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Ombudsmen: "In many cases a person has been unreasonably “invited” to a police department".
Karen Andreasyan, Human Rights Defender, assesses the RA Police activities in 2011: “In some cases, investigation and preliminary investigation bodies subjected people to cruel, inhuman, as well as humiliating treatment...
The court listened to the commander of battalion
On March 27 in the Court of First Instance of Tavush marz the trial on death case of serviceman, Lieutenant Artak Nazaryan continued. The judge Samvel Mardanyan asking about data of journalist or media video taking the...
Human Rights Defender also addressed the activities of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in 2011
Karen Andreasyan, Human Rights Defender, assesses the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs activities in 2011: “The Ministry has not raised the problems of trade union development, and appropriate measures have not...
National Commission on Television and Radio did not ensured the rights of Armenian taxpayers
“In case of various infringement of the law in television broadcasting, including lack of pluralism, violations of advertising law, not fulfilling the requirements of the legislation on Armenian Language and ignoring...
The military commissariats failed to organize detailed medical examination. Karen Andreasyan
“500 servicemen were recognized as unfit for military service and were early discharged. Such a number of early discharged servicemen testifies to the fact that military commissariats were unsuccessful in efficient...
Human Rights Defender assesses the activities of Ministry of Justice in 2011
Karen Andreasyan, Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, assesses the activities of the RA Ministry of Justice in 2011 highlighting  the gaps and positive developments.  Shortcomings and problems identified...
Disabled people can work and make a public benefit
“It is high time we left aside the psychology of feeding the disabled with pension or benefit. If disabled people are able to work, they shall work”, mentioned Arthur Grigoryan, RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs...
There is 0.1 hectare of green per resident in Armenia
Every resident of Armenia gets 291 times less oxygen than the residents of CIS region. If in the other countries of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) there is 29.1 hectare of green mass per resident, in Armenia...
The appeals on Kotsinyan’s case were pronounced
On March 15 the appeals were pronounced in the RA Criminal Court of Appeal (chief judge Sergey Chichoyan) on case of serviceman Gevorg Kotsinyan who died of being battered by four co-servicemen.  The victim legal...
It is more than a month they struggle for Mashtots Park
On March 15 a group of citizens concerned with the problem of Mashtots Park gathered in front of the Government building to express their complaint that the participants of the sit-down demonstration were obstructed by...