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Yerevan Lawyer Receiving Threatening Emails
Arayik Papikyan has been receiving e-mails, in which not only he is being threatened to abstain from performing his professional activities, but also his family ...Read More »
RFE/RL Reporter Harassed In Armenian Town
- I switched off and hid the video camera to prevent him from damaging it but kept holding the microphone in a visible way, which was enough for him to understand that I’m a journalist, then ran ...Read More »
Armenian Banana Importer Reports Acid Attack on His Warehouses
Banana imports to Armenia used to be monopolized by the Catherine Group company reportedly owned by Mihran Poghosyan, former head of the...Read More »
Sasna Tsrer Member Ends Hunger Strike
Ending the hunger strike does not mean giving up on the struggle. We are still vigilantly following the events in our country and are prepared to stand by ...Read More »
Armenian Teacher Fined AMD 200 000 for ‘Negligently’ Inflicting Eye Injury on Student
The circumstances described by the victim testify that the teacher’s actions were intentional. An AMD 200 000 fine as a punishment is just absurd...Read More »
Armenian Human Rights Defenders Work in Inadequate Conditions, HRH Report Says
Rights and public interests activists have obviously faced not only Armenia’s faulty judicial system but also the obstructions created by a number of ...Read More »
Fellow Serviceman and Commander Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Armenian Soldier
Osyan, nevertheless, is convinced that her son did not have any problems during his service: “Whenever he’d...Read More »
Gaspari Holds Lie-In to Support Hunger-Striking Oppositionist
Speaking to reporters, Ombudsman staffer Hrachya Palyan announced that the staff are aware of the issues raised by Gaspari and are trying to...Read More »
Mother of Soldier Killed During ‘April War’ Refuses to Send Youngest Son to Army
The minister of defense has to do me a favor and free my son from service, given that he does not have a father and that his family lives in difficult social...Read More »
Armenian Prisoner Reports Being Threatened by Prison Officers
HCAV reported the incident to the Penitentiary Department of the Justice Ministry immediately after the phonecall; the department, however, replied to the report a month later...Read More »