Drug Addicts Treated with Physical Force in Armenia: Report
The human rights defenders consider it a problem that patients do not go through the entire course of the treatment. Basically, when patients are relieved of their basic acute condition...
Elites Stalling Democratic Process with Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
Non-democratic political regimes in Armenia and Azerbaijan do not have strong incentives of changing the current no-war-no-peace situation. The status quo helps...
Sinjar Yezidi National Union Consider Parliament’s Behavior Unacceptable
“We are nearing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and we are not attempting to condemn the crimes of the Ottoman Empire,” notes the Sinjar Union’s statement...
Why Does the Civil Servant Council Keep Competitions for Government Posts Closed to the Public
According to him, they restrict the monitors from recording the competitions' interview stage, in essence, the only stage when an applicant has to speak and answer the commission’s...
French Embassy in Armenia is Unaware of the Law, Claims Woman working in the CoE
- This, basically, shows that the general consul working in this country is unaware of the country’s elementary laws, and does not trust the country’s representative...
For Moscow, Armenia and Azerbaijan are Friends: 168 Zham
In his opinion, in Armenia it is, in general, falsely perceived that Armenia is Russia’s only strategic partner and ally. “Fundamentally, it’s in Russian interest to have...
PACE Condemns Azerbaijan’s Use of Prisoner Transfer Treaty in ‘Safarov Case’
Once Ramil Safarov arrived in Azerbaijan, he was greeted as a national hero and granted an immediate pardon, “ long before the expiry of the minimum sentence set by the Hungarian...
Parents Demanding Fair Investigations for Children’s Death, Government too Busy with Guests (VIDEO)
Five minutes after the parents went across the street, the palace gates opened and an OSCE office car entered; the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk was ...
PHOTO-SERIES: 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence
The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women consists of the Women’s Resource Center, Society Without Violence, Women’s Rights Center, Women’s Support Center, Public Information...
Police Violate Freedom of Assembly Especially During Protests Related to Russia
The human rights defender remarked that after 2008, when the new “freedom of assembly” law passed, the police’s behavior was to an extent improved, however, during the last two years...
Juvenile Testified to Murder by Way of Beatings and Threats, says Mother
- A contradiction arose between my lawyer and me regarding this issue, and I stopped using his services. Only after being involved with my second lawyer did I testify and say that I had not...
Police Torture an Issue in Armenia, OSCE Expert Unaware
He stressed that only 1-2 cases related to torture have been taken to court, with verdicts against police. The NGO representative claims that by giving the torturers amnesty, Armenia violated...