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YPC Presented The Preliminary Findings Of Monitoring The Coverage Of The Media
On May 22 at "Urbat" club Yerevan Press Club presented the preliminary findings of monitoring the coverage of elections of Yerevan Council of Elderly on May 31, 2009 by broadcast media of Armenia. The study is...
Elections Online - Permanently Updated Information
In case of the problems and violations during the elections, please call the hotline to receive free legal aid. If there is a necessity the ambulance car will provide the aid at spots. During the day the work of the...
Unison to observe Yerevan municipal elections
96 observers of Unison NGO were licensed by the Central Electoral Commission to observe the upcoming elections of the Yerevan mayor. Unlike the previous observation missions, this time Unison's observers will closely...
President is Ready to Use His Constitutional Right
Is it possible that the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan announces amnesty on the occasion of the Republic Day? President was asked when visiting Sardarapat monument. "In 2006 last amnesty was announced. If during...
Yerevan Police Fume Over Failed Witness Arrest
Police denounced the Armenian opposition on Tuesday for preventing them from detaining a key witness before he retracted his incriminating testimony against one of the six opposition figures accused of organizing last...
Prosecutors Move To "Protect" Opposition Trial Witnesses
State prosecutors in Armenia launched on Friday criminal proceedings against unnamed individuals who they said are forcing witnesses to retract their incriminating testimonies against opposition figures tried for last...
Five Years of Establishment of Human Rights Defender Institute
On May 25-26 in Yerevan international conference on the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Human Rights Defender institution in Armenia took place. A number of ombudsmen from different countries, representatives of...
Another Opposition Trial Witness Claims Police Torture
Yet another witness in the ongoing trials of prominent Armenian opposition figures claimed on Tuesday to have been forced by police to support the official theory of last year's post-election violence in Yerevan. Henrik...
Congress to observe municipal election in Yerevan, Armenia
Dates: 27 May - 1 June 2009 Place: Yerevan (Armenia) A delegation of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorites will observe the first municipal elections in Yerevan, Armenia, on 31 May. The...
Lusine Sahakyan: "They Wanted To Kill Kiviryan"
ArmeniaToday news agency coordinator Argishti Kiviryan is still in critically stable condition at the neurological treatment division. Argishti's wife, well-known advocate Lusine Sahakyan, told "A1+" that he has...