April, 2020

• 22 April

  

  Retreat from the Key Public Demands of the Velvet Revolution: Statement

  Two years after the revolution, predominantly waged by people defying injustices in the judicial, governmental and social realms, their expectations with respect to fundamental reforms of the judiciary will not be met, because the political majority․․․
• 21 April

  

  Public TV on Fire: Top Executives Resign over Leakage of Pre-Aired Test Video Material of Pashinyan

  Margarita Gevorgyan has been the chief of Public TV since 2013 and is known for her ultimate loyalty to the regime of Serj Sargsyan manifested in biased media work and numerous corruption scandals...
• 18 April

  

  15 of the 16 Deaths in the Army were Unrelated to Combat in 2020 First Quarter

  Of the 16 military servicemen died in the first quarter of 2020, 5 were mandatory conscripts, 7 were contract soldiers, and 4 were lieutenants. Overall, the conscripts are reported to have died due to suicide...
• 17 April

  

  Serj Sargsyan Stands In Front of Parliamentary Committee 

  But there are things that he might not remember or not be informed about, we have to find out, was he really not reported or does he not remember?" clarified Kocharyan...
• 8 April

  

  58 Prisoners Released in the Time of State of Emergency 

  A similar statement was released by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.․․
• 6 April

  

  Conscript Arrested Over Charges for Killing his Fellow on NK Frontline

  Within one day, the Investigative Committee of Armenia reported two different criminal accounts based on which investigation was underway: first, "negligibly driving someone to suicide", then "violation of rules of combat duty...
• 6 April

  

  Armenians Locked in Russia

  Many of these labor migrants lost their jobs in Russia due to the lockdown. A significant part of them were unregistered labor force and now are faced with losing their existing shelters...
• 1 April

  States should not abuse emergency measures to suppress human rights – UN experts 

  Moreover, emergency declarations based on the Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as a basis to target particular groups, minorities, or individuals...
• 1 April

  

  Government Enacts More Draconian Measures Including Mass Surveillance 

  Movement of people will also be strictly restricted. Residents of Armenia are ordered to shelter in place until April 12, they will not be able to change their residence address and move even․․․