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A Year of Reformatory Labor for the Attack on the Correspondent of “Haikakan Zhamanak”
On February 4 at the court of primary jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan the hearings on the attack on the correspondent of “Haikakan Zhamanak” daily Arman Galoyan were completed. As it has...
The Government Adopted the Draft of Amendments to the RA Law “On Human Rights Defender”
The government adopted the draft of amendments to the RA law “On Human Rights Defender”. According to one of the amendments to be inserted the Ombudsman is not empowered to intervene in the legal proceeding but can...
Constitutional Draft of 2001 Was the Best
''The executive system should correspond to the level of democracy in the country. I am convinced that presently the system of parliamentary government will not justify itself since our citizens have not completely...
The Defender of Human Rights to Make a Report
Larisa Alaverdyan, the RA Defender of Human Rights, is preparing her annual report about her activity in the previous year and the cases of violation of human rights in the country. The defender is to represent the...
Statement of Yerevan Press Club, Journalists Union of Armenia, Internews Armenia Public Organization and Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression
By a decree of the RA President of January 20, 2005 a competition was announced to fill in the vacancies in the Council of Public Television and Radio Company of Armenia. February 1 was the deadline for the application...
The Police Will Have Their Web-Site
The Armenian Police will soon have their web-site, as informed Sajat Shirinyan, head of the information department of the RA Police. “The site is being processed now”, said Mr. Shirinyan. He also informed that the...
Ombudsman Calls For Release Of Prominent Anti-Semite
State prosecutors were expected to consider on Monday requests from Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, Larisa Alaverdian, and two opposition parliamentarians to release an ultranationalist politician prosecuted for his...
Arrested Leader of Armenian Aryans Goes On Hunger Strike
The recently arrested leader of the Armenian-Aryan Order party Armen Avetissyan has gone on hunger strike. The reason is that Avetissyan has been placed in the same cell with criminals who used violence against him....
The Homeless of Yerevan As Seen By Photo and TV Cameras
On January 27 at “Narekatsi” Arts Institute an action “The Right to Life” was held. The exhibition of works by photographer Onik Grigorian that opened there and the first night of “Nameless Tombs” documentary spoke...
Head of Armenian Aryan Union Arrested
Yesterday in the Yerevan Prosecutor’s office Head of Armenian Aryan Union Armen Avetisyan was arrested. The arresting sanction was given by Hrachya Hochannisyan – Judge of the Court of First Instance of the communities...