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Dashnaks Didn’t Vote for Larisa Alaverdyan, But Still in Favor with Heritage Party
Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan was asked in parliament today to comment on the vote by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...Read More »
No Positive Change in Tackling Corruption in Armenia in 2011: Watchdog (updated)
In 2011, the Government of Armenian continued to adopt legislative and sub-legislative anti-corruption acts; in particular,...Read More »
Author Hopes to Mitigate Prejudice Against Muslims in New Book on Armenian Genocide
"Despite the threat by the government that anyone who helped an Armenian would have their house burned down, their family killed in...Read More »
‘I Am Hiding in Nagorny Karabakh’ (VIDEO)
Perhaps the most interesting piece to emerge amid ongoing negotiations over the disputed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is this video.Read More »
Nubarashen Prison Lifers Announce Hunger Strike
Two lifers in Nubarashen penitentiary, Artur and Garegin, are on a hunger strike, protesting that the amendments to the RA Criminal Code...Read More »
Syunik Regional Governor to Pay Off His Debt to Me, Says Silva Hambardzumyan
Entrepreneur Silva Hambardzumyan has said that Syunik marzpet (regional governor) Suren Khachatryan will transfer his debt of... Read More »
Armenia Activists Protest Russian Opposition Activists’ Arrests, Organize Protest in Yerevan
"We, a group of people in Armenia who have been fighting against similar phenomena, express our outrage at the arrests of...Read More »
Azerbaijani Human Rights Activist Detained at Istanbul Airport Now in Baku
Prominent lawyer, human rights activist and head of the Baku-based Legal Education Society NGO Intigam Aliyev was detained at...Read More »
Baku Considers Statements by the West on Karabakh to be ‘Ridiculous’
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs know very well that the ongoing negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the...Read More »
Detained Activist Armen Ohanyan Believes NSS Want to Involve Him as a Witness
Local activist, writer and member of public initiative group "The Army in Reality" Armen Ohanyan was called in for questioning by...Read More »