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Attempting to Pressure Tigran Postanjyan through Criminal Elements: Statement
At 10 am today, MP Zaruhi Postanjyan went to visit her imprisoned brother, Tigran Postanjyan, in Yerevan's Kentron (Center) penal...Read More »
Political Prisoners’ Committee Announces its Support for Armenian MP
Zaruhi Postanjyan is one of those exceptional MPs who always has visited and visits prisons with the aim of defending, supporting...Read More »
The Faces of March 1 Victims in Armenia: Gor Qloyan
"After graduating, he was conscripted into the army and, for good service, they bestowed upon him the title of unit commander and sergeant. Then... Read More »
Hayrapetyan’s Profanities Should be Raised in Civil Court: Special Investigative Service
Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS) yesterday refused Hetq correspondent Grisha Balasanyan's appeal to launch a criminal...Read More »
The Faces of March 1 Victims in Armenia: Hovhannes Hovhannisyan
"Hovhannes Hovhannisyan was born on Feb. 13, 1961. He went to the school in Kond [a district in Yerevan]. After graduating from school, he...Read More »
The Faces of March 1 Victims in Armenia: Armen Farmanyan
Armen Farmanyan died on Mar. 1, 2008, in Yerevan, Armenia. His sister, Varduhi Farmanyan, told Epress.am a little about her brother's life.Read More »
Dink Family will No Longer Attend Murder Trials
One of the lawyers of Hrant Dink’s family has said the family will no longer attend the hearings in the trial of Ogün Samast, the hitman in...Read More »
I Don’t Do Kocharian’s Bidding: Vartan Oskanian
"I've worked with Robert Kocharian for 10 years; before that, I had connections [with him]. Our relations are based on mutual respect and trust," he said, adding...Read More »
Oskanian Won’t be Apologizing for March 1
"On Mar. 1, I was neither complicit nor one who concealed: on the contrary, I've been a preventer," said Armenia's former foreign minister, Civilitas Foundation founder Vartan...Read More »
‘Deep and Difficult Changes’: US Ambassador on Civil Society in Armenia
"Government needs civil society as a skeptic, a partner, a challenger, a training ground, and a source of innovation. Government and...Read More »