May, 2020

• 11 May

  

  Child Protection Contradicts Armenian Values Claim Prosperous Armenia Party, Apostolic Church and “Kamq” ultraconservatives 

  "Children just separated from milk and fairy tales" should not learn to protect themselves from sexual abuse, because this is contradicting "our national mentality.․․
• 11 May

  Soldier “Negligibly” Impelled to Suicide: Official 

  In the territory near N military unit of Karabakh Defense Army, conscript, private Sasun Suren Margaryan died from a gunshot around his chest. A criminal investigation is underway according...
• 11 May

  

  Civil Society Organizations Demand Parliamentary Ethics Oversight 

  The parliamentary majority, in charge of what has happened, has legal and ample powers to stop this culture of violence....
• 11 May

  

  ECHR Urgently Communicates to Azerbaijan over Captive Soldier from Armenia  

  Ara's last letter was received on February 20, 2020. The family members have not had any immediate contact with him though and have no clear information on his location in․․․
• 9 May

  

  Tortured Detainee Voices of Police Violence 

  He was later on put into the car and two policemen were sitting on him, while he was laid face down in the car choking. Tigran responded to verbal offenses and a quarrel broke out to which the civilian․․․
• 9 May

  

  No Need for Freedom Fighters Here: Parliament Under Fire for Macho Brawls 

  Pashinyan has lost control over his own team and that allegedly team members of the ruling fraction are "pressed the remote control button" to build such a brawl...
• 7 May

  

  “Not Even a Comma to Add or Remove”: Pashinyan on Karabakh 

  - No head of Armenia has expressed himself on the Nagorno Karabakh issue so frequently as he did. "No head of Armenia has been so open and transparent [on Karabakh] as I have.
• 7 May

  

  Corrupt Land Sales to Lydian in Amulsar: Gndevaz Mayor and his Son are under Court Trial

  The investigating body did nothing to investigate responsibility for concealing state documents and to make a criminal characterization to it.
• 7 May

  

  Serj Sargsyan’s Son-in-Law Wanted: Mikael Minasyan is Charged for Illegal Enrichment

  Amram Makinyan, in his position as an investigator, is known to have cooked up the criminal cases of Jirayr Sefilyan and Gevorg Safaryan, both known to be political prisoners.
• 6 May

  

  Sad Sad May 1 

  On May 1, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated workers and called on them to demand employers to officially register them as a step enabling the government protect their working rights. Pashinyan emphasized, that despite the sudden crisis, the government will “consistently continue to pursue economic development boosting work and working …