April, 2020

• 25 April

  

  Armenia Summons Citizens Stranded Due to COVID-19

  In the meanwhile, many citizens, especially labor migrants who lost shelter and jobs, are placed at temporary accommodations covered by the Embassy and rich Armenians...
• 25 April

  

  The Place to Confront the Past is Turkey’s Parliament

  It is necessary that the Parliament of this country discuss the issue. The Armenians spread all around the World must be able to find justice exactly in Turkey's Parliament...
• 24 April

  

  Worker Protest During State of Emergency Orchestrated by Employer 

  During the forced leave, Darbinyan did not pay the workers (although he is obliged to pay at least 2/3 of their wages according to the Labor Code), instead he fired part of the labor force with a promise to hire...
• 23 April

  

  Lockdown Eased, but “No Reason to Relax” Says Health Minister 

  Checkpoints between regional administrative units are lifted, as part of the new decision, while ad hoc restrictions may be applied to settlements with a high risk of virus spread.․․
• 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...