Draft Constitution Referendum Results Illegitimate, Observers Say
European Platform for Democratic Elections representative Sergey Tkachenko said that at least 2 of the 6 international delegations overseeing the electoral process violated the international standards of monitoring...
Armenian Opposition Faction Announces Boycott of Parliament
Sharmazanov complied with the speaker's order, after which Levon Zurabyan, Aram Manukyan and Gagik Jhangiryan, three representatives of the 7-member ANC faction, left the National Assembly hall...
Draft Constitution Backed by More than 60 Percent of Voters, Authorities Claim
CEC data reveal that 421 593 citizens – 32.35 percent of referendum participants – voted against the draft; while 53 323 votes were considered invalid...
Heritage Party Member Physically Attacked, Intimidated at Polling Station
So they took 200 'no' ballots, added them on the 'yes' stack and piled them in a bag, which I signed, but in a way that they be unable to open it. And when I file a recount appeal, there are going to be 'no' ballots in the 'yes' bag....
‘Technical Problem’ Casts Votes Instead of Entire Family at Rural Polling Station (Video)
A resident of the village of Mughni in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province came Sunday evening to vote in the referendum on the draft constitutional amendments only to discover that votes...
Citizen Crosses Her Name Off Voter List in Protest of 'Rigged Referendum'
Having received no reply from the Police, I decided to go to the polling station and cross out my name with my own hand. I realize that this will not change anything, but it's a matter of dignity...
Republican Youth Detained at Voting Precinct for Checking Whether 'His People' Had Voted (VIDEO)
“He had a list of people whose turnout he had to ensure. He said he worked for Republicans, and he had to check if his people had voted. He had crossed out the names of those who had already [cast their votes]...
Observer Missions Record First Violations in Constitutional Referendum Voting
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office (HCAV) has also been reported obstructions of the work of observers. The human rights organization has stated that at several polling stations observers have not ...
Armenia's Yazidis Protest Police Inaction Near Presidential Palace
On October 15, 2015, as stated by the demonstrators, a group of unknown people broke into the victims' house and stole 20 thousand euros and gold jewelry by threatening them with a knife. The attackers also beat up the ...
Parents of Dead Soldiers 'Are Not to Be Seen' by Delegation Expected at Presidential Palace
Ombudsman staffer Rafayel Poghosyan, who had arrived at the site at the request of Nana Muradyan, failed to convince the police to let the mothers approach the gates, and when the women inquired as to...
Prosecution Asks Milder Punishment for Man Accused of Fatally Stabbing Wife 21 Times
Prosecution has found the results of a psychological evaluation carried out by Elda Grin, psychologist and legal expert, convincing and believes that Muradyan was in an unstable mental state,..
Survey Finds Inaccuracies in Voter Lists Ahead of Constitutional Referendum in Armenia
The survey has also found 218 persons in the voter register who shared the same name and surname and even had identical dates of birth, while the day and month of 37 thousand 339 voters was missing completely...