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Tigran Araqelyan: Getting an Acquittal is a Matter of Principle
The prosecutor opined that one of the causes of the altercation between activists and the police was that the latter called the HAK activists "Levonakan"...Read More »
Two Police Officers Accused of Beating Detainee Granted Amnesty
Two security officers accused of beating Robert Hovsepyan while the latter was in police custody were found guilty today by the Court of Kentron and Nork Marasha Administrative Districts of YerevanRead More »
Armenian Oligarch’s Supporters Ask Him to Expand his Empire (VIDEO)
Protests by the civic initiative "Let's Liberate the Monument from the Oligarch" outside the Covered Market owned by Republican Party of Armenia MP, oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan continued yesterday...Read More »
Lifer Sews His Mouth Shut: Reasons are Not Reported
Lifer Gnun Vardanyan, imprisoned in Nubarashen penitentiary, sewed his mouth shut this morningRead More »
Yerevan’s Kond Residents Promise a ‘Parade of the Homeless’ (VIDEO)
Eighty residents of the Yerevan neighborhood of Kond were unable to "catch" the prime minister after his cabinet meeting today. They broke up into different groups and decided to supervise all the exits from which the...Read More »
Activists Threaten to Pay for Gas at Lower Rate: Demonstration (VIDEO)
Members of a local movement called "Let's prevent the increase in gas [prices]" today protested outside the government building, then marched to Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia located on Saryan Street.Read More »
Altercation Outside Presidential Palace between Police and Mothers of Deceased Soldiers (VIDEO)
Women whose sons died while serving in the army under non-combat circumstances today again demonstrated outside the presidential palace in Yerevan. Holding regular demonstrations outside the government building for...Read More »
Karabakh War Veteran Chased by a Car After Demonstrating Outside Covered Market in Yerevan
Coordinator of the Pre-Parliament civil initiative, Karabakh war veteran Jirair Sefilian was pursued by a silver BMW late on Wednesday night when he was returning home from the Pre-Parliament headquarters...Read More »
Why Are So Many in Armenia Refused Painkillers? New Campaign to ‘Stop the Pain’ Launched in Armenia
Thousands of people in Armenia suffer from life-limiting and chronic illness. The lack of access to oral morphine for pain relief puts those patients in unnecessary pain.Read More »
Judge Continues to Deny Bail to Jailed Oppositionist Tigran Araqelyan
Judge Eva Darbinyan today again refused to consider a motion to release political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan in the Court of Appeal while hearing the case of...Read More »