Three Charged With Hindering Reporter in Armenian Village
The investigation revealed that Martirosyan and her sister had demanded that the reporter delete the video recording of the interview. She had then called in [her sister’s husband] ...
Construction Company Driver Suspected of Assaulting Armenian Journalist
The violence against Avetisyan has been condemned by the Armenian Human Rights Obudsman, a number of media organizaions, and the Council od Europe. Armenia’s General Prosecutor’s ...
Lori TV Editor-In-Chief Attacked in Vanadzor
A police expert criminologist later said that the photos taken by Avetisyan had been removed from the device...
Armenia Has No Effective Mechanisms to Protect Domestic Abuse Vuctims, Lawyer Says
Armenian police still do not consider domestic violence a crime. The situation is even worse when there are children involved, because it seems that law enforcement....
Jailed Oppositionist’s Family Released from Detention
Four of the detainees were members of Yeghnukyan’s family - his wife and three children, the other two were members of the Armenian Women’s Front movement Aghavni Sahakyan...
Yerevan Woman’s Life in Danger; State Has ‘No Mechanisms’ to Protect Her From Husband
According to the lawyer, the police have already stated several that they are powerless - “we can’t do anything; we do not have mechanisms; it's your problem and you...
Vanadzor Man Re-Arrested on Unreliable Evidence, Lawyers Claim
The father added that his lawyers were going to challenge the decision of Appeal Court judges Mher Arghamanyan, Manushak Petrosyan and Mkhitar Papoyan ...
Sevan Resident Reports Being Coerced to Confess in Letter to General Prosecutor
The one sitting next to the driver turned around and told me not to call them ‘guys.’ Then he squeezed my head between his palms...
No Criminal Case Over Attack on Armenian Journalists
At the same time, the company has stated that their employee, A. Varazyan, was unaware that his actions were directed against a journalists. The company management has ...
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...
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...
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