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Elites Stalling Democratic Process with Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
Non-democratic political regimes in Armenia and Azerbaijan do not have strong incentives of changing the current no-war-no-peace situation. The status quo helps...Read More »
Moscow Benefits from Closed Armenian-Turkish Border: Turkish Economist
Şahbaz stated the latter during a question and answer section and believed that by Moscow keeping the borders closed, it would keep its influence in Armenia...Read More »
Sinjar Yezidi National Union Consider Parliament’s Behavior Unacceptable
“We are nearing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and we are not attempting to condemn the crimes of the Ottoman Empire,” notes the Sinjar Union’s statement...Read More »
Why Does the Civil Servant Council Keep Competitions for Government Posts Closed to the Public
According to him, they restrict the monitors from recording the competitions' interview stage, in essence, the only stage when an applicant has to speak and answer the commission’s...
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French Embassy in Armenia is Unaware of the Law, Claims Woman working in the CoE
- This, basically, shows that the general consul working in this country is unaware of the country’s elementary laws, and does not trust the country’s representative...Read More »
PACE Condemns Azerbaijan’s Use of Prisoner Transfer Treaty in ‘Safarov Case’
Once Ramil Safarov arrived in Azerbaijan, he was greeted as a national hero and granted an immediate pardon, “ long before the expiry of the minimum sentence set by the Hungarian...Read More »
For Moscow, Armenia and Azerbaijan are Friends: 168 Zham
In his opinion, in Armenia it is, in general, falsely perceived that Armenia is Russia’s only strategic partner and ally. “Fundamentally, it’s in Russian interest to have...Read More »
Parents Demanding Fair Investigations for Children’s Death, Government too Busy with Guests (VIDEO)
Five minutes after the parents went across the street, the palace gates opened and an OSCE office car entered; the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk was ...Read More »
PHOTO-SERIES: 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence
The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women consists of the Women’s Resource Center, Society Without Violence, Women’s Rights Center, Women’s Support Center, Public Information...Read More »
Police Violate Freedom of Assembly Especially During Protests Related to Russia
The human rights defender remarked that after 2008, when the new “freedom of assembly” law passed, the police’s behavior was to an extent improved, however, during the last two years...Read More »