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Republican MP Faces Arrest for Receiving a 14mln USD Bribe
Before joining the Republican Party in 2006, Harutyunyan, also known by the nick-name “Bulki Aram” was a member of the Orinats Yerkir party. Aram Harutyunyan has been...Read More »
Students Hostage of the War Between the School Principal and Her Deputy
We had a conversation with the head Principal in her very comfortable office. She was saying that this whole thing was organized by the deputy principal and teacher of history Sardaryan....Read More »
To punish or pardon?
"Others can pay a bribe and have the conditions they are held in improved to a certain extent. But in our barracks there was no way you could move your bed around the cell". "Every time we tell Ilkin that he should write a pardon request, he responds: did I commit any crime?".Read More »
Armenian Human Rights Defender Raises Questions About Gyumri Murder Case: VIDEO
Recall, six members of the Avetisyan family, including a 2-year-old girl, were shot to death on January 12, 2015, in their Gyumri home. The family’s seventh member, 6-month-old Seryozha...Read More »
Suspect’s Relatives Stalk Czech Sexual Harassment Victim in Armenia
The woman claims that she was exposed to unprofessional conduct during the forensic examination, too. The doctor allegedly implied that the woman must have provoked... Read More »
Garegin Chugaszyan Released from Prison
Earlier, in his conversation with us, Chugaszyan’s attorney Tigran Yegoryan said he was hopeful of his defendant’s release in course of the coming days once the Court of Appeal...Read More »
Judge Does Not Release “Sasna Tsrer” Group Members. Supporters Block Road
The Judge Arshak Vardanyan of the Court of General Jurisdiction of First Instance of Yerevan rejected the motion regarding the change of the preventive measure of 11 members...Read More »
Armenian Oppositionist Released From Custody In Courtroom
“Serzh Sargsyan, on whose request, as we believe, a criminal prosecution was initiated against Andreas Ghukasyan with such serious charges, resigned as a result of a nationwide pressure...Read More »
Demonstrators in Yerevan Demand Fair and Unbiased Investigation Into Hate Crimes
The protest action was spurred by the two most recent hate crimes committed in Yerevan over the past few months: on February 27, a transgender woman was...Read More »
ECHR Communicates Questions to Armenian Government Regarding Health of Sasna Tsrer Member
- Because of the indifference of the authorities towards his poor state of health he has found himself twice in a critical condition where his life was in danger. More than once...Read More »