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Government Moves To Kickstart Deadlocked Trial
The Armenian parliament debated on Tuesday a government bill that, if passed, will allow a Yerevan court to continue the trial on coup charges of seven prominent opposition figures in their absence from the courtroom...
PACE Resolution ‘Not That Bad’ For Armenian Opposition
The Armenian opposition is not as disappointed with the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s latest resolution on Armenia as its initial, negative reaction might suggest, an opposition leader said on Tuesday....
Committee For Protection Of Jirair Sefilyan's Right To Citizenship Was Created
In January 2009 the friends and supporters of Jirair Sefilyan, veteran of the war in Artsakh, commander, cavalier of the Medal of Battle Cross, citizen of Lebanon, created the committee for the protection of Jirair...
Vice Chief Of Police Murdered
On February 3 the Vice Chief of Police, Police Colonel Gevorg Mheryan, born at 1975, has been murdered just in front of his house. According to Panorama.am, the Vice Chief took the elevator to get to the seventh floor...
Commissioner Hammarberg calls for a more child-friendly solution to juvenile justice
“Children should not be treated as criminals. Young offenders are children first and foremost and should be protected by all the agreed relevant human rights standards” says the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human...
Jailed MPs Demand Parliament Debate
The three arrested opposition members of Armenia’s parliament accused of organizing the 2008 post-election clashes in Yerevan will appeal to the National Assembly on Thursday to demand evidence of their alleged crimes...
Armenia To Implement Recommendations Of New Resolution Adopted By PACE
Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 11786 to be implemented by Armenia. Armenian delegation has been granted time up to April to neutralize the aftermaths of March 1-2 events. The...
More Prisoners Pardoned By Sarkisian
President Serzh Sarkisian pardoned at the weekend 16 more individuals arrested and convicted in connection with last year’s post-election violence in Yerevan, but the Armenian opposition insisted that only two of them...
Armenian president pardons 16 over deadly unrest
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan on Saturday pardoned 16 people jailed over violent opposition protests after his election last year, going some way to placating European rights groups. More than 100 people were...
Man Jailed For Retracting Testimony Against Oppositionist
An Armenian army soldier has been sentenced to one year in prison for retracting his incriminating testimony against an opposition activist arrested during the post-election unrest in Yerevan. The activist, Arman...