Ethics Committee Will Not Take Disciplinary Action Against Republican MP
Speaking to reporters Monday, however, Ethics Committee head Khosrov Harutyunyan, a fellow republican, said the application against Petrosyan would not even be considered because of lack of grounds....
Vanadzor Man Sentenced to 3,4 Years in Jail for Attempted Chicken Heist
The court, presided over by judge Narine Hovhanisyan, ruled that Petrosyan's publicly dangerous act had to be punished by incarceration, seeing that there were no basis for a suspended sentence...
Father of Five Found Dead of Apparent Suicide in Gyumri
The man, who was found hanged in a barn in a nearby village, had just returned home from Russia after a fruitless attempt to find a job abroad, the organization reported...
'Reduced to Prison Dust'; Gaspari Quotes Leyla Yunus Upon Release (Updated)
The court issued the ruling to change the measure of restraint for Gaspari behind closed doors, and his lawyers have yet to receive the official release decision. However, Yegoryan said, Gaspari is...
'I Crawled Out of the Cell and Refused to Go Back'; Gaspari Recounts Brutal Torture in Prison
I told the management about the issue, but after a few reprimands they decided to punish me and take me to an isolation cell … we went down to the basement, and there was one self-harmed man...
Citizens Hold Solidarity Action, Condemn Violence Against Armenian Political Prisoner (Video)
A number of Armenian citizens gathered Wednesday evening outside the presidential palace in Yerevan to express their solidarity with civic activist, political prisoner Vardges Gaspari....
Gaspari Subjected to Torture, Inhuman Treatment in Prison, Lawyer Says
The lawyer added that the activist went on a dry hunger strike on February 22, but was not taken under immediate medical supervision by Nubarashen officials. “He is being subjected to beatings...
Armenian Reporter Worried Anti-Discrimination Law Would Let LGBT People 'Move Freely'
Gabrielyan stressed that Armenia's domestic law does not protect LGBT persons from discrimination, and the situation, the speaker said, would not change until the country adopts anti-discrimination legislation...
Jailed Armenian Activist Taken to Psychiatric Hospital
The activist's wife, Gyurjyan said, learned about the activist's transfer to Yerevan's Avan psychiatric hospital when she went to visit her husband in the Nubarashen prison Wednesday morning...
Appeal Court Refuses Bail to Former Armenian Conscript
Appeal Court Judge Grisha Melik-Sargsyan, however, refused to release the former soldier on bail, claiming that Sahakyan is being properly cared for by prison officials...
Human Rights Advocates Demand Release of 'Political Prisoner' Vardges Gaspari
A dozen of Armenian human rights organizations issued a joint statement Tuesday addressing the human rights addressing the “obviously unlawful arrest” of local civic activist Vardges Gaspari...
Opposition MPs Join Reporters' Protest Against Republican Lawmaker (Video)
A group of Armenian journalists staged a protest Tuesday outside the National Assembly building in Yerevan demanding that the NA's Ethics Committee hold Mher Sedrakyan, a parliamentarian from...