Peacetime Army Deaths Do Not Concern Armenian Youths Demanding Recognition of Genocide
A member of the youth movement said that it was the first time that they heard of the cases of soldiers who have died in peacetime: “They should appeal to the European Court, rather than protest here. If the Armenian judicial system has...
Yerevan Military Institute Trainees Indicted for Murder Report Police Brutality
The victim's father, Arkadi Barseghyan, does not trust the claims of the lawyers that their clients have been subjected to violence at the Institute immediately after the arrest. While the fact...
Suspect Arrested in Wounding of Armenian Opposition Figure
On April 1, resident of Armenian city of Gyumri Kamo Khachatryan handed himself in voluntarily to the police and was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm to "Founding Parliament" initiative member Hrachik Mirzoyan...
ECtHR Rules: Armenia Violated NGO's Right to Assembly
Note, that the European Court of Human Rights is also investigating the circumstances of Gulyan’s death. The RA Special Investigation Service suspended the criminal investigation into the death, despite the verdict of...
ECtHR Obligates Armenia to Pay Compensation to a Former Prisoner
According to the lawyer, the fact that the court ruled that Davtyan’s rights were violated is very important. “It’s vital from the standpoint of preventing such practices in the future and for finally abandoning such courses of action...
Catholicos Karekin II's Daughter Owns a Pharmacy in Yerevan
A reporter from the daily visited “Curatio” pharmacy, located on 16 Saryan St., and asked for Khatun Ktrijovna (Ktrij is the Patriarch's birth name). However, the latter was not there. The employees of the pharmacy...
Red Cross Facilitates Communication Between Soldier Who Crossed Border into Azerbaijan and Family
Recall, that according to the official statement of the NKR Ministry of Defense, contractual soldier Andranik Grigoryan left an eastern military base and crossed into the Azerbaijani side. The soldier left arms and ammunition in his unit...
Karabakh War Veteran's Friend Pawned His House to Help the Veteran's Family
“Very little money was collected, and because we had no time to wait, one of our mutual friends pawned his house, and we payed the money to the state,” Avetisyan's friend, Gagik Sarukhanyan, said...
Judges in Armenia Should Focus On the Abuser, Not Blame the Victim
Often, in Armenia women are tormented by what “people would say”, the shame of leaving the husband – even an abusive one. The stigmas put on her - that she neglects the children, that she is a loose woman - can be devastating...
Armenian Soldier Killed in Karabakh
An Armenian soldier was fatally shot at a Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army military unit located in the North-Eastern direction of the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Karabakh armed forces on Sunday...
Prison Warden Accused of Crime Still Employed; Prisoners Afraid to Testify Against Him - Source
Speaking to Epress.am, lawyer Harutyun Baghdasaryan clarified that the criminal judicial code does not legally demand that a suspect in a criminal case be suspended from work, however, the that can be done by the prosecutor...
The Conflict Between a Businessman and Northern Avenue Residents To Resolve in Court of Appeals
- We assume that today’s hearing being delayed for so long is due to the fact that the court is waiting for the other 3 cases' verdicts by the Court of Appeals. It is more than obvious, that Arayik Asatryan would have also submitted...