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Police Urged to Punish Yerevan Hate Attackers
A statement issued by the Center also condemned the medical staff of Heratsi hospital complex for conduct “non-corresponding to medical ethics or the law of Armenia...Read More »
Group of LGBT Activists Attacked in Yerevan, Mocked by Hospital Staff
The hospital also failed to conduct a proper medical examination: “They demanded money and refused to otherwise treat [the activists]. They carried out some external exams, drew up protocols, and discharged them,” Hovsepyan said...Read More »
SIS Rejects Appeal to Initiate Proceedings Against Investigator
Speaking to Epress.am Wednesday, however, Asryan insisted on the opposite. She said that Ruzanna Khachatryan has sent three statements to the courts on behalf of her son, noting that Saribekyan had had not taken part in the robbery...Read More »
Dozens Rally in Yerevan in Support of Jailed Oppositionist (Video)
The rally, Varuzhan Avetisyan said, was held with the purpose of delivering the assessments and statements by Human Rights Watch and International Federation for Human Rights regarding Safaryan's arrest...Read More »
Yerevan Court Turns Away Appeal Seeking to Reopen Proceedings Against Police Officers
Speaking to Epress.am, the plaintiffs' lawyer, Haykuhi Harutyunyan, said it was noteworthy that the judge failed to provide any justification for the rejection. The mothers, for their part, announced their intention to...Read More »
Gaspari Taken to Court in Ambulance
It's a violation of the law because I was set to be brought in at 3 pm. They also did not clarify why they took me to court in an ambulance. This proves that the medical institution is a subdivision of the police and...Read More »
Armenia’s Recently Enlarged Communities Elect Local Leaders
Another Republican candidate Levon Zavaryan was elected the head of Lori province's community of Tumanyan. Three of the elected Council members are from Tumanyan, two - from Lorut. ...Read More »
Armenian Ruling Party’s Ombudsman Candidate Approved by State and Legal Affairs Committee
Postanjyan herself expressed confidence that she was qualified enough to carry out human rights activities: “The Ombudsman is neither a midfielder nor a person with limited rights...Read More »
Karabakh Civilian Shot Dead by Azeri Sniper – Official
According to Karabakh military authorities, 54-year-old Hakob Hambardzumyan, a resident of the village of Vazgenashen of Karabakh’s Martuni region, was shot dead by an Azerbaijani sniper at around 4 pm Thursday...Read More »
Defense Lawyers in Armenian Cadet Murder Case Do Not Trust Forensic Evidence
According to the forensic medical examination of Barseghyan's corpse, the cause of death has been ruled as asphyxia by compression of the neck with a blunt object. Experts also found ...Read More »