Young Man Detained Amid Protests in Yerevan
We were standing outside the Opera Suite Hotel when three people approached us, grabbed Robert and put him in a car. They only said they were from the police...
Yerevan Students Block Central Street as Parliament Abolishes Military Draft Deferments
Individual protesters engaged in scuffles with law enforcement officers; some of them were lightly beaten or dragged by officers on the ground...
Government Armenia’s Largest ‘Grant Eater,’ Opposition MP Says
This list does not include the grants allocated by the OSCE, the Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, and a number of Indian, Ukrainian, Russian structures...
Students Protesting Against Abolishment of Draft Deferments Go On Hunger Strike in Yerevan University
The protesters have promised to end the hunger strike on the condition that the National Assembly today votes against the amendments to the Armenian...
Dolphins in Dilijan Hotel Kept Under Unadopted Russian Law, Expert Says
We’d applied to the Ministry of Nature and [other inspection bodies] with a request to conduct checks [at the dolphinarium]. The authorities looked into the...
Students March in Yerevan Against Planned Abolishment of Military Deferment
Recall, under a Defense Ministry-drafted bill preliminarily passed by the Armenian National Assembly in late October, draft deferments would only be granted to those students who ...
Yerevan University Professor Decides to Conduct Class’ Exam in Church
The Armenian Language and Literature professor at the Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan has told her students that she would conduct their midterm exam in a church...
Officials ‘Have Right to Live’ in Armenia, Too, State Revenue Committee Chairman Argues
There are, of course, law-abiding business owners, and we are thankful for these people. But there are those who try to hide under the veil of...
Hundreds of Business Owners Protest Against Tax Code Amendments Outside Parliament
The amendments to the Tax Code, which are envisaged to enter into force on January 1, 2018, will also unnecessarily increase paperwork for business owners...
‘Rates’ in Armenian Prisons Rising, While Issues Remain Unresolved, Report Says
In most other respects, prison issues have remained essentially the same: overcrowdedness, low-quality food, lack of necessary medication...
Yerevan Court Denies Appeal Against ‘1000 Drams Law’
- These 1000 drams are a part of our property since, according the judicial precedents of the European Court of Human Rights’ case law, a person’s salary is his/her property. This is the main ...
Yerevan Journalist Threatened After Article About Former Head of National Security Service
HCAV points out that “the threat is more than real and aims to intimidate the journalist, which is a criminally prosecutable act....