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Yerevan Municipality Assists Police in Raiding Another Techno Club
On the night of November 16th, dozens of police officers raided THEØFFICE club in the middle of a DJ event.. Read More »
Armenia Will Be Left With No Police If Officers Are Fired After Every Controversial Incident, Police Chief Says to Mothers of Dead Soldiers
Then, addressing Muradyan, Martirosyan continued; “You pushed him first. Look! Look, it's you; you are hitting him...Read More »
Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Spat at, Dragged by Police Officers
The protesters demanded to view the footage shot by the government building's surveillance cameras; however, the officers replied that they “wouldn't know whom to go to with such a request...Read More »
Decision to Move Injured Erebuni Gunman to Jail ‘Inhumane,’ Lawyer Says
The Penitentiary Department of Armenia's Ministry of Justice has decided to transfer “Daredevils of Sasun” injured member Sedrak Nazaryan from the Convicts' Hospital to a regular jail, Yervand Varosyan, a lawyer for...Read More »
Demonstrators Gather Outside Armenian Parliament to ‘Find Out What Lawmakers Do’
“Looks like the MPs I voted for have forgotten about the March 1 murders [a reference to the 2008 post-election events]. I don't recall them condemning the casualties of the April war either,” the activist said, adding...Read More »
IPHR Calls on Armenian Authorities to Investigate Unlawful Police Conduct During July Protests
“Two people caught my hands. They tried to pull me but failed. So they hit me and ran behind the barricade of police officers. Once behind the police line they...Read More »
One Year On, No Police Officers Held Liable for Violent Dispersal of Electric Yerevan
On June 23, 2015, the speaker said, Armenia’s law enforcement forces detained 237 people on suspicion of hooliganism; however, the country’s Investigative Committee subsequently reported that no evidence of ...Read More »
Prisoner Claims He was Beaten with Rubber Baton: Criminal Case Launched
Vanadzor Penitentiary Institution prisoner L.Ch. submitted a report to the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia (RA), claiming that on April 16, 2014...Read More »
OSCE Media Freedom Representative Concerned of Police Use of Violence Against Journalists
Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed concern about police obstruction of journalists’ activities while covering a...Read More »
What is the Real Face of Armenia? A Video Response
A user by the name of "isthereamiracle08" and Lala Aslikyan have posted on YouTube a re-edited version of the popular "YRead More »