Officials Release Names of Moscow-Yerevan Bus Crash Victims; 11 People in ICU
Preliminary data states, a possible malfunction in the bus may have caused the crash. According to another version, the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel and lost control of the vehicle...
Armenian Convicts Warn President of 'Unpredictable Consequences' If Parole Issue Is Not Resolved
“Dear Mr. President, all of us, the prisoners of Vardashen prison, find our fellows' decision to go on a hunger strike justified, and unless the commission's self-willed conduct is terminated, the number of strikers will increase tenfold...
Eight Armenians Killed, Dozens Injured In Road Accident in Russia
According to another version, the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel and lost control of the vehicle, which overturned after veering off the road...
Armenian Appellate Court Handed Down ‘Unjust Verdict’ Against Sacked Metro Employees, Lawyer Says
“It’s noteworthy, that the judgment of the Court of Appeal is only comprised of facts presented by the metro. There are a number of fictitious facts...
Seven Inmates of Yerevan Prison Join Jailed Veteran's Hunger Strike
Note, the retired colonel who was sentenced to 6.5 years imprisonment for fraud last year went on an open-ended hunger strike on Friday after an Armenian independent parole board rejected his second appeal for an early release...
Officials See No Grounds to Prosecute Police Officers Who Used Force On Protesting Parents
The plaintiffs, however, claim that the decision not to initiate criminal proceedings was politically motivated since a video from the scene clearly shows police officers using force against the protesters. Forensic medical examination...
Jailed Armenian Veteran Goes on Hunger Strike over Parole Refusal
Avetisyan informed his wife Margarita Baghramyan of his decision by phone on October 30. He has since been transferred to a cell designated for hunger strikers.
Armenian Law Enforcement Promotes Impunity for Anti-LGBT Violence and Harassment, LGBT Rights Activists Say
Pink Armenia recalls that on June 1, 2015, following the commemorations on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the NGO submitted...
Parole Commission Denies Early Release for Outspoken Armenian Veteran
In spring, 2014, opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan stated during a Parliament session that Avetisyan's arrest was politically motivated. The lawmaker recalled that in May, 2013, the veteran tried to raise the issue with Armenian...
'Inflation Is Inevitable:' Armenian Parliament Passes Amendments to Excise Tax Law
Lawmaker Khachatur Kokobelyan, in turn, stated that the amendments would affect local producers negatively. “Have you though of what would happen in the event that some productions – of vodka or cigarettes...
Armenian Court of Appeal Rules Against Alleged Police Abuse Victim
Several days after the interrogation, Boshyan attempted suicide by taking overdose amounts of sleeping pills; however, the SIS failed to launch a criminal case for inciting suicide. The Taron department officers were...
Head of Armenian Association of Young Doctors Advocates Anti-Gay Violence, Gets Funding From Promoters of Equality
“I expect immediate actions from sponsors, and particularly Bayer Healthcare, by distancing themselves from this group, and withdrawing sponsorship,” the author states...