Civic Activist Detained in Yerevan for Allegedly Carrying Knife
- He is obviously being persecuted. He has long been subjected to various forms of persecution, from criminal to administrative. There has even
Bavra Checkpoint Head, Director of Customs Brokerage Company Arrested on Bribery Allegations
A director of an Armenian customs brokerage services company and the head of the Bavra checkpoint on the Armenian-Georgian border were arrested on May 25...
Prosecutor Demands 4 Years’ Imprisonment for Brother of Anti-Government Gunman
I’ve come here because live in a tyranny and we have to fight to establish the rule of law in this country. All these court cases are fabricated...
Armenian Environmentalists Want to Find Out Reason for Felling Dozens of Rare Oaks in Syunik Reserve
Despite the claims to the contrary by the Armenian Ministry of Nature, the local population of the Syunik province insists that a large number ...
Parents’ Civic Initiative Urges Anti-Corruption Fight in Schools
It’s high time that we started taking specific measures against money collection and other illegal activities taking place in educational institutions. The effectiveness of these...
Armenia’s Defense Minister Talks Big While Soldiers Are Slaughtered in the Army, Parents of Dead Conscript Say
The Mkhitaryans recall that when their son was only drafted into the army, he “ended up in a bad troop,” and the family tried their best to transfer Arsen to a different unit...
Sanitek Blacklists Employees Who Take on Second Jobs, Former Worker Says
We had only been working at the market for a week when Sanitek officials came for us… They were filming the entire process, as if we were some kind of criminals...
CEC Denies Yelk Request to Disqualify Republican Party from City Council Elections
Nonetheless, Mukuchyan made a decision in favor of the Republican Party, insisting that the video published by Zakharyan did not provide enough evidence to conclude that ...
Opposition Bloc Demands That CEC Appropriately Reacts to Distribution of Pre-Marked Ballot Papers by Republicans
Yelk alliance has appealed to the Central Election Commission of Armenia, demanding that either the ruling Republican Party be disqualified from...
Yerevan Mayor's Staff Members Take Away Reporter's Phone to Remove Evidence of Bribery; Video Restored
They gave it back with a napkin, and of course the fingerprints had been wiped away. I refused to take the phone and went home. They followed me, opened...
President's Office Refuses to Release Names of People Granted Clemency in 2016
The 30 prisoners pardoned in 2106, according to the department spokesperson, were mainly people who had been imprisoned for committing a crime of minor or medium gravity. ..
Family of Armenian Soldier Do Not Believe Son Died by Suicide
[Karen] was looking forward to April 26 because his mom was to go and spend a whole day with him in Karabakh. He was very happy and very excited about this, therefore he...