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Yearly Archives: 2019
December, 2019
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11 December
Court Releases a Prison Officer Charged for Torture
After being transferred to "Nubarashen" prison, he allegedly got into a trouble with the prison workers who transferred him to a solitary confinement and severely beat him up with no care for his health condition. -
10 December
“We are Confident, It was a Murder” Conscript’s Family is Protesting in Front of the Parliament
They received a phone call from the military unit and were told that "a fight had broken out and a killing occurred." The relatives of Ajamyan, of the yezidi community... -
10 December
Driving Soldiers to Suicide to Be Criminalized Separately with More Severe Punishment
From 2010 to 2019 630 deaths were recorded in the army, of which 249 (around 40%) were due to violation of the ceasefire, while about 23% of the remaining 60%... -
9 December
Free Market Will Take Place In Yerevan On December 22
It creates an environment where we can share not only things but also the experience of having a good time over a cup of tea and discussing how the consumer... -
8 December
The Media that Did Not Succumb to Kocharyan, A1+ is Coming Back
Many media outlets turned against A1+ back in the days, in this way they demonstrated their survility to the regime. "Everyone is complaining of the media now, that the media is not executing its functions, but no one is recalling... -
3 December
They Were Torturing to Death Looking for Armenian Spies
Salekh Gafarov, a resigned General-Leutanant aged 39, also had two children. According to his wife Natavan, he was detained from home without any explanations. After two weeks of no news about him, she was handed over his dead body.
November, 2019
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30 November
Former Yerevan Police Chief, Eyewitness in March 1 Case Found Dead in Russia
Ashot Karapetyan is also known to the public through Grisha Virabyan's case heard by the European Human Rights Court, which recognized that Virabyan was tortured during his detention... -
29 November
Citizens of India will Receive Entry Visas to Armenia with Certain Restrictions
The official information on the Foreign Ministry of Armenia states that nationals of India are required to present their passport, a photograph, visa fee receipt, a filled in application form as a mandatory... -
29 November
In Yerevan: “We don`t want Islamic Republic”, “THIS IS TIME FOR REVOLUTION”
In reality there are many bright, progressive people, but they are hostages, they are doomed, if there is no revolution. We need a revolution... We expect more the support of the people of Armenia, than... -
29 November
Ruling Party Wants to Dissolve the Parliament in Azerbaijan
"Yeni Azerbaijan" ruling party's political committee has motioned to call for snap elections in Azerbaijan. The majority of the party's committee voted in favor of the decision to dissolve the parliament...