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Armenian Human Rights Defenders Work in Inadequate Conditions, HRH Report Says
Rights and public interests activists have obviously faced not only Armenia’s faulty judicial system but also the obstructions created by a number of ...Read More »
One-Sided Prosecutions Year After Attacks on Protesters, Journalists: HRW
The police response was heavy-handed at times. At a July 29 protest in the neighborhood of the seized police station, police fired stun grenades into peaceful crowds...Read More »
Opposition Politician to Be Tried for Same Crimes as Sasna Tsrer Armed Group Members, Lawyer Says
Mezhlumyan believes the new charges against Ghukasyan to be unfounded as during the preliminary investigation they were refuted by evidence in the...Read More »
Armenia’s Authorities Are Obliged to Promptly Investigate Alleged Beatings of Four Sasna Tsrer Members by Police Officers, HRW Says
It is positive that the authorities have initiated an investigation into the incident,” Gogia said. “But to be credible, the investigation has to be effective, meaning that it ...Read More »
Armenian Human Rights Defender Receives Death Threats on Facebook
- Wait for me every second. I’m not one of those who shoot in the back. I’ll shoot you in the face, from a 2-3-meter distance, with a 9mm bullet...Read More »
Administrative Court Dismisses Suit Against Armenian Police
It was expected because we don’t have an independent judicial system. On the other hand, it was unexpected because the defendant had...Read More »
Civic Activist Detained in Yerevan for Allegedly Carrying Knife
- He is obviously being persecuted. He has long been subjected to various forms of persecution, from criminal to administrative. There has even Read More »
Relatives of Yerevan Men Arrested After Clashes with Police Start Sit-In Outside Government Offices
To tell the truth, we don’t expect too much from the Government either, but we intend to try everything possible to get our men released...Read More »
Trial of Key Opposition Leader is ‘Political Persecution,’ Lawyer Says
The spectators, who were separated from the trial participants by a glass wall, welcomed Sefilyan and the other six defendants with loud cheers and applause...Read More »
Bavra Checkpoint Head, Director of Customs Brokerage Company Arrested on Bribery Allegations
A director of an Armenian customs brokerage services company and the head of the Bavra checkpoint on the Armenian-Georgian border were arrested on May 25...Read More »