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Seminar-Discussion in Gyumri
Civil Society Institute in cooperation with Penal Reform International and by financial support of British Government has started a program “Campaign on signing and ratification of the Optional Protocol to UN Convention...
The Appeal of Armenian Community Representatives
We express our indignation with the extermination of the last remained khachkars (cross-stones) in the region of Old Jugha in Nakhichevan, where around a hundred of Azerbaijani soldiers armed with hammers, spades and...
Prosecutors See No Hard Evidence of Referendum Fraud
Armenian law-enforcement authorities lack “concrete facts” to prosecute anyone in connection with serious fraud reported during last month’s disputed constitutional referendum, Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian said...
Byuzand Case to Be Heard in Constitutional Court
Today Byuzand street was quiet, officers of the court haven't come yet, though the residents say that this quietness is deceptive. «They can appear any moment, there are people living in two hoses yet», they say. It's...
5 Days of Hunger Strike in Buzand Street
The residents of the Buzand street do not forget the words of the President Robert Kocharyan on the Eve of the Constitutional Referendum, “Our greatest resource is the man himself”. “We went on hunger strike five days...
Armenia Awaits Free Press Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights is studying an appeal by an Armenian TV station against a government decision to close it down. The court's judgement could have far-reaching implications for freedom of expression...
Armenian Legislation, Government Acts To Be Posted On Internet
The Justice Ministry presented on Friday a comprehensive online database of the Armenian laws, decisions taken by all government bodies and Constitutional Court rulings which citizens will be able to access free of...
Residents of Buzand Street Go On a Hunger Strike
4 residents of the Buzand street – 56-year-old Gohar Mkhitaryan, 51-year-old Susanna Poghosyan, 33–year-old Nuneh Varduni and 52-year-old Anahid Melkonyan have gone on a hunger strike. “This is our last step. They are...
Threat to the Freedom of Speech
RA Ombudsman Larissa Alaverdyan was seriously concerned by the pressures exercised upon journalists lately. She was also worried about the position of Armenia in the reputation list of the «Reporters without Borders» in...
A Letter to Hungarian Ombudsman
Tomorrow in Budapest the case of RA AF officer Gurgen Margaryan’s murder will be heard. On this occasion RA Human Rights Defender Larisa Alaverdyan addressed Parliamentary Ombudsman of Hungary Barnabas Lenkovich with a...