Armenian Juvenile Charged in Murder Case Beat by 8 People at Police Station: Human Rights Defender
The human rights defender said that a murder charge was intentionally placed on juvenile Hayk Aghamalyan, which would potentially result in an 8-10 year...
NGO vs. Ministry of Economy: Demanding Documents for Customs Union Accession
During yesterday’s court session, the Ministry of Economy representative, Ruzanna Azroyan, tried to prove that the Minister had the right to consider certain types of information either...
Armenian Merchants Protest New Law and Close Republic Square Road
According to the new law, they have to first, buy new controlled cash registers, which cost around 80,000 AMD (nearly $200). Other than that, businessmen must electronically send complete...
Why Did Armenia Refuse to Participate in NATO exercises in Ukraine
From September 15-26, NATO has organized “Rapid Trident” military exercises in the Ukrainian city of Yavoriv. The only South Caucasus country that has not participated in the exercises is Armenia...
Lawyer motions to Recognize Shant Harutyunyan’s Innocence (VIDEO)
Petrosyan continued, stating that it has been revealed in court that none of the defendants said, “it’s the cops, go hit 'em,” as the suffered police officers have claimed.․․
Why Don’t Diasporan Armenians discuss Human Rights?
I was able to converse with representatives of various communities at the gathering. My first interviewee was Anahit Khalatyan, from the Moscow office of the Union of Russian Armenians. She said that it’s...
Cigarette Burns Proven by Medical Examination: Domestic Violence Case Continues
Recall, that Hakobyan claimed he never beat his wife, and only hit her once before. He also denied Khachatryan’s testimony, which stated that he put out his cigarette on her hand...
Police vs. Suicide: A New Initiative in Yerevan
He also noted, that until the present moment they haven’t been told what criteria they should look for in potential suicide victims, “if someone wants to commit suicide, no one could disturb the person...
Villagers Protest in Vain: Ministry Restricts them from Entering Dilijan Forest
Inga Zarafyan, environmentalist, told Epress.am that to the villagers logic, if they were allowed to conduct illegal acts before, then they could continue to do it. According to Zarafyan...
Armenian Woman Demands Compensation for Domestic Violence Injuries
The case for compensation against the mother-in-law and husband was decided much earlier and is examined at the Ararat and Vayots Dzor General Jurisdiction Court, proceeded by Yelena Kocharyan.
Buffalo Meat Supplier Finally Sentenced: Azatutyun.am
Albert Ohanjanyan, was accused by the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defense for supplying 82 tons of Indian “Briket” produced buffalo meat, instead of the ordered beef by the ministry...
Armenian Soldier Dead in Karabakh
Hakobyan was fatally wounded by enemy fire on the combat position of one of the military units stationed in the southern direction along the Line of Contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops...