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Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly and Congress of Local and Regional Authorities to Observe Constitutional Referendum In Armenia
Strasbourg, 24.11.2005 Delegations from the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will be in Armenia from 25 to 28 November to observe the constitutional...
Hovannisian Says Armenian Referendum ‘Beyond Law’
Raffi Hovannisian, one of Armenia’s most popular opposition leaders, declared the weekend constitutional referendum illegitimate on Friday as he held his first-ever rally in Yerevan marked by an unusually heavy police...
Protesting Again
Today the residents of the Northern and Main Avenues, tenants of the Dalma gardens and a number of citizens protesting against compulsory receiving of social cards gathered at the government building. “For two years...
Britain Promotes High Youth Turnout In Armenian Referendum
The British embassy in Yerevan sponsored on Monday a rock concert which it said is aimed at encouraging young Armenians to take part in this week's constitutional referendum. An Armenian opposition leader condemned the...
Assembly President calls on Armenians to vote in Constitutional referendum
Strasbourg, 22.11.2005 The President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, René van der Linden, has appealed to all Armenian citizens to participate in the forthcoming Constitutional referendum on 27 November...
Ex-FM Hovannisian Joins Referendum Boycott Calls
Former Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian on Monday added his voice to opposition calls for a popular boycott of the upcoming referendum and urged “civil disobedience” in the face of what he described as a government...
Death by Demolition: Brain Hemorrhage Kills Buzand Resident after Home is Wrecked
Losing her home, Lilia Ghazaryan lost her life. Hundreds of residents on Buzand Street, Lilia’s street, are being displaced by oligarch-enforced urban renewal. Lilia’s turn came November 4. On that afternoon Lilia...
Ombudsman Called Upon State Bodies to Respect Human Rights
Human rights defender Larisa Alaverdyan made a statement calling upon the state bodies to respect human rights. “The Yerevan facilities construction program bases upon anti-constitutional acts pregnant with undesirable...
Government Delays Fresh Bid To Rein-In Armenian Ombudsperson
The government has delayed its second attempt to push through a bill that would restrict the authority of Armenia’s top official charged with protecting human rights. The National Assembly agreed on Wednesday to a...
Holding Out: Imprisoned soldier’s hunger strike enters fourth month
Imprisoned soldier Razmik Sargsyan’s hunger strike has reached 90 days, as the 19-year old continues to protest his arrest, which he says was the result of a confession he gave after being tortured by investigators....