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Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript
Appeal Court Judge Grisha Melik-Sargsyan, however, refused to release the former soldier on bail, claiming that Sahakyan is being properly cared for by prison officials...Read More »
Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Vardges Gaspari
A dozen of Armenian human rights organizations issued a joint statement Tuesday addressing the human rights addressing the “obviously unlawful arrest” of local civic activist Vardges Gaspari...Read More »
Former Deputy Justice Minister Elected as Armenia’s New Ombudsman
With 96 votes in favour, Armenia's National Assembly on Monday elected former deputy justice minister Arman Tatoyan as the country's new Human Rights Ombudsman. 7 MPs voted against the appointment, while...Read More »
Opposition MPs Join Reporters’ Protest Against Republican Lawmaker (Video)
A group of Armenian journalists staged a protest Tuesday outside the National Assembly building in Yerevan demanding that the NA's Ethics Committee hold Mher Sedrakyan, a parliamentarian from...Read More »
Petition Calls on Ruling Party to Punish MP’s ‘Disgusting Behaviour’ Towards Reporters
If the demands are not fulfilled, the petitioners say they'll have grounds to assert that conduct similar to that of Sedrakyan is the norm within the Republican Party and other parts of the Government: “And...Read More »
Gaspari’s Arrest Not Politically Motivated, Parliament Vice Speaker Insists
ANC faction member, former political prisoner Nikol Pashinyan branded the grounds for Gaspari's arrest “questionable.” The oppositionist added that he had visited the arrested activist in prison and learned...Read More »
Yerevan Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Vardges Gaspari
Vardges Gaspari, as stated by his attorney, is currently in the Nubarashen prison. “We’ll appeal the court decision as soon as we get it,” Gyurjyan added...Read More »
Officials Confirm, Armenian Soldier Fatally Shot Fellow Serviceman, Killed Himself
Artur Muradyan, head of the Proshyan community in Armenia's Kotayk province, told Epress.am he was not familiar with the details of the incident. “All I know is they phoned the mother early in the morning to inform ...Read More »
Republican MP Allegedly Calls Reporters a ‘Herd,’ Will Only Speak to ‘Normal’ Journalists
Fahradyan demanded that Sedrakyan not insult reporters as the lawmakers refused to answer their questions and tried to make his way to his office. In response, the MP accused the journalist of lying: “Clean your ears, will you...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Died From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound, Officials Say
19-year-old Armenian soldier Davit V Terteryan was fatally wounded at around 1 pm on February 18 at a one of the northern military unit of the Nagorno Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army, the press service of the NKR defense...Read More »