Shant's Revolution: Documentary on Armenian Political Prisoners
During the entire trial, Harutyunyan and his friends were announced that they were politically persecuted and that they did not accept the charges against them...
Top Priority is to Improve Psychiatric Patients’ Lives; Responding to Health Minister
The objective of monitoring closed institutions is not to reveal incidents, but to assess the situation, in order to find a solution to the issue and not to open a court case...
Mutual Compromises in the Karabakh Conflict; Armenians and Azerbaijanis Sign a Joint Declaration
- Unfortunately, currently, we have a deadlocked situation in the official negotiation process. The current status quo can not continue indefinitely and the efforts to “freeze of the situation” do not work...
Education Minister Mentions “Grant-Eaters” When Asked About “History of Armenian Church” Class
-I don’t want to answer questions constructed with the logic of ‘if this or that happened.’ I respect the national minorities' rights and they are already dealing with the defense of their rights...
Minister Calls For Whistleblowers of Psychiatric Facilities to call Police
“Such statements are considered to imply about a criminal act. The whistleblowers must inform law enforcement. Or if they are stating that the psychiatric facility’s director has privatized the patient’s...
Appeals to Transfer Dead Soldier’s Case to Armenia Left Unresponded by Judicial System
“Already 10 days have passed and I haven’t received any letter, no rejection, no adoption, no justification for their silence. I’m preparing to discuss our next steps with the Ombudsman office’s lawyers,”
Court Gives Compensation to Hate Spreading Newspaper
After the judge read the verdict nearly ten people began clapping in favor of the decision. Among them was “Iravunk Media” company director, Republican Party faction MP...
Demanding 5 Years Imprisonment for Husband Accused of Torturing Wife
Hakobyan is being accused for criminal code article 119 (torture), which defines 3-7 years imprisonment. Despite Hasmik Khachatryan’s lawyer demanding the harshest punishment...
Protest Against Gold Mine, Police Push Protesters Away from Hotel (VIDEO)
The protest participants, under the slogan “No More Mines in Armenia,” tried to enter the hotel, however, police were lined up in front of the entrance and pushed the protesters away from the stairs...
Not One Pregnant Women to Suffer from New Benefits Law, Says Prime Minister
The reforms to the law foresee a decrease in working woman's pregnancy and childbirth benefits, while non-working women receive benefits worth the minimal salary...
“No Turning Back”: Tsarukyan Says He Knows How to Change Armenia’s Situation
“I can pictures these changes very well and I can comfortably list them. For example, small businesses have to be free from taxes for a certain number of years.
Human Rights Defender was Not Happy With Covering the Eyes of Azerbaijanis in Court
“Believe our organization’s 24 years experience,” said Alaverdyan. When asked how the defendants would apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) if unsatisfied with the case’s verdict...