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Armenian Artist Cleared of Hooliganism Charges
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Gevorgyan said he would continue his activities “no matter how hard [authorities] try to hold me back.]...Read More »
‘President Knows Armenians Think He Is a Murderer:’ Outspoken Activist Holds Sit-In on Sargsyan’s Route
On Thursday evening, Gaspari carried out a similar demonstration by laying down outside the president's house on Proshyan street: the outspoken activist, who regularly lies down to protest against the judicial and ...Read More »
Suspect in Alleged Takeover Plot Did Not Testify against Sefilyan, Lawyers Say
Nina Karapetyan noted that Armenia’s Investigative Committee was deliberately spreading lies about Poghosyan in an attempt to defame him for refusing to cooperate with the investigation. “It’s a way...Read More »
Blogger Publicly Comes Out as Gay & Armenian in Wake of Orlando: Out.com
"I empathize for all who have not had the right support to come out... But I will not turn my pride into shame. I will not go back into the closet. I will say proudly, I am a gay Armenian man...Read More »
One Year On, No Police Officers Held Liable for Violent Dispersal of Electric Yerevan
On June 23, 2015, the speaker said, Armenia’s law enforcement forces detained 237 people on suspicion of hooliganism; however, the country’s Investigative Committee subsequently reported that no evidence of ...Read More »
Expert Labelling Soldiers’ Deaths ‘Suicide’ Was Unaware of Parents’ Protests
“You should pay attention to all cases concerning soldiers' murders in which psychologists give assessments based on the tales composed by investigators and label the deaths a suicide,” Nana Muradyan urged the expert...Read More »
Authorities Want to Isolate Sefilyan from Society, Lawyer Says
Zhirayr Sefilyan, according to Davtyan, has already been questioned and brought face to face with the person – one of the six suspects arrested Monday - who has testified against him. “We've filed a...Read More »
Transgender People Face Highest Rates of Social Discrimination in Armenia, Activist Believes
It is widely believed in Armenia's society that transgender individuals mainly engage in prostitution, which Martirosyan does not deny, stressing that it's only a consequence of the public's hatred towards...Read More »
Jailed Veteran Goes on Hunger Strike to Demand Better Detention Conditions
Avetisyan had written an open letter late last week on behalf of himself and several other Vardashen prisoners to Armenia's General Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan, Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan...Read More »
Prominent Armenian Oppositionist Arrested Over Alleged Takeover Plot
Zhirayr Sefilyan, the leader of opposition movement Founding Parliament, was arrested by Yerevan police Monday for allegedly organizing illegal purchase and possession of weapons and ammunition and plotting to seize...Read More »