New First Day
A fisherman was seized while fishing and taken to the drafting station with the fishhook in his hand and still-breathing bait. Another tried to escape on a bicycle, but they caught him anyway after ramming him with a car..
KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”
“The chance to speak Russian without an accent” — that’s how the chief explained his curiosity about our company. We, for our part, admitted that we’d never before shared a table with an officer of the Russian FSB.
Nairit Security Workers Sacked, Yet to Receive 5 Months' Salaries
“We have kids, we have loans to pay off; we don't know what else to do. How much longer can we work for free? Don't they have children; I don't understand what they are thinking,” Artak Aleksanyan, another protesting Nairit worker, complained...
Marchers in Yerevan Demand Adequate Medical Care for Sasna Tsrer Member
Speaking to reporters during the march, Harutyunyan's sister, Tamara Harutyunyan, said that she no longer trusted that Armenian authorities would do anything to help her brother; “I thought I would go mad when I learned ...
Yerevan Court Won't Reopen Investigation Into Soldier's Non-Combat Death
“These people are not judges, they are minions who follow whatever orders they are given from those in power. There is no justice in this country,” Muradyan announced today after hearing the court's verdict. The aggrieved ...
Mothers Unhappy With Official's Promises to Hold Protest Outside Government Building
Speaking to reporters after a 3-hour conversation at Mirijanyan's office, protester Armine Avoyan said that the official had promised to resolve the issue and make sure that her kid was returned to her within the next 2...
Referendum Observer Sued for Allegedly Hindering Election Commission Activities
Nazari-Dekhnavi, for his part, denies the accusations, insisting, furthermore, that was subjected to physical abuse by the head of the 4/01 election commission. Speaking to Epress.am, Davit Gyurjyan, a lawyer for Nazari-Dekhnavi...
Yerevan Authorities Ridding Vernissage of 'Alcoholics' for Sake of 'Art'
Vernissage has so far been “cleared of” vendors selling most types of clothes, bags, household appliances, and dogs. Many sellers who have managed to step over the threshold of “artisticism” are not only satisfied, but...
European Court Issues Ruling Against Armenia
The family also claimed that they were denied a fair trial in the ensuing proceedings and that the Armenian courts had violated the principle of the finality of judgments. The applicants, specifically, complained that...
Vardenis Man Intends to Continue Protest Despite Persecution
“They'd inject me with drugs three times a day; I'd get numb and lose consciousness, and when I'd finally come to, I'd ask them not to inject me any more,” Yeranosyan, who was allowed to leave the mental hospital only...
'To Hell With Human Rights:' Armenian Protester Subjected to Punitive Psychiatry
- I had no intention of killing myself; I have an 80-year-old mother, I have loans, I want to start a family one day. Why would I want to commit suicide?...
'Essential' Witness in Armenian Conscript's Death Dies in Crash
In the statement, HCAV said that during the confrontation “Hayrapetyan gave testimony that was essential to the case,” and now the organization “has serious suspicions regarding the commander's death....