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The End of Progressive Neoliberalism
Until recently, however, the chief response to the crisis was social protest—dramatic and lively, to be sure, but largely ephemeral. Political systems, by contrast, seemed...Read More »
Protesters Demand that Armenian Judge Be Punished for Leaving Children with Abusive Father
This is a classic case of domestic abuse: the woman fled her house after yet another violent episode, and the father now wants to forcibly take away her children. There is a clear ...Read More »
‘Will Kill You If You Leave Me;’ Women’s Group Shares Story of Yerevan Domestic Violence Victim
When the man phoned home from prison and asked what “his Artyom” was doing, the grandmother replied, “he wants his mother.” Arthur, then, urged his mother to “buy him a plush bunny to play with...Read More »
Assault Suspect Sent to Jail After Beating Wife in Public
According to the widow, the defendant had come to the December 2 hearing in a “fairly good condition;" but after realizing that he was going to be taken into custody, he began complaining of severe pain...Read More »
Assault Suspect Stabbed While Partying After Badly Beating Wife
Gevorg Sargsyan is among the three defendants in a trial which concerns the 2014 beating of Nagorno-Karabakh war veteran Vardan Tumanyan, who died in hospital the following day. Several months ago, the assault suspect ...Read More »
Assault Suspect Who Beat Wife in Broad Daylight Taken to Hospital (Updated)
“He has committed another crime while out on own recognizance, thus violating the conditions of the release,” Tigran Muradyan, a lawyer for the deceased's wife, told Epress.am on Monday....Read More »
Yerevan Woman Bleeds to Death after Being Stabbed by Intimate Partner
Aram Mnatsakanyan, a 34-year-old native of the town of Artashat, during an argument sparked by jealousy, Shamshyan.com wrote today. “Before the argument at their apartment, [the couple] had gotten drunk at some club [...] ...Read More »
Woman Cruelly Beaten on Yerevan Street by Husband
A young woman was violently beaten in broad daylight by her husband on Yerevan’s Teryan street on Saturday as a crowd of people just stood by and did nothing “because it’s his wife,” Zara Hovhannisyan, the coordinator of ...Read More »
‘Okay When She’s Asking for It;’ March in Yerevan Against Domestic Violence
The marchers passed by a number of Yerevan's universities, handing out the information booklets primarily to students. As a response, female students generally said they had never heard of domestic violence and...Read More »
Women’s Rights Activists Blame Police Indifference for Domestic Violence Victims’ Deaths
The WRC regional hotline, meanwhile, received 2125 calls, including 1816 domestic violence-related ones. This, Yeghiazaryan told reporters, also shows that domestic abuse rates have grown over the country in the last year...Read More »