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Wrongfully Convicted Armenian Woman to Receive 4100 Euros from Government
In 2007, Silva Asatryan was found guilty of the attempted murder of former National Assembly lawmaker Melik Gasparyan. Ten years later, the woman won a...Read More »
Case Into Alleged Domestic Violence Won’t Be Reopened, Court Rules
The Tuesday hearing was held behind closed doors as per Ara Khachatryan’s request. The husband, however, did not even wait for the announcement of the verdict ...Read More »
New Forensic Examination to Be Conducted in Case of Armenian Veteran’s Death
A forensic medical examination conducted by a group of experts invited by Armenia’s health ministry had found that Tumanyan's death was caused by a birth defect...Read More »
Armavir Jail Inmate’s Suicide Refuted; Lawyer Motions to Reopen Murder Case
The next day, prison officials handed the young man’s body over to his relatives, saying that he had committed suicide...Read More »
Wrongfully Convicted Vanadzor Man Recalls His Short-Lived Freedom
Kungurtsov recalls that living in Vanadzor had become unbearable for him because he’d often randomly bump into the police officers who had subjected him to violent...Read More »
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 »
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 »
Sefilyan’s Lawyer Accuses Judge of Illegal Conduct, Asks President to Terminate Her Powers
The courtroom is always full of policemen, and there are practically no bailiffs there. This alone is enough to get the impression that you are present not at ...Read More »
Vanadzor Man Convicted of Attempted Murder Goes on Hunger Strike
- They came to my workplace, handcuffed me with no explanation and took me to the police station, where I was forced to sign papers...Read More »