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Contract Serviceman Dies in Karabakh
26-year-old contract serviceman Gor Khudinyan died at around 1 am on February 23 in the defense position of a northern military unit of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army...Read More »
Yerevan Residents Ask Foreign Embassies to Support Their Relatives Jailed After Summer Clashes
Toros Torosyan, brother of arrestee Harutyun Torosyan, said in an interview with Epress.am that none of the allegedly affected police officers...Read More »
Sasna Tsrer Member Held in Degrading Conditions, Lawyer Says
Papikyan added that “these actions are aimed at harassing and torturing my client” and demanded that the authorities immediately take measures “to eliminate the inhuman and...Read More »
‘Hovhannisyan And I Are Not Friends;’ Postanjyan on Her Exit From Opposition Party
First of all, who is Serzh Sargsyan to offer anyone a position? I, personally, do not acknowledge him as a state official who is entitled to make any offers...Read More »
Domestic Violence Victim ‘Mocked and Humiliated’ by Yerevan Judge
Upon finding out that during one of the breaks the woman had left the courtroom to go to the doctor, the judge decided to penalize the plaintiff for AMD 30 000 ( about $ 61)...Read More »
Nearly 2 000 Boys Leave Armenia Every Year to Avoid Draft, Oppositionist Says
This is evidence of the impact that the everlasting semi-war state has had on Armenia's economy, and the serious psychological effects it has had on the people and their lives...Read More »
Police Officers Who Allegedly Spat at Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Warned to ‘Act with Maximum Restraint’ In Future Incidents
The incident has been looked into, and it was decided to leave it unpunished. The officers in question have been warned to from...Read More »
Armenian Reporter Insists Property Destruction Charge Against Him ‘Frivolous’
The reporter says his neighbor has links in the prosecutor's office, which have made it possible for him to get away with committing more serious violent acts in the past. According...Read More »
‘He Did Not Commit Suicide;’ Family of Dead Armenian Soldier Say They Are Being Pressured to Remain Silent
They know their stuff; they are quite experienced. Army is the largest business in the whole world...Read More »
Entrepreneur On the Corrupt System of Legalized Bribery in Armenia: Price Controls
I complained, of course: how can two products of the same company and with the same parameters be charged such different rates? I even appealed to the prosecutor's ...Read More »