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Advocates Boycott Court Sittings
The advocates of former servicemen Razmik Sargsyan, Arayik Zalyan and Musa Serobyan do not attend court sittings on the case of Mataghis. Advocate Hayk Alumyan told A1+ that three judges hear the case at a time. One...
Amnesty For Jailed Oppositionists ‘Still Possible’
President Serzh Sarkisian may yet declare a general amnesty for dozens of opposition supporters arrested following last February’s disputed presidential election, a parliament deputy from the Armenian Revolutionary...
U.S. Extends Freeze In Armenia Road Funding
The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has again refused to unblock some of its promised economic assistance to Armenia, indicating that the authorities in Yerevan have still not addressed its concerns about “...
‘Repentant’ Oppositionists Pardoned By Sarkisian
Three opposition supporters imprisoned for their participation in post-election anti-government demonstrations in Yerevan have been pardoned by President Serzh Sarkisian and set free after confessing to controversial...
Statement of Helsinki Citizens Assembly of Vanadzor
We receive December 10, International Human Rights day, with numerous human rights violations taken place during 2008. This year the situation of human rights did not make any progress. There have been mass violations...
Building A Corporal Punishment-Free Europe For Children: Council Of Europe Information Office Organises A Puppet Play In Yerevan
The protection of children from violence and promoting children rights is one of the key Council of Europe activities aimed at constructing a violence-free Europe. To raise public awareness in the European societies and...
Monitoring Body For The Anti-Trafficking Convention To Start Work In 2009
13 independent experts from as many countries will be the first members of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), a new body that will monitor the implementation of the Council of...
Armenian Police Report Surge In Trafficking Convictions
The number of individuals imprisoned in Armenia for human trafficking and officially identified as victims of the illegal practice has more than doubled this year, a senior police official said on Friday. According to...
“Stop Vandalism” Armenian Young People At Ambassador Of Georgia
While the Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan was talking in a press conference about the destruction of Armenian monuments in Georgia and saying that Georgia is a relative country for Armenia, hence “an uncareful...
Yerevan Loses More European Court Cases
Three more citizens of Armenia controversially imprisoned during and after the disputed 2003 presidential election won on Tuesday lawsuits against their government filed to the European Court of Human Rights. The...