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Dilapidated School in Armenian Village Heated with Prohibited Tin Stoves
According to Tsilkar village head Hovhannes Melkonyan, the building has not undergone a full overhaul since it was originally constructed in the mid-90s...Read More »
Armenian Environmentalists Concerned with Nepheline Syenite Development Project
The mine is located in a seismically unstable zone, where the probable magnitude of the quakes may reach 9 points out of Richter’s 12-point scale. The project says that the mine area is deprived of...Read More »
Protesting Yerevan Prisoners Transferred to ‘Cell Resembling Pigpen’
There is no healthy spot left on their bodies, so they thought it pointless to continue to fight for their rights, when the law itself does not protect them. The prisoners are convinced that...Read More »
Laid-Off Employees of Loss Making Textile Plant Demand 7 Months’ Back Wages
According to the laid-off employees, they have been bringing up the issue with various state institutions since the plant's shutdown and have always been promised that they ...Read More »
Yerevan Prisoners Self-Harm After Being Attacked by Armed Guards
The guys say the cell is not even suitable for a pig to live in. They told the [prison authorities], 'Repair the cell, or give us until February 5 to repair it, and then we'll move...Read More »
Man Charged with Aiding Yerevan Armed Group Taken to Hospital in Critical Condition
Gichyan has told his lawyer that there are only 6 beds in the 12-person cell he is being held in, and that all the inmates there smoke, which leads to a further worsening...Read More »
The Crisis of Contemporary Democracy: The Hrant Dink Memorial Lecture
The paradox of Dink’s death is that he was killed in the name of a particularly narrow notion of patriotism while he was himself a fervent Turkish patriot...Read More »
Yerevan Inmate Again Subjected to Violent Treatment by Prison Staff
The lawyer soon found out that Grigoryan had been dragged out of his bed in the morning by the guards and forcibly taken to another cell, where he was left lying half-naked...Read More »
Arms Sales Too Profitable for Russia to Care for Victory of Either of NKR Conflicting Sides: Press
What does Armenia do? Armenia signs any and all military cooperation agreement put forward by Russia. I'm talking about the joint air defense system, the joint Armenian-Russian troops...Read More »
Police Colonel Offended by Criticism over Law Enforcers’ Improper Conduct
After the screening, colonel Duryan announced in an offended tone that the use of the word “contribute” in the film was not appropriate, and that the police should only be expected to carry ...Read More »