Armenia’s Defense Minister Talks Big While Soldiers Are Slaughtered in the Army, Parents of Dead Conscript Say
The Mkhitaryans recall that when their son was only drafted into the army, he “ended up in a bad troop,” and the family tried their best to transfer Arsen to a different unit...
Sanitek Blacklists Employees Who Take on Second Jobs, Former Worker Says
We had only been working at the market for a week when Sanitek officials came for us… They were filming the entire process, as if we were some kind of criminals...
CEC Denies Yelk Request to Disqualify Republican Party from City Council Elections
Nonetheless, Mukuchyan made a decision in favor of the Republican Party, insisting that the video published by Zakharyan did not provide enough evidence to conclude that ...
Opposition Bloc Demands That CEC Appropriately Reacts to Distribution of Pre-Marked Ballot Papers by Republicans
Yelk alliance has appealed to the Central Election Commission of Armenia, demanding that either the ruling Republican Party be disqualified from...
Yerevan Mayor's Staff Members Take Away Reporter's Phone to Remove Evidence of Bribery; Video Restored
They gave it back with a napkin, and of course the fingerprints had been wiped away. I refused to take the phone and went home. They followed me, opened...
President's Office Refuses to Release Names of People Granted Clemency in 2016
The 30 prisoners pardoned in 2106, according to the department spokesperson, were mainly people who had been imprisoned for committing a crime of minor or medium gravity. ..
Family of Armenian Soldier Do Not Believe Son Died by Suicide
[Karen] was looking forward to April 26 because his mom was to go and spend a whole day with him in Karabakh. He was very happy and very excited about this, therefore he...
Three Karabakh Soldiers Drown in Reservoir Near Military Unit
Three soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army were killed on May 8 when their car fell into a reservoir near the Mataghis military unit, the NKR defense ministry said in an official statement...
40-Year-Old Tsovasar Woman Killed by Husband
The village head said he was surprised to find himself cited by the press as having said that the woman was beaten to death with keys; Mkhitaryan claims that he has only told ...
Armenian Conscript Sent to Border Unit Despite Serious Health Problems
The human rights defender has been provided with Kirakosyan's medical examination results, which, according to her, do not fully correspond to the soldier's current health state..
Russian Soldier Jailed for Life for Killing Armenian Family May Serve Sentence in Russia
Of course, there may be complaints and emotional outbursts regarding the extradition, but that's it. This is now a problem of how the Armenian state defends...
Armenian Teachers Boycott Work to Protest Poor School Facilities
The school hasn't had a PE hall in 25 years; there are no computer labs, no library, no performance hall: all these rooms have been turned into classrooms due to the increase in student numbers...