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Turkey Must Face Ghosts of the Past: US Ambassador to Turkey on Genocide Bill
“Turks have greater confidence now to look into the past and to a painful chapter and decide what it means. There is more contact between Turks and...Read More »
Reporters Without Borders ‘Disturbed’ by 4 Key Aspects of Law Criminalizing Genocide Denial
Reporters Without Borders on Thursday published an open letter to French parliamentarians expressing its concern about the proposed law...Read More »
Several Homeowners who Lost Their Homes were Called in for Questioning
Homeowners promised apartments in new buildings on Aram, Yekmalyan, Buzand and Saryan streets in Yerevan continued their protests... Read More »
To Penalize Genocide Denial is to ‘Fall into the Mistake of Political Correctness’: Zizek
Prominent Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek advised Turkey to “apologize for the horrible things happened in 1915” in an...Read More »
Armenian President had No Right to Determine Punishment: Human Rights Lawyers (updated)
A decree by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan that granted 38 prisoners amnesty by having their death penalty sentence changed to life imprisonment violated... Read More »
Armenia’s 3 Former Foreign Ministers to Form Alliance?
The three former foreign ministers of Armenia — Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian, Free Democrats party representative Alexander Arzumanyan and...Read More »
Orinats Yerkir Begins Election Campaigning Early in Gyumri
Though campaigning for the May 2012 parliamentary elections hasn't officially kicked off yet, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law, or OEK) for one week now has...Read More »
VIDEO: Artists Paint Emblem on Parliament Gates Pink
Local art-activist group Art Laboratory organized a performance outside the National Assembly in Yerevan today during which artists painted... Read More »
‘For Years, No. 74 Minibus Took the Wrong Route’: Yerevan City Hall
The no. 74 minibus, which for years went through Republic Square on its route, for several days now has been taking a different route. The minibus...Read More »
104 Prisoners Serving Life Sentences in Armenia: Civil Group Strongly Urges They be Reviewed
In Armenia, there are 104 prisoners sentenced for life, which is quite a large number for this country of two-and-a-half million people. Among other..Read More »