Human Rights Advocates Declare Armenian Opposition Activist Prisoner of Conscience
Gevorg Safaryan, a member New Armenia and Founding Parliament anti-government movements, is a victim of discrimination, a prisoner of conscience, and a political...
'April War' in Karabakh Apparently Had No Participants: Press
As a result, for example, the soldiers who went back to university after demobilization are now deprived of the chance to get the 50 percent tuition discount promised to participants of the April fighting...
'Bribes Will Take Care of Electorate's Disappointment'; Tsarukyan Announces Return to Politics
PAP, instead, turned into a branch of the [ruling] Republican Party. Now, with Tsarukyan's return, this gap will finally be filled, and PAP...
Armenian Human Rights Activist Prosecuted for Revealing Usury Cases Involving High-Ranking Officials
Over the years, the statement reads, Veles has managed to uncover numerous money laundering cases involving current and former high-ranking officials...
Opposition Activist Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Assaulting Police Officer
Safaryan also commented on prosecutor Vahe Dolmazyan's claim that the court could not trust the defense witnesses' testimonies “because they are the defendant's friends and are thus biased...
Contract Soldier Fatally Shot in Karabakh
According to the NKR defense ministry's official statement, Sargsyan received a fatal gunshot wound in circumstances that are as yet unestablished, and authorities...
Armenia's Justice Ministry Received $32.6 Million in Foreign Grants in 2007-2015
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the US Department of State has awarded the following grants to the “Offenders Rehabilitation Center...
Racist Yerevan Teacher Won't Be Fired Because 'He Has a Right to Free Speech'
What I'm going to say may sound mean, but it is the reality, and please don't go preaching political correctness to me. Nature and history have already proven that...
Jailed Armenian Oppositionist on Hunger Strike in Support of Innocently Convicted Prisoners
There are so many innocently convicted people who did not get the chance to celebrate the New Year with their families. That's what he is protesting...
Protesters Demand that Armenian Judge Be Punished for Leaving Children with Abusive Father
This is a classic case of domestic abuse: the woman fled her house after yet another violent episode, and the father now wants to forcibly take away her children. There is a clear ...
Armenia's Government Will Not Cover Winery's Debt to Grape Farmers
During their last meeting with agriculture minister Ignati Arakelyan, the official hinted that the villagers were to demand their money from those whom they have given their grapes...
Police Violence Against Peaceful Protesters Unpunished in Armenia
- Accountability for police violence is essential to rebuild public trust at a time when many people in Armenia feel the government isn’t listening to their concerns...