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Advocate Accused of Crime
Today the Kentron and Norq-Marash Court of the first Instance heard the case of Vahe Grigoryan, advocate of 4 families of Buzand Street. Let us remind you that Vahe Grigoryan is accused of crimes not connected with the...
Right or Obligation?: President’s Open Ballot Causes Debate Over Electoral Norm
A constitutional law expert shares the concern of a number of public organizations and opposition parties that decried the President Robert Kocharyan’s open ballot in last Sunday’s referendum as a violation of electoral...
Concert in “Abovyan” Criminal-Executive Institution
On December 1, 2005 in the “Abovyan” criminal-executive institution (where convicted and arrested women and juveniles are kept) took place a concert of “Linos” string quartet. The concert was organized by Civil Society...
Turnout Controversy Clouds Armenian Constitutional Referendum
11/29/05 Opposition forces in Armenia are protesting against what they say was a rigged referendum, in which constitutional amendments were supposedly approved by 93 percent of voters. The main opposition complaint...
Election Body Dismisses Opposition Demand To Scrap Referendum
The Central Election Commission on Wednesday dismissed as unlawful opposition demands to invalidate the official results of Armenia’s disputed constitutional referendum. An opposition grouping of about 20 parties has...
State Radio Denies Political Motives For RFE/RL Broadcast Disruption
Armenia’s state-run Public Radio ruled out on Monday any political reasons for the effective disruption of the RFE/RL Armenian service’s main news program that was broadcast on Sunday evening. Most of the program,...
Opposition Issues Referendum Ultimatum
The Armenian opposition again rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday, giving the authorities until Friday to nullify the weekend referendum or face more street protests against its allegedly fraudulent...
Armenian Observers Slam ‘Undemocratic’ Referendum
Armenia’s largest election-monitoring organization condemned on Tuesday the government’s handling of the weekend constitutional referendum, citing widespread fraud reported by its observers. “Serious violations of the...
Preliminary Data: 93.3% of Armenian Residents Vote "For" Amendments to the RA Constitution
The overwhelming majority of Armenian residents voted "for" amendments to the RA Constitution, say CEC data for November 28 morning. CEC Chairman Garegin Azaryan told ARMINFO that by 8:00 am on November 28 the CEC had...
Official Referendum Turnout Contrasts With Empty Polling Stations
Voters were eerily absent from polling stations across Yerevan and surrounding regions on Sunday afternoon despite official figures that put the Armenian authorities on track to pass the legal threshold for pushing...