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42 Deaths, 18–20 Year Olds. Roundtable on Human Rights in Armenia’s Army
The Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office has published a report with statistics on the number of deaths in Armenia's armed forces in...Read More »
Son Of Iranian Opposition Leader Karrubi Detained
An Iranian opposition website has reported that Iranian authorities have arrested the son of prominent opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi.
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Earthquake in Samtskhe-Javakheti
An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale hit the mainly Armenian populated Georgian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti at 2:20 am...Read More »
Political Prisoners in Bahrain to be Released
Bahrain's king ordered the release of some political prisoners Tuesday, conceding to another opposition demand as the...Read More »
Azerbaijani MP Doesn’t Want Visa Regime with Turkey, Iran Annulled
Chair of Azerbaijan's Party of Hope (Azərbaycan Ümid Partiyası), MP Iqbal Agazade said he was against abolishing the visa requirements... Read More »
Manoyan Says Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ Games Must End
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation representative also spoke of the approaches of Armenian diplomats, saying that they should be...Read More »
Time to Retract Armenia’s Signature on Protocols has Come: Manoyan
"Last year on Apr. 22, when the president stopped the Protocols' ratification process, in his statement he said they're not retracting...Read More »
EU Ready to Bring Russia, Georgia Closer Together
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby believes Russo-Georgian relations can be settled only through dialogue.Read More »
Many Roads in Armenia Continue to be Closed Due to Snow
As at 11 am this morning, due to the weather, a few regional and inter-community roads in Armenia were closed or difficult to pass.Read More »
Israel Appoints First Out Gay Judge
Dori Spivak, an attorney and former Civil Rights Association chairman, was appointed as a judge at the Tel Aviv Labor Court on Friday.Read More »