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Yerevan Student Continues Hunger Strike After Friend Diagnosed With Pneumonia
I saw Davit today for a couple of minutes; he looked a little pale but seemed to be fine otherwise. He has been examined by doctors; they said his heart...Read More »
Doctors Confirm Protesting Yerevan Students Refusing Food
Note, in conversation with Tert.am, Yerevan State University rector Aram Simonyan had doubted that the students were actually refusing to eat any food...Read More »
Students Go on Fresh Hunger Strike Against Abolishment of Military Deferments
The month-long negotiations have no results. Provision 22.5 of the law [envisages deferments only for students] who will be deemed ‘exceptional’ or ‘genius.’ Note, that...Read More »
Students Convinced Their Alternative Deferment Proposal ‘Realizable and Benefits State’
We have proposed to introduce a new set of standards making it possible to track the students’ progress and see whether they are eligible for a deferment...Read More »
Students Propose Alternative Form of Military Service
This step, according to Petrosyan, would replenish the army with literate and educated people, and would allow students to get familiar with the problems of the army...Read More »
Vanadzor Teacher Harasses Student, Gets Away with Warning
According to the headmaster, the child’s bruises did not appear because of the teacher’s actions, but as a result of a quarrel with classmates...Read More »
Young Man Detained Amid Protests in Yerevan
We were standing outside the Opera Suite Hotel when three people approached us, grabbed Robert and put him in a car. They only said they were from the police...Read More »
Yerevan Students Block Central Street as Parliament Abolishes Military Draft Deferments
Individual protesters engaged in scuffles with law enforcement officers; some of them were lightly beaten or dragged by officers on the ground...Read More »
Students Protesting Against Abolishment of Draft Deferments Go On Hunger Strike in Yerevan University
The protesters have promised to end the hunger strike on the condition that the National Assembly today votes against the amendments to the Armenian...Read More »
Students March in Yerevan Against Planned Abolishment of Military Deferment
Recall, under a Defense Ministry-drafted bill preliminarily passed by the Armenian National Assembly in late October, draft deferments would only be granted to those students who ...Read More »