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Azerbaijani Journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov’s Only Crime: Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is outraged to learn that a Baku court extended journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov’s pre-trial detention for another four months on...Read More »
What is State Security Without People? Human Rights Activist on Volodya Avetisyan Case
"The two incidents in the past two weeks — Azerbaijanis' incursion into Armenia and sentencing Karabakh War veteran Volodya Avetisyan (pictured) to 6 years in prison...Read More »
Turkey May Create Free Trade Zone with Eurasian Customs Union: RIA Novosti
"We have discussed the possible forms of cooperation, including the formation of a free trade zone between the Customs Union and Turkey... Read More »
My Protest was Act of Revenge Against the Trial: Hayk Kyureghyan
Hayk Kyureghyan, who opened fire outside a Yerevan courthouse on June 12, is convinced that the majority of the public, if it doesn't encourage his act then...Read More »
Police Officer Provoked Me, Calling Me ‘Turkish Agent’: Political Activist on Trial
The defense in the case of political activist Shant Harutyunyan and his friends said in court today that the testimony of police officer Gegham Khachatryan...Read More »
Woman Describes How Nightclub Guards Killed Her Karabakh War Veteran Husband: Hraparak
On July 13, in the yard of no. 114 kindergarten school in the Yerevan district of Nor Nork, several men brutally beat Karabakh War veteran Vardan Tumanyan, 55.Read More »
Man Accused of Killing His Wife Asks for Lighter Sentence Because Claims Wife Cheated on Him
Trying to prove that he is worthy of a lighter sentence, the defendant in court today said that his wife was cheating on him and disgracing him.Read More »
Protesting Vardenis Farmers’ Property Frozen Because of Accumulated Debts
Several dozen farmers from Vardenis held a protest outside the Armenian government building today, demanding a meeting with RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Read More »
Political Activist on Trial Did Not Apply to Ombudsman’s Office with Request to Provide Counsel
Defendant in the case against Shant Harutyunyan and his friends Vardan Vardanyan didn't send a letter to the Armenian Ombudsman's office with the request...Read More »
Shant Harutyunyan Claims in Court Police Officer Slandering Him
Examined in court today in the case of political activist Shant Harutyunyan and his friends was police officer Gegham Khachatryan...Read More »