Jailed Armenian Oppositionists Start Hunger Strike; Demand to Be Transferred to Individual Cell
Armenian political prisoners Shant Harutyunyan and Vardan Vardanyan have started a hunger strike at the "Vardashen" penitentiary, demanding to be transferred to an individual cell. Shant Harutyunyan began the strike on June 8...
20-Year-Old Soldier Dead in NKR Defense Army
20-year-old conscript Edgar Melkonyan died on June 11 at around 1:30 AM in a military unit deployed in the southern direction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, the NKR Ministry of Defense said in an official...
Electricity Tariff in Armenia to Rise by Almost 7 Drams
The RA Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) is planning to increase the tariff for electricity supplied to consumers by nearly 7 drams. The issue is to be discussed at the June 17 session of PSRC...
Big Corruption Risks: Administrators Unwilling to Find Out How Cell Phones Enter Prisons
Based on the above-mentioned observation, the Group of Public Observers Conducting Public Monitoring of Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of the RA Ministry of Justice proposes to discuss the issue of legalizing cell...
Number of Voters in Armenia’s Local Elections Exceeds Voting Age Population of Communities': Press
- In other words, it turns out that the entire population of Abovyan and Artashat is eligible to vote, and there are practically no minors in these cities. And the situation with Alaverdi is even more shameful: here, the number...
Neocolonialism More Effective Than Colonization; Armenia's Struggle to Preserve Sovereignty (Lecture)
In the period of neocolonialism, in addition to old colonialists, which are different for different countries, there were also major countries, such as the United States, which, although not colonialist in the traditional sense...
HCAV Representatives Demand Prosecution of Russian Border Guards
The Russian border guards, according to the human rights organization, do not have the authority to arrest people; they are only allowed to detain those who try illegally to cross the Armenian-Iranian or Armenian...
Not Many Takers for Methadone Treatment Offered to Drug Addicts in Armenian Gyumri
Homemade petroleum-based drugs, according to the doctor, are some of the most dangerous kinds, since they cause severe damage to the visceral organs, including the heart, liver, and brain, as well as lead to gangrene of skin and bones...
Republican MP Should Be Prosecuted for Decapitation, Rape Threats: Human Rights Defender
“Evidently, Arakel Movsisyan is making public threats of decapitation and rape; moreover, he is urging to rape and behead,” Sakunts writes in his message. These statements, the human rights defender claims, contain elements of crime...
Fioletovo Residents Address Open Letter to Nature Protection Minister Regarding Gold Mining Project
We hope that you will assign the competent body - 'Environmental Expertise' SNCO to give in-detailed replies to our questions and to take proper measures, so as Fioletovo gold mining project complies with the...
Stepanakert Airport Waiting for the Goodwill of Azerbaijan: Press
There are international flights to Cyprus via Turkey; Cypriot people are able to fly around the world, despite Northern Cyprus not being recognized. We, on the other hand, aren't allowed to even fly to Yerevan...
Iran-Armenia Pipeline to Be Sold to Gazprom Armenia
Simonyan argued that such a takeover will make an economic sense because the Gazprom subsidiary already owns Armenia’s practically entire gas infrastructure. “We believe that private companies are much better than ...