Situation Outside Seized Police Station 'Tense,' Gunmen Say (Updated)
Throughout Sunday, members and supporters of Founding Parliament as well as those of other anti-government initiatives were being groundlessly arrested by law enforcement officers...
Yerevan Police Forcibly Halt March to Occupied Station
Yerevan Police Forcibly Halt March to Occupied Station (VIDEO)
Several citizens were forcibly detained in the ensuing clashes between the police and the marchers, only to be set free less than two hours later after those gathered marched through Yerevan's streets to demand their release...
Citizen Detained Nearby Occupied Police Station Calls Reasons for His Arrest ‘Absurdity’
Speaking to Epress.am after being released from a 4 hour and 10 minute custody, Ivchenko, who has been walking with crutches for months after injuring his hip in April, called the police’s reasoning an...
Supporters and Relatives of Yerevan Gunmen, Ordinary Bystanders Forcibly Detained by Police (VIDEO)
Karo Yeghnukyan, a senior Founding Parliament member, told reporters that police did not present any grounds for detaining the young people; he added that his daughters had specifically been targeted by the police...
Armenia's 'Injustice System' and Neighbours' Indifference Led to Yerevan Woman's Death, Activists Say
The aim of these writings, they said, was to remind people that in cases such as this one, they needed to help those in trouble and not become a silent accomplice to a murder...
Yerevan Convict Questioned After Alleging Unlawful Dealings in Prison
I'm not afraid to possibly be persecuted because of this letter; I'm used to it. I've lived through terrible ill-treatment over the years, and I'm no longer scared of them nor do I fear the new ways of moral tortures...
Activists Call for Better Protection for Domestic Violence Victims as Previously Unpunished Abuser Kills Former Mother-In-Law
Women's Resource Center representative Tatevik Aghabekyan, in turn, insisted that “each and everyone of us – public organizations, journalists and especially the police – is responsible for the July 8 events...
'Let's Break Through Silence:' Open Letter to Azerbaijani Civil Society
I appeal to the sound forces living in Azerbaijan which, I am convinced, still exist, are the carriers of the culture of life and have not lost the hope of being a factor. We can prevent violence only by joint efforts....
'What Men Should Do;' Yerevan Woman, Parents Axed by Former Husband
People are still asking 'but what did she do to be beaten up so badly...?,' the war against women at home is making more victims than the war on the borders, yet no one is getting mobilised as much...
Government Compensation Not Enough for Flood-Stricken Artik, Residents Say
Several days ago volunteers from Yerevan left for Artik to help the flood-stricken citizens in the town and nearby villages; today they held a press conference in Yerevan to report that there is a threat of an epidemic in the flood-affected areas...
Appeals Court Upholds 8-Year Sentence for Seriously Ill Convict
The convict was brought to today's hearing in a wheelchair and when answering a reporter's question as to how he was feeling, he managed with great difficulty to convey that his condition was deteriorating ...