2026, 7 July, Tuesday

Dozen People Denied Participation in Court Hearing on Sefilyan

Activist Stella Aghajanyan, one of the 12 people who were denied entrance, said in conversation with Epress.am that none of them had been notified about the sanction beforehand...

Condition of Yerevan Transgender Women ‘Critical but Stable’ After Brutal Attack

- Her condition is currently critical but stable; she is still in the intensive care unit. We do not know for sure whether she is getting better or worse, but doctors estimate her...

Sad to See Victims of March 1 Supporting Perpetrators, Sakunts Says

- There is a lot of evidence, including video materials and court testimonies given during the hearings in the cases against peaceful demonstrators and political oppositionists...

Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Marijuana Possession Denies Accusations

A 25-year-old woman, who was in 2017 sentenced to 3 years in prison for having allegedly shared marijuana with a friend, denied the charges at an Appeals Court hearing on Wednesday...

Transgender Woman in Intensive Care After Brutal Beating

A transgender woman was left hospitalised after being brutally beaten up in her Yerevan apartment on Tuesday night, Lilit Martirosyan, the head of the Yerevan-based Right Side NGO that...

‘Ordinary Party Member’ Serzh Sargsyan Might Be Forced to Become Prime Minister

- I officially declare that I, Serzh Sargsyan, will never again nominate my candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic of Armenia. I will not seek the post..

Appeal Court Upholds 6-Year Imprisonment for Samvel Babayan

Appeal Court Upholds 6-Year Imprisonment for Samvel Babayan

Note, Samvel Babayan was a strong supporter of the opposition ORO bloc co-headed by former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, former foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan, and past...

Sasna Tsrer Members Needs Treatment in Civilian Hospital After Hunger Strike, Lawyer Says

- The doctors at the penitentiary give no noteworthy assessments of his health state. In addition, the Convicts’ Hospital does not have the technical equipment to identify a ...

Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation

Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation

- They have given the conscripts bank cards to make it easier for us to transfer them money for socks and clothes… Military service was not so terrible in the past...

Alaverdi Youth Art Chamber Deprived of Water Supply

Shaghinyan later phoned us to inform that both the town’s water utility and the Cadastre Committee had been notified about the building’s water issue...

Open Letter Calls on Twin Cities to Suspend All Relations With Yerevan

Armenia’s law enforcement bodies reacted to the acts of violence with a great delay under the influence of public outcry and demand. The criminal investigation will be held under ...

Armenian Women’s Front Member Attacked With Sharp-Cutting Object

- In the evening, as I was walking to the entrance to my apartment building, a young man - with a hat over his face, wearing a dark-colored jacket - quickly approached me and hit me....