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...
Opposition Bloc Demands That CEC Appropriately Reacts to Distribution of Pre-Marked Ballot Papers by Republicans
Yelk alliance has appealed to the Central Election Commission of Armenia, demanding that either the ruling Republican Party be disqualified from...
Yerevan Mayor's Staff Members Take Away Reporter's Phone to Remove Evidence of Bribery; Video Restored
They gave it back with a napkin, and of course the fingerprints had been wiped away. I refused to take the phone and went home. They followed me, opened...
Lawyer Suffers From Police Action Amid Protests in Yerevan
Armenian police used excessive force against demonstrators on Sunday during a march through the center of Yerevan in honor of Artur Sargsyan, a supporter of the Sasna Tsrer...
Yerevan Sit-In Demonstrators Being 'Threatened and Harassed' by Police
Police officers, Harutyunyan continued, have visited the demonstrators' homes and urged their parents to prohibit their children from going to the Freedom Square...
Armenian Human Rights Activist Reports Being Shot at Near Her House
I was just passing through the gates when [unknown people] shot at me from the top of the road near my house. Thank God, they missed me...
Laid-Off Employees of Loss Making Textile Plant Demand 7 Months' Back Wages
According to the laid-off employees, they have been bringing up the issue with various state institutions since the plant's shutdown and have always been promised that they ...
Police Colonel Offended by Criticism over Law Enforcers’ Improper Conduct
After the screening, colonel Duryan announced in an offended tone that the use of the word “contribute” in the film was not appropriate, and that the police should only be expected to carry ...
Accused in Domestic Violence Cases Not Punished Appropriately by Armenian Courts: Report
As regards the activities of law enforcement agencies, the report states that in all the monitored cases, law enforcement officials have failed to properly act on the victims' previous complaints...
Police Violence Against Peaceful Protesters Unpunished in Armenia
- Accountability for police violence is essential to rebuild public trust at a time when many people in Armenia feel the government isn’t listening to their concerns...
'Will Kill You If You Leave Me;' Women's Group Shares Story of Yerevan Domestic Violence Victim
When the man phoned home from prison and asked what “his Artyom” was doing, the grandmother replied, “he wants his mother.” Arthur, then, urged his mother to “buy him a plush bunny to play with...
Police Representative Justifies Officers' Use of Excessive Force Against Protesters in Court
Commenting on Varosyan's claim that police officers had not hindered the protest “but simply moved it a little further away from the presidential office,” Revazyan said; “A person's action at a specific place has a specific addressee...