayor, urged the protesters to go back to work and promised to find a solution to the issue through discussions with the so-called route owners... -
16 January
Jailed Yerevan Gunman Ends 27-Day Hunger Strike
- He feels well; he has been given an individual cell, and as far as we know, the prison officials have no intention of transferring him back to his old cell... -
16 January
Recent Inflation Rate in Armenia at Least 15%, Economist Says
In a country with a 30% poverty rate, even the slightest price increase for everyday commodities cannot be ignored. And if we reduce the range of goods from ... -
16 January
Former Conscript’s Family Still Uncertain How Son Received Serious Head Injury While In Service
“[Officials] are not telling the whole truth. The kid has yet to say anything concrete as well. He once said that the driver was to blame, but now he says he remembers nothing... -
16 January
20-Year-Old Conscript Fatally Shot in Karabakh ‘Under Unknown Circumstances’
Harutyun V Khachatryan, a 20-year-old conscript soldier of Nagorno-Karabakh’s defense army, was fatally shot at around 1:15 am on January 16 in the combat position... -
16 January
Armenian Judges Should Make Possible Connections With Banks Public, Lawyer Suggests
Currently, we do not have a law or mechanisms that would oblige the judge to declare his/her relations with this or that bank. Is he/she perhaps a debtor ... -
16 January
Penitentiary Officials Lying About Calling Together Doctors for Jailed Oppositionist, Lawyer Claims
The statement by the public relations office of the Penitentiary Department says that on January 15, Hovhannes Harutyunyan's lawyer told the media that Harutyunyan had been... -
15 January
Daredevils of Sasun Member on 26th Day of Open-Ended Hunger Strike
Recall, Daredevils of Sasun members Smbat Barseghyan and Armen Bilyan both went on a hunger strike in late December to demand that they are transferred to Armavir...