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U.S. Watchdog Defends Armenian Soldiers Jailed For Life
A leading international human rights organization has expressed “deep concern” at the fate of three Armenian army conscripts controversially sentenced to life imprisonment for a double murder which they insist they did...
OSCE "Deeply Concerned" About Violence Against Armenian Journalists
The Yerevan office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe added its voice on Tuesday to serious concerns expressed by Armenian media and human rights groups about recent reported attacks on local...
Armenian Ombudsman Appeals To RA Constitutional Court Against Article 31.2 Of Law On Political Parties
Armenian Ombudsman Armen Haroutunyan has applied to the Constitutional Court of Armenia against the points 2 and 3 of the second part of Article No.31 in the Law on political parties. The Armenian Ombudsman Press...
Armenian Ombudsman, Media Groups Condemn Editor’s Beating
Armenia’s state human rights defender and leading press freedom advocacy groups condemned on Thursday a reported attack on the editor of a major local newspaper and demanded that law-enforcement authorities identify and...
Ex-Soldiers Demand Continued Free Education
Dozens of former army soldiers enrolled in Armenian state universities rallied on Thursday outside the government building in Yerevan to protest against the abolition of a legal provision that allowed them to study free...
Armenian Editor ‘Attacked By Thugs’
The editor-in-chief of one of Armenia’s best-selling newspapers claimed to have been attacked and beaten up on Wednesday by well-built men resembling the notorious bodyguards of government-connected wealthy businessmen...
Prosecutors Demand Tough Jail Term For Arrested Editor
A state prosecutor demanded on Monday four and a half years’ imprisonment for the arrested editor-in-chief of an independent Armenian newspaper who is standing trial for dodging compulsory military service. Zhanna...
Prison Chief Denies Mistreating Lifers After Escape Bid
The chief of Armenia’s largest prison denied on Wednesday allegations that four of its inmates have been tortured and held in inhuman conditions since their unsuccessful attempt to break free more than a week ago. The...
Prosecutors Report Increased Crime In Armenia
Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian reported on Friday a more than 10 percent increase in the number of crimes registered by Armenian law-enforcement authorities in the first half of this year. The official statistics...
Pressing the Press: Recent incidents against journalists draw media response
Persecutions towards two reporters last week forced 8 newspaper editors and 4 NGOs to make a declaration on endangered freedom of press in Armenia. A week after the declaration, the windows of one of the publishing...