‘#do not make us break your balls;’ Graffiti in Yerevan on Women’s Day
Graffiti reading “#do not make us break your balls” appeared on the streets of Yerevan, including the area near the Yerevan City Hall, on International Women's Day...
Centralization and Control Disguised as Enlargement
“The fish rots from the head,” a middle-aged man from the village of Shirakamut says when we ask for his opinion on the Armenian government's community enlargement program...
Yerevan Woman Unable to Buy Medications Even With Doctor’s Prescription
When contacted by Epress.am for comment, Health Ministry spokesperson Anahit Haytayan said she had been informed about the woman’s Facebook post: “I’ve had no...
Armenian Health Ministry’s Decision on Prescription Drugs Illegal: Press
According to the paper, the government has yet to adopt a corresponding decision, while the Health Ministry has already begun obliging doctors and pharmacies not to issue or sell...
Armenian Environmentalists Warn Against ‘German Double Standards’
The German Cronimet Holding GmbH has been exploiting a mine in the Armenian town of Kajaran and a tailing dam in the Artsvanik village since 2004. Meanwhile, its subsidiary...
Yerevan Transgender Woman Out of Intensive Care
- Her condition has been changing for the better. She is no longer in intensive care, and we will soon probably find out when she’ll be discharged. She was questioned...
Charges Against Sefilyan Based on Unsubstantiated Allegations, Lawyer Insists
In the above-mentioned interview, Sefilyan, who was the commander of the Shushi special military battalion during the Nagorno-Karabakh war, talked about Republican ...
Dozen People Denied Participation in Court Hearing on Sefilyan
Activist Stella Aghajanyan, one of the 12 people who were denied entrance, said in conversation with Epress.am that none of them had been notified about the sanction beforehand...
Condition of Yerevan Transgender Women ‘Critical but Stable’ After Brutal Attack
- Her condition is currently critical but stable; she is still in the intensive care unit. We do not know for sure whether she is getting better or worse, but doctors estimate her...
Sad to See Victims of March 1 Supporting Perpetrators, Sakunts Says
- There is a lot of evidence, including video materials and court testimonies given during the hearings in the cases against peaceful demonstrators and political oppositionists...
Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Marijuana Possession Denies Accusations
A 25-year-old woman, who was in 2017 sentenced to 3 years in prison for having allegedly shared marijuana with a friend, denied the charges at an Appeals Court hearing on Wednesday...
Transgender Woman in Intensive Care After Brutal Beating
A transgender woman was left hospitalised after being brutally beaten up in her Yerevan apartment on Tuesday night, Lilit Martirosyan, the head of the Yerevan-based Right Side NGO that...