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Yerevan Court Grants Photojournalist’s Appeal Against Law Enforcement Agency’s Inaction
Speaking to Epress.am on Friday, Mazmanyan's lawyer, Ara Gharagyozyan, said the photojournalist has recently won... Read More »
Armenian Oppositionists’ Supporter Goes on Hunger Strike in Prison to Demand Bail
"The investigative body did not even file an official court motion to extend Poghosyan's detention; they just submitted their demand in some writ, and the court granted... Read More »
Yerevan Men Arrested for Alleged Violence against Police Expect No Justice from Armenian Authorities
Liparit Simonyan, a lawyer for several of the men, in turn, stated that it is still unclear what they are being blamed for, and that in previous court hearing, the defense has filed numerous motions with the request to clarify the ...Read More »
Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence for Russian Soldier Convicted of Murder of Armenian Family
Six members of the Avetisyans’ family, including a 2-year-old girl, were found shot to death in their house on January 12; the family’s seventh member, a 6-month-old boy who had been stabbed with a bayonet, died a week later in hospital...Read More »
Assault Suspect Sent to Jail After Beating Wife in Public
According to the widow, the defendant had come to the December 2 hearing in a “fairly good condition;" but after realizing that he was going to be taken into custody, he began complaining of severe pain...Read More »
Police Representative Justifies Officers’ Use of Excessive Force Against Protesters in Court
Commenting on Varosyan's claim that police officers had not hindered the protest “but simply moved it a little further away from the presidential office,” Revazyan said; “A person's action at a specific place has a specific addressee...Read More »
Assault Suspect Who Beat Wife in Broad Daylight Taken to Hospital (Updated)
“He has committed another crime while out on own recognizance, thus violating the conditions of the release,” Tigran Muradyan, a lawyer for the deceased's wife, told Epress.am on Monday....Read More »
Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says
After the incident, the witness went on, he was taken to the hospital where he saw the supposed victim, Gegham Khachatryan, without any injury to his face. “I went up to him and told him that his colleagues had beaten...Read More »
Psychiatric Commitment in Armenia Mainly Used for ‘Punishment’ Purposes
The most commonly observed violations, Sakunts continued, were related to the justifications for citizens' psychiatric commitment, the quality of the provided medication and the medical supplies and equipment used in their treatment...Read More »
Russian Soldier Convicted of Gyumri Family Murder, Sentenced to Life in Prison
Recall, six members of the Avetisyan family were shot to death on January 12, 2015, in their Gyumri home. The family’s seventh member, 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, was transferred to the hospital with...Read More »