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Opposition MP Visits Those Detained in Clashes with Police on Nov. 5
MP Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday visited the Hospital for Detainees, and the Vardashen and Nubarashen penitentiaries, where he met with 13 people...Read More »
Family Visits Shant Harutyunyan, Who Urges Public to Take to the Streets and ‘Seize Freedom’
"His condition was normal. We spoke about a lot of things; some things he was familiar with, some, he wasn't. He hasn't seen much of what...Read More »
Family Hopes to Communicate with Armenian POW on His 23rd Birthday
The family of military conscript Hakob Injighulyan, who has been held captive in Azerbaijan for almost 6 months, last heard news about their son on Nov. 25. Read More »
Armenian MP’s Relative Destroyed Yezidi Cemetery to Build Winery: Sinjar
Seryozha Grigoryan, a close relative of Republican Party of Armenia MP Hrant Grigoryan, destroyed the old Yazidi cemetery of Myasnikyan village....Read More »
‘There Will Come a Time When Protests in Armenia Become Serious’: Thomas de Waal
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan made the decision to join the Customs Union and sped up this process because he felt under pressure from his predecessor, Robert Kocharian...Read More »
31 Soldiers Died in 2013 As a Result of 30 Incidents in Armenia’s Armed Forces
In 2013, there were 30 incidents in the Republic of Armenia (RA) Armed Forces that led to the death of 31 servicemen.Read More »
‘Armenia Without Political Prisoners’: March and Rally in Yerevan (PHOTOS)
Several civil society groups today held a march in support of imprisoned political activist Shant Harutyunyan and fellow detainees...Read More »
Shant Harutyunyan Fainted After Being Given Improper Food: Attorney
Shant Harutyunyan, a political activist imprisoned on Nov. 5, lost consciousness after he ceased his hunger strike, his lawyer, Inessa Petrosyan, said...Read More »
Doctors Refused to Help Two-Year-Old on New Year’s Eve in Armenia
Musician Artur Loretsyan, whose child, Samuel, was miraculously saved on Jan. 1, is demanding a meeting with RA Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan...Read More »
Police Officers Reprimanded But Young Men Who Attacked Journalists Go Unpunished
Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan reprimanded police officer S. Baghdasaryan who was on duty during and G. Ghasaboghlyan for permitting...Read More »