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Ban on Family Visits for Political Activist Shant Harutyunyan Lifted
The ban on family visits placed on imprisoned political activist Shant Harutyunyan and his fellow activists, all of whom were detained on Nov. 5...Read More »
After Deliberating for 3 Hours, Court Prolongs Karabakh War Veteran’s Detention
The investigator's request to postpone Karabakh War veteran, Reserve Colonel Volodya Avetisyan's pre-trial detention by two months...Read More »
Syrian-Armenians Ask for Transparency from Diaspora Ministry in Distribution of Benefits
Syrian-Armenians living in Armenia would like to see transparency in the allocation of government benefits they are set to receive. Read More »
Two Other Imprisoned Activists Stop Their Hunger Strike
Liparit Petrosyan and Vahe Mkrtchyan, imprisoned activists who on Dec. 28 joined fellow detainee Shant Harutyunyan on his hunger strike, stopped...Read More »
Imprisoned Political Activist Shant Harutyunyan Taken to Hospital
Imprisoned political activist Shant Harutyunyan, who declared a hunger strike 16 days ago, at around 2 pm today was taken to the...Read More »
Police Cite ‘No News’ in Identifying Young Men Who Berated Journalists
Epress.am today attempted to find out if police efforts to identify the guilty were successful, but to no avail. The Epress.am correspondent rang...Read More »
Rally, March in Yerevan in Defense of Political Prisoners
A rally followed by a march in defense of Shant Harutyunyan and other political prisoners is set to take place on Jan. 10 at 1 pm from Liberty Square.Read More »
PHOTO: Young Men Insulting Journalists Ruling Party Members, Pictured with President
Many of those who interfered with the professional activities of journalists are members of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)...Read More »
Counting Commission to Appeal Armenian Parliament’s Ratification of Russian Gas Deal
The Counting Commission of Armenia's National Assembly met on Thursday and declared null and void the Commission's decision...Read More »
Young Unidentified Men Block Journalists’ Entry to Yerevan Mayor’s Doctoral Defense
Despite a legal requirement that the defense of a PhD dissertation be public, Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan's defense of his doctoral thesis was not public.Read More »