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Attorney Insists his Imprisoned Client Needs to be Hospitalized
Aram Mughalyan, in pre-trial detention under charges of "hooliganism" and attempt to intentionally damage another's property, has been on a hunger strike for one week.Read More »
‘Money Laundering’: $123,000 Allocated for Collecting Information on Refugees in Armenia
The State Migration Service of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration has allocated 50 million 146 thousand AMD (about $123 thousand USD) in 2013 for the development and exchange of information on refugees, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.Read More »
12-Hour Rally in Central Yerevan to Adopt Law on Domestic Violence
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women is calling the government to act and fulfill its commitments, which are reflected in the national Against Gender Violence program and...Read More »
Political Prisoner Tigran Araqelyan to be Granted Amnesty: Newspaper
Political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan will be granted amnesty, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak ("Armenian Times"), according to the amnesty bill...Read More »
New Armenian General Prosecutor Elected
Gevorg Kostanyan was elected the next General Prosecutor of Armenia. In parliament today, out of 130 MPs, 108 voted — 103 for, 3 against, and 2 votes were disqualified.Read More »
Armenian NGOs Declare National Day to Combat Domestic Violence
The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia has declared Oct. 1 a National Day to Combat Domestic Violence.Read More »
Prosecutors Should Not Belong to Political Parties: RA Prosecutor General Nominee
RA Prosecutor General nominee Gevorg Kostanyan said in parliament today that he is going to fight corruption and corrupt prosecutors. Read More »
Nikol Pashinyan Raised in Parliament Incident with Russian Border Troops
Armenian National Congress MP Nikol Pashinyan today at the start of the fourth sitting of the National Assembly raised the issue of the incident that occurred in Syunik marz last week.Read More »
‘Armenia Needs Independent Investigative Journalism’: US Ambassador to Armenia
It seems we no longer have either a place or a task to do in the media sector. But we have a few investigative pieces in process — we have to conclude them. With one of these...Read More »
Protestors Plan to Appeal to International Bodies in Case of Detained Opposition Activist (VIDEO)
Joining the weekly protest outside the general prosecutor's office demanding opposition activist Tigran Araqelyan's release today were war veterans, protesting unfair conditions since May...Read More »