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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...
Convictions for Conviction: Alternative Service Recruits Sentenced on AWOL Charges
Seven Jehovah’s Witnesses who refused to continue alternative civil service have been sentenced to prison on charges of being Absence With Out Leave (AWOL). The men are among 22 who left their assignments on “...
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....
Armenia Prepares for OPCAT
The APT learned that the Republic of Armenia will accede to the the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture in the coming months. Ani Kocharyan, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
Keep Those Fawning Far From Referendum
The Institute of Democracy and European Integration NGO formed several months ago came to a rather interesting conclusion as regards the constitutional referendum campaign. The organization members are convinced that...
No Political Will to Combat Corruption
“There is no political will to combat corruption in Armenia”, announced the head of the organization “Transparency International” Amalya Kostanyan in the National Press Club today. In this atmosphere of the absence of...
OSCE Investigating Human Rights in Armenia
Today RA Ombudsman Larissa Alaverdyan met the head of the Democratization administration of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Vladimir Shkolnikov. Referring to the issues about the...
European Court to Hear the Case of Violating Human Rights in Armenia
The European Court of Human Rights will soon hear a case of restricting the free transportation of the RA citizen. A decision has been made lately to fix the day for the hearing of the case of the RA citizen, member of...
False Charges?: Documents Suggest Buzand Street Attorney’s Arrest Was Unwarranted
Counsel for jailed attorney Vahe Grigoryan have released documents that give grounds to accusations that Grigoryan’s arrest was fabricated by authorities who want to silence the attorney’s representation of Buzand...
West Unlikely To Scrutinize Armenian Referendum
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Thursday that it will not send observers to Armenia to monitor the conduct of the upcoming constitutional referendum despite Armenian opposition concerns...