Ethnic Azeri Man Released After Being Held for 2 Months in Armenia
Armenia has released Allahverdi Pelengov, an ethnic Azeri and a citizen of the Republic of Georgia, who was held for two months by the RA National Security Service.
Armenian Government Violates Procedure for Implementing ECHR Rulings
Since 2010, oversight procedures in the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers, which supervises the execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments, have changed...
Mine Explodes, Killing 25-Year-Old Army Officer and Injuring 3 Others
Chief of the field engineer company, captain Gevorg Mnatsakanyan was fatally injured when a mine exploded at around 8:30 pm on Oct. 16 near a military post at Armenia’s northeastern border.
Amnesty International Report and Abuses in the Armenian Army
"Such a book shouldn't have been written. Imagine if a 14-year-old reads this book. How is he going to later serve in the army? Described in this book are incidents that can't happen in the army...
Opposition Activist’s Tires Slashed: Worried Next Time It’ll Be Him
The Arabkir Police Division is conducting an investigation into an incident in which the tires of a Ford Transit belonging to the Pre-Parliament civil initiative as well as those of a vehicle...
‘I Won’t Pay and I Won’t Register’: Attorneys Protest New State Tax
A dozen attorneys in Armenia have begun a campaign protesting a new mandated registration fee, some of whom since yesterday have already...
Detainees in 'Gang Case' Say They are Being Tortured in Prison
"I wrote an appeal, that they kept me for 10 days in [the pretrial detention facility], which is already a violation of human rights; they said, they don't...
Armenian Political Prisoner Released by the Court
Political prisoner Tigran Araqelyan, sentenced to six years in prison by a lower court in 2012, was today released. Court of Appeals Judge Eva Darbinyan cut the defendant’s sentence by half and declared that he is being granted amnesty.
Tigran Araqelyan: Getting an Acquittal is a Matter of Principle
The prosecutor opined that one of the causes of the altercation between activists and the police was that the latter called the HAK activists "Levonakan"...
Yerevan's Kond Residents Promise a 'Parade of the Homeless' (VIDEO)
Eighty residents of the Yerevan neighborhood of Kond were unable to "catch" the prime minister after his cabinet meeting today. They broke up into different groups and decided to supervise all the exits from which the...
Activists Threaten to Pay for Gas at Lower Rate: Demonstration (VIDEO)
Members of a local movement called "Let's prevent the increase in gas [prices]" today protested outside the government building, then marched to Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia located on Saryan Street.
Altercation Outside Presidential Palace between Police and Mothers of Deceased Soldiers (VIDEO)
Women whose sons died while serving in the army under non-combat circumstances today again demonstrated outside the presidential palace in Yerevan. Holding regular demonstrations outside the government building for...