Draft Constitution Backed by More than 60 Percent of Voters, Authorities Claim
CEC data reveal that 421 593 citizens – 32.35 percent of referendum participants – voted against the draft; while 53 323 votes were considered invalid...
Heritage Party Member Physically Attacked, Intimidated at Polling Station
So they took 200 'no' ballots, added them on the 'yes' stack and piled them in a bag, which I signed, but in a way that they be unable to open it. And when I file a recount appeal, there are going to be 'no' ballots in the 'yes' bag....
Referendum Observer Taken Into Police Custody in Yerevan for Doing ‘Terrible Things’
Gaspari added that violations were especially gross at 9/15 precinct, and all his attempts to report them to the head of the electoral commission of the said precinct were fruitless...
‘Technical Problem’ Casts Votes Instead of Entire Family at Rural Polling Station (Video)
A resident of the village of Mughni in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province came Sunday evening to vote in the referendum on the draft constitutional amendments only to discover that votes...
Citizen Crosses Her Name Off Voter List in Protest of 'Rigged Referendum'
Having received no reply from the Police, I decided to go to the polling station and cross out my name with my own hand. I realize that this will not change anything, but it's a matter of dignity...
Unknown Person Filmed Distributing Money Among Citizens on Referendum Day (Video)
When confronted by the reporter about the list and the money, the man claimed it was a “list of debts;” he then tried to seize the journalist's camera...
Journalists Hindered by Republican Proxies at Polling Stations, One Detained (Video)
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office (HCAV) reports that journalist Sona Tadevosyan, a representative of the Gyumri-based Asparez Journalists' Club, has been detained from the 26/16 polling station...
Republican Youth Detained at Voting Precinct for Checking Whether 'His People' Had Voted (VIDEO)
“He had a list of people whose turnout he had to ensure. He said he worked for Republicans, and he had to check if his people had voted. He had crossed out the names of those who had already [cast their votes]...
Electoral Commission Head Prohibits Newspaper Representative's Presence at Polling Station
The editor-in-chief of “Azpares” newspaper has reported the “crime pursuant to the RA Criminal Code Article 149 - 'hindrance to implementation of the right to elect, to the work of election commissions or to the...
Observer Missions Record First Violations in Constitutional Referendum Voting
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor office (HCAV) has also been reported obstructions of the work of observers. The human rights organization has stated that at several polling stations observers have not ...
Armenia's Yazidis Protest Police Inaction Near Presidential Palace
On October 15, 2015, as stated by the demonstrators, a group of unknown people broke into the victims' house and stole 20 thousand euros and gold jewelry by threatening them with a knife. The attackers also beat up the ...
Armenian Reporter Goes to European Court Over Police Violence
In a conversation with Epress.am the reporter said receiving compensation was not her priority: “What's important is restoration of my violated rights. Every crime that goes unpunished creates new ones...