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Yerevan Court Denies Hetq Suit to Get Copy of Decision to Drop Armenian Official’s Offshore Case
Hetq wrote about Poghosyan’s shady financial dealings in Panama and his Swiss banks accounts in April 2016, after data was uncover...Read More »
Head of NA Standing Committee on Human Rights Bans Reporters from Taking Part in Meetings
The committee today was discussing several bills which are to be included on the agenda of the second session of Armenia’s new parliament, including amendments to the country’s...Read More »
Four Men Try to Search Armenian Reporter’s House Without Warrant
When Makhsudyan warned the men that she would call her lawyer, they “suddenly changed their tactics” and insisted that “we only need your help...Read More »
Sanitek Employee Has Leg Amputated after Being Hit by Car While on Duty
“I like cleaning up the like it is my own house,” one of them claims and adds. “My heart is the people and my job is the care about them...Read More »
Armenian Online Broadcaster Wins Case in European Court
The European Court has now found that the first instance court has violated the international human rights standards for fair trials and decided that Armenian authorities should reopen...Read More »
Protesters Dub Armenian Ombudsman ‘Republican Party Rights Defender’
One of the images in particular showed Levon Yeranosyan, deputy police chief of Armenia, throwing a grenade in the direction of the demonstrators...Read More »
State Bodies Main Source of Information on Drug Trafficking and Drug Use, Report Says
Having carried out a qualitative content analysis of the information published by state institutions, the authors of the report state that “it lacks necessary attention to...Read More »
Armenian Reporter Insists Property Destruction Charge Against Him ‘Frivolous’
The reporter says his neighbor has links in the prosecutor's office, which have made it possible for him to get away with committing more serious violent acts in the past. According...Read More »
Criminal Proceedings Against Armenian Lawmaker Who Allegedly Punched Journalist Discontinued
The reporter added that he intends to appeal against the SIS decision and prove that Hakobyan has in fact punched him in the face, which, according to Makaryan, has also been found to be...Read More »
Almost Half of Funds Raised in Charity Telethon Spent on Organizational Costs: Press
The majority of the spending was used to pay the sums requested by the television companies. These companies have private owners; they are not state-funded and therefore request...Read More »