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Cassation Appeals in Khalafyan’s Case
In the case of the 24-year-old Vahan Khalafyan, who died at the Charentsavan Police Department in 2010, cassation appeals were presented by Artak Zeynalyan, legal successor of the victim, the Prosecutors Office and Seda...
There is No Inclusive Education in Shirak.
There is no inclusive education in Shirak. Gyumri branch of "Pyunik" union for people with physical disabilities is the only structure where inclusive education is realized. This is also the only place where children...
Criminal case initiated against 8 persons sent to the Court, 4 persons are under search
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated by the General Investigation Department of the RA Police against the 8 members of the criminal group for committing trafficking has been completed. The...
Access to Penitentiaries: 15 Permitted and 13 Rejected During 6 Months
Inquiry was sent to Criminal Department of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, with the aim to find out how many applications were received by the department during the last 6 months from NGOs and media representatives...
Having visual problems, does not mean being disabled (video)
Hakob Melkonyan is one among more than 600 people with visual problems, living in Gyumri.  Today, he attempts to prove everyone that having visual problems does not mean being disabled. Even though this young man, aged...
Again Thursday, Again protests in front of the Government building
Today on July 14, people gathered in front of the Government building of Republic of Armenia with various complaints and demands. In one corner mothers of dead soldiers had gathered, whose sons were killed in peaceful...
Ruben Sahakyan, Chairman of Chamber of Advocates, Applied to Chairman of Court of Cassation
Welcoming such disposition, having grounds to suppose that such toughening may be applied only to separate judges, we present to Your attention the decision of the Court of Cassation of June 3, 2011 "On Returning the...
Appeal Trial of Lifer Manuk Semerjyan’s Case
On July 11, at 11.00a.m., the appeal trial of lifer Manuk Semerjyan against the decision of the Court of First Instance of Administrative Districts of Erebuni and Nubarashen will take place in the Court of Criminal...
Imprisonment of Jehovah's witness in Armenia for refusing to do military service violated his right to freedom of religion
In the judgment of Grand Chamber made on July 7, 2011 connected with the case Bayatyan v. Armenia the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that there had been a violation of Article 9 (freedom of thought...
Statement about an attempt of arson
On July 6, 2011, at about 5 o'clock in the morning, unknown people broke the window through the metal bars of A.D.Sakharov Center for human rights protection, Shirak branch, and ignited the window and the window path...