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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...
Investigation on the Ignition of “Haikakan Zhamanak” Car Stopped
On February 9 “Haikakan Zhamanak” daily informed that the day before, on February 8, an employee of the Yerevan Investigation Department of RA Police Ashot Kostanian made a resolution on stopping the investigation on...
Presentation of Vanadzor Press Club
On February 5 in Vanadzor the presentation of Vanadzor Press Club was held. The Club was established on the initiative of Vanadzor Branch of Helsinki Citizens Assembly. Representatives of regional and national media,...
Government To Open First Shelter For Armenia’s Homeless
The government announced on Thursday plans to open and finance Armenia’s first-ever shelter for a growing number of homeless people that were virtually non-existent in the past. “We will try to find a building for...
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....