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Armenia Legalizes Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Armenian authorities have formally legalized activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization after years of criticism and pressure from international human rights groups, it emerged on Tuesday. Hrach...
6 Month Imprisonment for Beating a Journalist
Today the First Instance Court of Kotayk District sentenced Gagik Stepanyan, the defendant over the case of journalists Anna Israelyan and Mkhitar Khachatryan to 6-month-long imprisonment. Let’s remind that on August...
Armenians ‘Vastly Ignorant Of Constitutional Reform’
An opinion poll released over the weekend suggests that less than 10 percent of the residents of Yerevan, which is home to at least one third of Armenia’s population, are familiar with constitutional amendments prepared...
Council Of Europe Praises Yerevan, Backs Off From Sanctions
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has praised the Armenian authorities for their “excellent cooperation” with the human rights organization less than six months after threatening to sanction...
Poll Shows Armenians Cynical About Democracy, Independence
Less than one in five Armenians believe that their country stands on the path to democratization and is truly independent almost 13 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to an opinion poll released on...
Civic Groups Blast ‘Rosy’ Council Of Europe Report On Armenia
Leaders of a coalition of some 50 Armenian non-governmental organizations denounced on Monday a Council of Europe report that praises the Armenian government’s human rights record and effectively justifies their spring...
Protector of Human Rights in Karabakh
The chairman of the parliament committee of foreign relations and information Vahram Atanessian undertook the bill "On the protector of human rights" which was included in the schedule of the ninth session of the NKR...
Armenian Citizens Are Against Sending Soldiers to Iraq
”Vox Populi” Center for Study of the Public Opinion has conducted a telephone survey on detaching 50 doctors and sappers to Iraq. The survey was held on September 25-29, 2004, among 664 Yerevan residents of 18 and above...
Hearings on the Attack on the Photojournalist Scheduled For October 7
On October 7 in the court of primary jurisdiction of Kotayk region of Hrazdan city the hearings on the case of attack on the correspondent of “Photolure” photo news agency Mkhitar Khachatrian, committed on August 24,...
Parliament Majority Divided Over Key Election Law Changes
The pro-presidential factions making up the parliament majority on Wednesday wrapped up debates on their promised reform of Armenia’s electoral legislation, failing to reach agreement on the two most important...