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February 26, 2016 | 17:30
‘Reduced to Prison Dust’; Gaspari Quotes Leyla Yunus Upon Release (Updated)

The court issued the ruling to change the measure of restraint for Gaspari behind closed doors, and his lawyers have yet to receive the official release decision. However, Yegoryan said, Gaspari is...

February 25, 2016 | 18:43
Gaspari’s Wife Requests Interim Measure from ECHR

In a statement issued Thursday, February 25, Europe in Law Association says that Gaspari has been subjected to beatings, torture and other forms of ill-treatment by cellmates in Yerevan’s Nubarashen prison...

February 25, 2016 | 16:06
Armenian Lawmakers Petition for Jailed Civic Activist’s Release

Heritage faction member Aleksandr Arzumanyan said he, along with Elinar Vardanyan, has already discussed the issue with the US Ambassador in Armenia, as well as sent an appeal to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights...

February 25, 2016 | 15:05
‘I Crawled Out of the Cell and Refused to Go Back’; Gaspari Recounts Brutal Torture in Prison

I told the management about the issue, but after a few reprimands they decided to punish me and take me to an isolation cell … we went down to the basement, and there was one self-harmed man...

February 24, 2016 | 23:17
Citizens Hold Solidarity Action, Condemn Violence Against Armenian Political Prisoner (Video)

A number of Armenian citizens gathered Wednesday evening outside the presidential palace in Yerevan to express their solidarity with civic activist, political prisoner Vardges Gaspari....

February 24, 2016 | 19:02
Gaspari Subjected to Torture, Inhuman Treatment in Prison, Lawyer Says

The lawyer added that the activist went on a dry hunger strike on February 22, but was not taken under immediate medical supervision by Nubarashen officials. “He is being subjected to beatings...

February 24, 2016 | 18:09
Armenian Reporter Worried Anti-Discrimination Law Would Let LGBT People ‘Move Freely’

Gabrielyan stressed that Armenia's domestic law does not protect LGBT persons from discrimination, and the situation, the speaker said, would not change until the country adopts anti-discrimination legislation...

February 24, 2016 | 15:00
Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital

The activist's wife, Gyurjyan said, learned about the activist's transfer to Yerevan's Avan psychiatric hospital when she went to visit her husband in the Nubarashen prison Wednesday morning...

February 24, 2016 | 13:39
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...

February 24, 2016 | 12:54
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...

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February 26, 2016 | 17:30
‘Reduced to Prison Dust’; Gaspari Quotes Leyla Yunus Upon Release (Updated)

February 25, 2016 | 18:43
Gaspari’s Wife Requests Interim Measure from ECHR

February 25, 2016 | 16:06
Armenian Lawmakers Petition for Jailed Civic Activist’s Release

February 25, 2016 | 15:05
‘I Crawled Out of the Cell and Refused to Go Back’; Gaspari Recounts Brutal Torture in Prison

February 24, 2016 | 23:17
Citizens Hold Solidarity Action, Condemn Violence Against Armenian Political Prisoner (Video)

February 24, 2016 | 19:02
Gaspari Subjected to Torture, Inhuman Treatment in Prison, Lawyer Says

February 24, 2016 | 18:09
Armenian Reporter Worried Anti-Discrimination Law Would Let LGBT People ‘Move Freely’

February 24, 2016 | 15:00
Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital

February 24, 2016 | 13:39
Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript

February 24, 2016 | 12:54
Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Vardges Gaspari

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February 26, 2016 | 17:30 ‘Reduced to Prison Dust’; Gaspari Quotes Leyla Yunus Upon Release (Updated)

February 25, 2016 | 18:43 Gaspari’s Wife Requests Interim Measure from ECHR

February 25, 2016 | 16:06 Armenian Lawmakers Petition for Jailed Civic Activist’s Release

February 25, 2016 | 15:05 ‘I Crawled Out of the Cell and Refused to Go Back’; Gaspari Recounts Brutal Torture in Prison

February 24, 2016 | 23:17 Citizens Hold Solidarity Action, Condemn Violence Against Armenian Political Prisoner (Video)

February 24, 2016 | 19:02 Gaspari Subjected to Torture, Inhuman Treatment in Prison, Lawyer Says

February 24, 2016 | 18:09 Armenian Reporter Worried Anti-Discrimination Law Would Let LGBT People ‘Move Freely’

February 24, 2016 | 15:00 Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital

February 24, 2016 | 13:39 Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript

February 24, 2016 | 12:54 Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Vardges Gaspari

February 26, 2016 | 17:30
‘Reduced to Prison Dust’; Gaspari Quotes Leyla Yunus Upon Release (Updated)

February 25, 2016 | 18:43
Gaspari’s Wife Requests Interim Measure from ECHR

February 25, 2016 | 16:06
Armenian Lawmakers Petition for Jailed Civic Activist’s Release

February 25, 2016 | 15:05
‘I Crawled Out of the Cell and Refused to Go Back’; Gaspari Recounts Brutal Torture in Prison

February 24, 2016 | 23:17
Citizens Hold Solidarity Action, Condemn Violence Against Armenian Political Prisoner (Video)

February 24, 2016 | 19:02
Gaspari Subjected to Torture, Inhuman Treatment in Prison, Lawyer Says

February 24, 2016 | 18:09
Armenian Reporter Worried Anti-Discrimination Law Would Let LGBT People ‘Move Freely’

February 24, 2016 | 15:00
Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital

February 24, 2016 | 13:39
Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript

February 24, 2016 | 12:54
Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of ‘Political Prisoner’ Vardges Gaspari