2026, 6 June, Saturday

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...

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 ...

Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence for Russian Soldier Convicted of Murder of Armenian Family

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...

Police Representative Justifies Officers' Use of Excessive Force Against Protesters in Court

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...

Assault Suspect Who Beat Wife in Broad Daylight Taken to Hospital (Updated)

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....

Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says

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...

Psychiatric Commitment in Armenia Mainly Used for 'Punishment' Purposes

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...

Russian Soldier Convicted of Gyumri Family Murder, Sentenced to Life in Prison

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...

'Unprecedented': Innocent Man Acquitted After 31 Months' Arrest and Torture

'Unprecedented': Innocent Man Acquitted After 31 Months' Arrest and Torture

Arayik Papikyan also spoke about the press publications in 2013, which, according to the lawyer, “even jeopardized Kungortsev's life.” “From the outset, the press coverage of the case was accompanied by numerous...