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Workers Situation under the Quarantine
"SAS Group" a large retail sales chain, refuses to pay its workers that have forcibly gone idle. SAS calls employees and compells them to write requests for dismissal from work or unpaid․․․Read More »
More Public Venues Ordered to Close by State of Emergency Commandant
State of Exception (Emergency) Commandant, Tigran Avinyan has ordered closure of the following public venues starting from March 22 until the end date of the state of exception, April 14...Read More »
Coronavirus Cases Top 190 in Armenia, While the Government Takes Legislative Measures to Punish Denial of Isolation
New decisions are to be made whether patients with mild coronavirus symptoms will be hospitalized or kept in quarantine․․․Read More »
Threats to Human Rights Defender Artur Sakunts For Criticizing Putin
A number of NGOs have issued a statement condemning life threats to Human Rights Defender Artur Sakunts and demanding from law enforcement bodies to investigate the case and bring criminal․․․Read More »
The Involvement of Armenian Diaspora’s Businessmen In Plundering Armenia’s Subsoils
Open letter to the big capital owners and businessmen in the Armenian Diaspora. We have attempted to publish this open letter in Armenian Weekly, a Diaspora based media...Read More »
Armenia in a State of Exception until April 14
The government of Armenia, followed by the parliament have moved to declare a state of exception (emergency) in all of the country given the pandemics of the new coronavirus all over the world and the need to contain its rapid spreading․Read More »
Coronavirus Update as of 12:00, March 17, 2020
The ministry has called for mobilization of students of the medical university, persons with nursing and other medical specialization, translators․․․Read More »
Alarms Raised over Approval of Election Commission Members with Questionable Past Performance at Elections
ANC calls on the "Yes" campaign to take urgent measures to ensure equal representation of members at the committees.․․Read More »
No Yezidi Mayor in Mixed Communities
The Yezidi Center for Human rights reminds that Armenia has commitments to ensure the effective participation of ethnic minorities in decisions affecting their lives.Read More »
Armenia Closes its Last Open Border while COVID-19 Cases Jump to 15
At least 2 cases are detected within the first group of 31 persons quarantined on March 1, while 28 of them are released home. Positive test results are obtained...Read More »