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Yerevan Police Staffer’s Attorney Sees No Reason to Invite Witnesses to Court
Nonetheless, judge Hovik Shahnazaryan granted Hakobyan's motion and decided that Hakob Karapetyan would testify at the next hearing on March 29...Read More »
SIS Rejects Appeal to Initiate Proceedings Against Investigator
Speaking to Epress.am Wednesday, however, Asryan insisted on the opposite. She said that Ruzanna Khachatryan has sent three statements to the courts on behalf of her son, noting that Saribekyan had had not taken part in the robbery...Read More »
Dozens Rally in Yerevan in Support of Jailed Oppositionist (Video)
The rally, Varuzhan Avetisyan said, was held with the purpose of delivering the assessments and statements by Human Rights Watch and International Federation for Human Rights regarding Safaryan's arrest...Read More »
Yerevan Court Turns Away Appeal Seeking to Reopen Proceedings Against Police Officers
Speaking to Epress.am, the plaintiffs' lawyer, Haykuhi Harutyunyan, said it was noteworthy that the judge failed to provide any justification for the rejection. The mothers, for their part, announced their intention to...Read More »
Gaspari Taken to Court in Ambulance
It's a violation of the law because I was set to be brought in at 3 pm. They also did not clarify why they took me to court in an ambulance. This proves that the medical institution is a subdivision of the police and...Read More »
Newborn Sustained Fatal Injuries During Birth, Forensic Exam Shows
Speaking to Epress.am Thursday, the infant's father Makar Antonyan, a resident of the Aygestan village in Armenia's Ararat province, said he has filed a report with the Police to initiate a criminal investigation into his newborn son's death...
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Republicans’ Ombudsman Nominee ‘Advocates Against Torture Victims’ in ECtHR, Postanjyan Says
-Say, if one's fundamental and exclusive right not to be subjected to torture were violated, and the citizen took the case to the European Court, the Armenian side would be obliged to provide the Court with...Read More »
Yerevan Judge, Defendants No-Show in Appeal Hearing, ‘Deliberately Delaying Process,’ Plaintiffs Say
A few minutes after Kotsinyan's message, the parents were nevertheless invited to the courtroom, where they were informed that the hearing could not take place since the judge was in the deliberation room for...Read More »
Armenian Journalist Claims She Was Sacked for Complaining Against Lawmakers
“I also submitted [to the Committee] a video recording which had been published on Past.am. The tape clearly shows the lawmakers voting for each other. On January 20, the Ethics Committee accepted...Read More »
Police Officer ‘Not Liable’ to Punishment for Harassment of Gyumri Resident
In June-July of the same year, the citizen was detained again; police raided his and his relatives homes, confiscated valuables and never returned them. A.M. told HCAV that law enforcement did not provide ...Read More »