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Garegin Chugaszyan Released from Prison
Earlier, in his conversation with us, Chugaszyan’s attorney Tigran Yegoryan said he was hopeful of his defendant’s release in course of the coming days once the Court of Appeal...Read More »
Yerevan Court Does Not Dare Issue Verdict Against Pro-Government TV Company
A week before the oppositionist's arrest, the program claimed that Sefilyan, former commander of the Shushi special battalion, left a wounded soldier to die on the battlefield during the Nagorno-Karabakh war...Read More »
Opposition Activist Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Assaulting Police Officer
Safaryan also commented on prosecutor Vahe Dolmazyan's claim that the court could not trust the defense witnesses' testimonies “because they are the defendant's friends and are thus biased...Read More »
Opposition Activist Charged with Violence Against Police Officer Says He Has No Hope for Acquittal
Safaryan has been behind bars for nearly year; he was arrested on January 1, 2016, and subsequently charged with assaulting police officer Gegham Khachatryan, after several dozen members of...Read More »
Armenian Oppositionists’ Supporter Goes on Hunger Strike in Prison to Demand Bail
"The investigative body did not even file an official court motion to extend Poghosyan's detention; they just submitted their demand in some writ, and the court granted... Read More »
Oppositionist Accused of Assaulting Police Officer Was Trying to Break Up Fight, Witness Says
After the incident, the witness went on, he was taken to the hospital where he saw the supposed victim, Gegham Khachatryan, without any injury to his face. “I went up to him and told him that his colleagues had beaten...Read More »
Yerevan Gunmen Put Down Their Weapons
Varuzhan Avetisyan, the leader of “Daredevils of Sasun,” announced in a phone conversation with 1in.am that the group would put down their weapons and turn themselves in to law enforcement authorities on Sunday...Read More »
Key Member of Yerevan Armed Group Arrested for Two Months
The gunman is accused of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons and of seizing state buildings, vehicles and/or communications facilities. He has denied all the charges brought against him, while his lawyer, Inessa Petrosyan...Read More »
Man Attempts Self-Immolation During Yerevan Protest (Updated)
Unable to move forward, the protesters sat on the ground in front of the barbed wire. Meanwhile, buses are transferring police officers from the cordoned off street leading to the seized police station to Baghramyan avenue...Read More »
Relatives Not Allowed to Visit Hospitalized Protesters; Law Enforcement Officers Given Free Passage to ICU
The Committee did subsequently issue a statement to report that 23 people were arrested as part of an investigation under Article 225 of Armenia’s Criminal Code (“organization of mass disorder, accompanied with violence...Read More »