Teenage Opposition Activist Attacked in Yerevan
16-year-old Hovhannes Harutyunyan, a child from a large family of a Karabakh war veteran living in difficult social conditions, has sustained serious bodily injuries, New Armenia said...
Court Official Promises to 'Resolve Issue' as Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Scuffle with Bailiffs
Poladyan once again agreed that court officials should have had warned the women; however, he added that he had to listen to the other side also “to understand the reason for their failure to notify you properly...
Election Commission Member Denied Salary for Refusing to Sign 'Fabricated' Referendum Deed
Currently Sardaryan is trying to get the salary she is owed for working on December 6. Officials at the territorial election commission have told the woman she would not receive any money unless she signed the deeds, which Sardaryan finds “ridiculous...
Family of Dead Armenian Prisoner Finds Suicide Implausible
The 21-year-old man, as stated by HCAV, participated in a might on December 21, 2015 in the Armenian town of Armavir. He then turned himself in to the police and was arrested on the spot. Three days later,..
Verdict in Yerevan District Court Postponed Due to Judge's Unexpected Transfer
Speaking to Epress.am, the mothers' representative, Haykuhi Harutyunyan, called the situation “absurd.” She stressed that the latest decision on the replenishment of the lists concerning professional advancement ...
76 Soldiers Died in Armenia and Karabakh Armies in 2015: Report
Besides the above mentioned, there were other 4 deaths of Armenian soldiers registered [in 2015], two of whom were servicemen of the Russian troops in Armenia, one – a soldier of Armenia's...
Armenian Publicist Believes Threats Against Her Were Guided
The attacks on Hovhannisyan started following her January 3 post on Facebook in support of arrested opposition activist Gevorg Safaryan: the publicist had shared a photo of a t-shirt with the image of Safaryan...
Human Rights Advocates Urge Armenia's Authorities Not to Extradite Bahraini Activist Detained in Yerevan
The human rights organizations, on the other hand, urge Armenia's authorities to take into account the fact that the Bahraini judiciary is “significantly prejudiced and has a repetitive habit of using its powers...
Human Rights Defenders Name Arrested Opposition Activist 'First Political Prisoner of 2016'
Late on Tuesday, the opposition alliance reported that another New Armenia activist, 23-year-old Syuzi Gevorgyan, had been physically assaulted by two unknown assailants: “At around 9pm on January 5 two well-built ...
Photos of Sad-Looking Kids Removed from Armenian President’s Official Website
“This and several other photos were removed from president.am. That’s how we make everyone happy – by erasing the sad,” Harutyunyan captioned his post...
Armenian Man Who Stabbed Wife 21 Times Gets 3 Years, 6 Months in Prison
Ararat-based Volodya Muradyan, the husband of 35-year-old Diana Nahapetyan who brutally stabbed his wife to death in winter, 2014, was sentenced on December 24 to 3 years and...
Armenian Villagers Demand Factory Pay for Autumn Grape Harvest
The factory, the demonstrators added, has promised the money would be paid in the spring of next year; however, no specific payment dates had been mentioned in the villagers' initial ...