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Freedom of Information Awards Winners of 2005 Were Announced
On December 9, 2005 the Freedom of Information Center announced the Freedom of Information Awards winners of 2005 (the event was devoted to the International Anti-corruption Day and was supported by USAID Armenia and...
The Elder Knows Better Than the Young One
Razmik Sargsyan, who has been sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and has gone out on a 110 day hunger strike, has become an experimental marionette for the Nubarashen police department, judges and doctors. Yesterday...
EU-South Caucasus: Concrete Human Rights Benchmarks Needed
EU Should Not Squander Leverage on Human Rights in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (New York, December 9, 2005) — The European Union should press for concrete benchmarks on torture, freedom of expression and other key...
Questionable Policing: Arrests of Oppositionists Follow Protest Rallies
The Republic of Armenia Police is again facing criticism for its apparent campaign of questionable arrests of supporters of oppositional parties who have attended public gatherings to protest the results of the November...
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee: visits in 2006
Strasbourg, 07.12.2005. In 2006, as part of its programme of regular "periodic" visits, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) intends to examine the...
Serious Regress
«The whole process of referendum was held with obvious violations of the RA legislation and the norms of international rights which seriously affected the results of the referendum. When it comes to lawfulness, the...
EU Questions Yerevan’s ‘Commitment To Democracy’
The European Union has deplored serious irregularities reported during Armenia’s disputed constitutional referendum, saying that they raised fresh questions about the Armenian government’s commitment to democracy. “...
Opposition Reports More Arrests
The Armenian opposition reported over the weekend fresh arrests and “intimidation” of dozens of its activists by plainclothes police following its latest unsanctioned rally held in Yerevan. Artak Zeynalian, who heads...
Reporters Without Borders calls for end to blocking of news website
Reporters Without Borders has called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop blocking an Armenian-based news website, Hetq.am that has been censored since 8 July, apparently because it posted a report on Armenian...
Hunger Striker Fed Forcefully
Today several advocatory organizations made an announcement about the conditions in which 114-day hunger striker Razmik Sargsyan is kept in the isolation cell. According to the organizations, Razmik Sargsyan is kept...