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Human rights defenders: UN expert launches fact-finding mission to Armenia
GENEVA (10 June 2010) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, will undertake her first fact-finding mission to Armenia from 14-18 June 2010, in what will also be the...
RA Human Rights Defender’s Public Ad-hoc Report on “The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in RA”
On May 25, 2010 the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan presented an Ad-hoc Public Report on the «The Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in the Republic of Armenia». The Report is  a...
CPJ calls for Ernest Vardanian's immediate release
CPJ calls for Ernest Vardanian's immediate release New York, May 12, 2010-The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement today after authorities in the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic...
The All Armenian Media Association expresses deep concern
The All Armenian Media Association expresses deep concern over the political vengeance against Armenian journalist of Near Dnester, Ernest Vardanyan. The video disseminated by the Ministry of National Security of Near...
Head of Criminal Investigation Department Detained
Head of Charentsavan Criminal Investigation Department Ashot Harutyunyan is charged in connection with criminal case investigated by the RA Special Investigation Service on the circumstances of the death of Vahan...
Recognize the Fact of Violating the Right
On March 26 the Kentron and Nork-Marash communities' court continued examination of the protest by relatives of Hovanes Hovanisyan, Samvel Harutyunyan and Grigor Grigoryan killed on March 1 by firearm shots. Using their...
Organized Crime under Patronage of Authorities
Announcement of "Olymp" Company Illegal actions on eviction of "Milano" store started on March 9. Today we can without any doubt state that the process was developed in details and planned in advance by different state...
Constitutional Court rejected Pashinyan’s application
On April 23 Constitutional Court rejected the application of Nikol Pashinyan, Chief Editor of "Haykakan Zhamanak", candidate for deputy of the National Assembly, on finding the election results of N10 electoral...
A Tablet in the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide
23 April, 2010. Press release On April 9, 2010, 37th Congress of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), welcoming the efforts of its member organisations in Armenia and in Turkey (Civil Society Institute...
Police is Dangerous for Health
Armenia's ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan condemned Vahan Khalafyan's death at the Charentsavan Police Department while meeting with reporters today. "We already know that there is an arrested person. But yesterday we had...