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...
"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.
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...
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...
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...
Hostages of Motherland Armenia for 30 Years
Later in the years, when the empire became an ‘ally’, the war entered its next aggressive phase – that of inciting hate, ‘Hero of Artsakh’ – Robert Kocharyan came to power...
Human Rights Activists Boycott Queen's Birthday Party in Armenia Sponsored by Controversial Mining Company
A number of human rights activists in Armenia boycott the Queen's Birthday Party organized by the British Embassy in Yerevan and sponsored by, among others, Lydian Armenia mining company...
Noyemberyan Residents to Keep Fighting for Final Termination of Mining Operations
Noyemberyan deputy village head Khachik Gishyan, meanwhile, believes that the region would benefit more from developing tourism and agriculture rather than the...
Villagers in Armenia Protest Against Mine Exploitation
One of the villagers’ main concerns is that after the mine is put into operation, their communities will be deprived of drinking and irrigation water, which will inevitably hinder ...
Armenia to Compensate Wrongly Convicted Jehovah’s Witnesses, ECHR Rules
The Court ruled that Armenia is to pay the applicants, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final, EUR 12,000, plus any tax that may be chargeable...
Yazidi Children’s Right to Education Violated, Murazi Says
Murazi intends to send these statistics to Armenia’s Ministry of Education and Science as evidence of a violation of the law on compulsory education, which entered into force in September 2017...
Teachers in Ashtarak Village Threaten to Boycott Work if School Is Not Renovated
The administration of Armenia’s Aragatsotn province has since 2004 been promising to renovate the severely damaged building of the Ashtarak village school. The teachers of...