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Armenians Make First-Ever Appeals To Constitutional Court
Armenia’s Constitutional Court began accepting on Monday appeals from ordinary citizens for the first time during its decade-long existence following the entry into force of one of the recently enacted amendments to the...
Statement from the Noubarashen Colony
Editor-in-chief of the newspaper «Zhamanak Yerevan» Arman Babajanyan has made a statement from the Noubarashen criminal-executive institution whish says: «The illegal regime of Armenia which is washed in fraud and...
Arrested Editor Blasts ‘Illegal Regime’
The editor of an Armenian newspaper who was arrested this week on charges of draft evasion claimed on Friday to be a victim of “political persecution” ordered by the government. “My arrest and prosecution are pursuing...
Newspaper Staff Protest Editor’s Arrest
Journalists working for an independent Armenian newspaper picketed the Prosecutor-General’s Office on Tuesday to condemn the arrest of their young editor-in-chief accused of draft evasion. Arman Babajanian of the “...
Work of Newpaper «Syunyats Yerkir» Halted Because of the Electricians
The director and two deputy directors of “Tatev” branch of “Armenian Electricity Network” CJSC visited the editorial office of newspaper “Syunyats Yerkir” and deprived them of electricity. The problem emerged after the...
Banned TV Forced Out Of Yerevan Offices
A1+, Armenia’s leading independent television station pulled off the air four years ago, is facing an even more uncertain future after being squeezed out of its state-owned offices in Yerevan. The company vacated on...
Message On The World Day To Combat Desertification And Drought
UNITED NATIONS THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 17 June 2006 Desertification -- the loss of the land’s biological productivity in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas -- is one of the most serious threats facing humanity. It...
Armenian Prosecutor ‘Alarmed’ By Human Trafficking
A senior prosecutor dealing with human trafficking admitted on Wednesday that transport of Armenian women for sexual exploitation abroad has reached “alarming” proportions but denied that Armenian law-enforcement...
Armenian Civic Groups Protest Racist Killings In Russia
Several dozen people staged a rare demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Yerevan on Monday to condemn and protest against the continuing racially motivated killings of Armenians and other dark-skinned residents...
Rallies against RF National Hostility in Britain
A rally of protest was initiated by the Armenian students of Great Britain in connection with the increase of murders, racism combat and hatred of mankind apparent in the Russian Federation. The site of the rally was...