Armenian Soldier in Critical Condition After Being Shot in Head
Aznavur Baleyan, a military conscript serving in a Nagorno-Karabakh unit, is in critical but stable condition after being shot in the head on November 22 during an argument with a fellow serviceman, News.am reports,..
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....
Broken Cell Window in Yerevan Prison Replaced Only After Ombudsman's Intervention
Ararat Khandoyan is the brother of Nagorno-Karabakh war veteran Arayik Khandoyan, one of the three dozen members of the “Sasna Tsrer” anti-government group that seized a Yerevan police station in July to demand Armenian...
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 [...] ...
Armenia Failed to Protect Conscript’s Right to Life, ECHR Rules
The investigating authority, while having eyewitness evidence suggesting that there had been no obvious acts of physical abuse in respect of Suren Muradyan during the argument of 21 July 2002,...
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 ...
Soldier Subjected to Violent Beating by Commander Soon Died from Sarcoma Complications
When the soldier went home on leave a few months later, Ghazaryan continued, he was limping and there was a severe wound on his leg; “It was so deep and the pain was so intense that I had to take him to the hospital...
'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...
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...
Parents of Dead Armenian Soldiers Do Not Trust Government's Military Compensation Plan
The parents, who had gathered outside the government offices on Thursday morning, expressed skepticism over the plan, insisting that the citizens' contribution would hardly serve their actual purpose. “Look what's happening ...
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...
Yerevan Convict's Previous Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease Inaccurate, Officials Claim
“Currently I'm trying to obtain all the documents regarding Gevorgyan's health in order to understand how ministry officials arrived at such a conclusion. How do you misdiagnose someone with Parkinson's disease?” the lawyer said...