European Court Issues Ruling Against Armenia
The family also claimed that they were denied a fair trial in the ensuing proceedings and that the Armenian courts had violated the principle of the finality of judgments. The applicants, specifically, complained that...
Yerevan Judge Arrested on Bribery Suspicion
Sources in law-enforcement bodies have told the news outlet that Shengavit district court judge Ishkhan Barseghyan was caught red-handed on a Shengavit street by officers of Armenia's National Security ...
Environmentalists Stage Protest Over Exploitation of Amulsar Gold Mine
The demonstrators, who are concerned that the mining project will negatively affect Armenia’s ecological and national security, held up posters that read “Go to Cyanide Hell,” “Water or Cyanide?” “No Mining at Amulsar...
Locksmith Fighting to Get His Job Back Again Stages Protest Outside Government Office
We've done everything we can and will do so in the future to make sure that Yeranosyan's rights are not violated because we are convinced police will try again to create problems for him,” Karapetyants said, adding...
Armenian Conscript Dies in Car Crash While on Vacation
The website said that 19-year-old Davit Vardanyan crashed his car into a utility pole, causing it to fall down, and then struck a tree outside the Ararat police department at about 1 am on Thursday. ...
Armenian Soldier Killed in Karabakh
Gurgen Ayvazyan, a 20-year-old soldier of a northeastern military unit of Nagorno-Karabakh's Defense Army, was fatally wounded at around 5 pm on Wednesday as a result of a a ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani armed...
Vardenis Man Intends to Continue Protest Despite Persecution
“They'd inject me with drugs three times a day; I'd get numb and lose consciousness, and when I'd finally come to, I'd ask them not to inject me any more,” Yeranosyan, who was allowed to leave the mental hospital only...
PM Will Not Respond to Corruption Allegations Against Armenian Army Chief, Veteran Says
- I don't want us to turn every vicious phenomenon in our army into a subject of speculation. The army is the only source of our safety; it protects us from Turkey and Azerbaijan...
Ararat Police Chief Beats Up Criminalist for Failing to Carry Out Order Quickly Enough: Press
“According to verified data, the assault took place at the criminalist's office and was initiated by the police chief's driver, Edgar, who was soon joined by a criminal investigation department employee named Arsen...
'To Hell With Human Rights:' Armenian Protester Subjected to Punitive Psychiatry
- I had no intention of killing myself; I have an 80-year-old mother, I have loans, I want to start a family one day. Why would I want to commit suicide?...
Vardenis Man Forcibly Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital After Staging Protest Outside Government Building
Vardenis resident Armen Yeranosyan was forcibly taken to a mental institution on October 22 by police officers after staging 5-day hunger strike and stitching up his lips outside the Government building in Yerevan in protest ...
Opposition MPs Call for Tougher Anti-Corruption Measures
Note, speaking to a group of reporters last week, Karen Karapetyan announced that everyone was from now on free to import whatever they wanted to Armenia; he went ...