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Two Armenian Soldiers Dead in Karabakh
Two Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army conscripts, Vahe Vanoyan, 20, and Mikayel Torosyan, 19, were fatally wounded by Azerbaijani fire on November 12 at around 9 pm in a military unit deployed in th...Read More »
Azerbaijan Repatriates 73-Year-Old Armenian Civilian
The handover of Lusine Abovyan, a 73-year-old resident of the village of Koti in the Armenian Tavush province, took place at the international border between the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh and the Armenian town of Ijevan under the auspices of...Read More »
Prisoner Claims He Was Beaten by Jail Officers After Complaining Against ‘False Charges’
According to SIS investigator G. Begoyan, the prisoner said that after refusing to comply with the demands of the deputy prison chief and the operations department member, he committed an act of self-harm by injecting...Read More »
Armenian Captive’s Relatives Don’t Believe She Could Have Crossed Into Azerbaijan Accidentally: Press
According to the interviewee, the house is located 1.5 km from the border; besides, there's a trench along the border. “She couldn't have crossed that trench; she's an old woman. Even I wouldn't be able to cross it, it's so deep...Read More »
Armenian Parliament Passes Controversial Bill on Voting with ID Cards
Lawmaker Tigran Urikhanyan, in turn, proposed to install electronic devices at polling stations which would record the participation of citizens with ID cards, while ANC MP Nikol Pashinyan suggested to...Read More »
Armenian Prisoners Deprived of Bread After Rejecting Prison Meals
They were told, 'If you don't want meals, you won't get bread either.' A staff member of Armenia's Human Rights Defender's office witnessed this conversation,” the source stressed...Read More »
Deceased Soldier’s Father Claims Investigation ‘Has No Intention of Punishing Murderers’
Undoubtedly, this was the beginning of the periodic clashes, which eventually led to my son's murder. However, the preliminary investigation body does not want to carry out an impartial and comprehensive...Read More »
Armenian Authorities Plan to Cut Civil Servants’ Year-End Bonuses: Press
“The employees of state institutions, civil servants usually receive incentive payments equivalent to one-month salary at the end of the year. However, since state budget revenues for the first 9 months of this year were less..Read More »
U.S. Ambassador Questions Political Will to Combat Corruption in Armenia
The U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, the Ambassador stressed, planned to “tackle the issue” of corruption by continuing to work with any Armenian governmental or non-governmental institution that “demonstrates a commitment to fighting...Read More »
Armenian Priest’s Commentary Pulled from Website Following ‘Discrimination’ Complaints from Yazidi Community
“Yazidis also believe in Archangel Tawsi Melek, while the sun is one of the symbols of their belief system and represents the angel Shams. There are no evil entities in Yazidis’ religion; both the good and the evil come from the man, and there’s no higher power than God.”Read More »