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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 »
Karabakh War Veteran Prohibited from Honoring Serzh Sargsyan’s ‘Dead Soul’ Outside His Residence
Several dozen police officers on Thursday didn't permit Karabakh War veteran and organizer of a candlelight vigil "for the dead souls of...Read More »
Military Draftees in Gyumri Made to Wait Out in the Cold
The Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office received a call that more than 50 young men called to mandatory military service and.... Read More »
Inhumane Conditions in Derelict Yerevan Building: Residents Can’t Wait Till 2015 (VIDEO)
With the onset of below freezing temperatures in Yerevan, living conditions have become life threatening for residents of 3 Sisakyan St.Read More »