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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...