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Statement by Ambassadors and Heads of Intergovernmental Organisations in Yerevan
The international working group on elections was established in 2002 to provide a forum for the exchange of information and experience among representatives of international organizations and Embassies in Armenia that...
U.S. Criticism Of Armenian Human Rights Record ‘Examined’
The Armenian government declined on Thursday to comment on fresh U.S. criticism of its human rights record which was again described as “poor” in the State Department’s annual report made public the previous day. The...
Three Residents of Byuzand Street Have Gone on Termless Sit-in Hunger-Strike
Beginning from today three residents of 15 Byuzand street – Smbat Melkonyan, Nune Varduni and Susanna Poghosyan have gone on termless sit-in hunger-strike. And all the other dwellers of Byuzand street will take part...
International Women's Day: Red card to forced prostitution
[br]Strasbourg, 07.03.2006 [/br] With a view to tomorrow's International Women's Day, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President René van der Linden today urged the organisation's member states as well as the...
New Ombudsman Picks Up Opposition Appeal To Constitutional Court
Armenia’s new human rights ombudsman, Armen Harutiunian, said on Friday that he has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of the controversial house demolitions in downtown Yerevan, essentially...
Law-Enforcement Officials Cleared Of Human Trafficking
Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian presented and endorsed on Wednesday the findings of an official inquiry which dismiss media reports implicating Armenian law-enforcement officials in the trafficking of women for...
Out of Custody but Not Out of Trouble: Buzand attorney still under long reach of the “law”
Lawyer Vahe Grigoryan, considered a political prisoner by human rights activists, was released last Thursday from custody. Grigoryan had been jailed since last October on charges that appeared more retribution for his...
New Society, New Problems, New Solution: Armenia’s first shelter for homeless opens
The made-up face of a young woman radiates artificial happiness, giving a half smile from beneath her eyelids loaded with blue shading. She clinches her fist as she speaks. Her unattended nails are also painted blue. “...
Armenian Lawyers Frustrated With Lack Of Court Independence
Armenia’s courts have grown even more subservient to law-enforcement authorities in recent years, routinely condoning human rights abuses and passing unjust guilty verdicts, a prominent lawyer who heads the national bar...
ARMENIA: Will new alternative service law end defiance of Council of Europe?
As Armenia prepares the fourth version of its Alternative Service Law, first adopted in 2004, Justice Minister David Harutyunyan has told Forum 18 News Service that the draft now being prepared will "very soon" be sent...