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No Yezidi Mayor in Mixed Communities
The Yezidi Center for Human rights reminds that Armenia has commitments to ensure the effective participation of ethnic minorities in decisions affecting their lives.Read More »
March 8: “Women are Killed at Home, Exploited in the Family”
Other banners criticizing systems of exploitation, such as "The nation is not an army, Amulsar is not a mine, women are not a commodity" sparked social media discussions after the march...Read More »
NK Police Disrupts the Protest Demanding Resignations
Group of protestors on a car rally in Stepanakert streets demand the resignation of NK president Bako Sahakyan and Police Chief Levon Mnatsakanyan...Read More »
Another Batch of 30 Graduates of Orphanages Receive Housing Vouchers
The Ministry of Labor and Social Issues continues providing vouchers to graduates of orphanages for purchasing apartments. The government adopted the relevant decree in December 2019 covering 300 graduates...Read More »
Sitting in Class in Winter Coats: Bardzrashen Residents Demand Heating for the School
1mln 380 thousand AMD was allocated. However the electric pole was burnt, we had to pay 480 thousand AMD for that. We were given the finances and told to use them as we deem. They are not sufficient...Read More »
Armenia to Foot the Bill for Convicting Jehovah’s Witnesses
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has published its ruling over "Aghayan and others v. Armenia" by which it obliges Armenia to pay 242,000 EUR to 22 Jehovah's witnesses convicted in 2012 for refusing to serve in the military...Read More »
“We Wish We Could Forget These 30 Years”: Some Refugees will get Private Housing
Given the vast difference between cadastre prices and average market prices, this amount, in effect, may not be sufficient for buying apartments neither in Avan, nor in even more remote districts of Yerevan.Read More »
The Yezidi Community Threatened
The Yezidis were also annoyed that the new land owner was constantly hinting on the fact that the locals were an ethnic minority. According to them, he was saying that it was his motherland, that he was an Armenian...Read More »
Revolutionary Elections – Hayk Marutyan is Mayor of Yerevan
In the snap elections of the Municipal Council of Yerevan held on September 23, “My Step” Coalition received 81.06 percent (294 109) of the votes, according to the preliminary... Read More »
Yezidi Children Continuously Discriminated at Schools
Activities necessary to engage children into the educational process are often not held at the school, the teachers frequently disregard children and humiliate their dignity. The classes are not held fully...Read More »