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‘Decisive’ Opposition Rally Banned
Authorities in Yerevan have banned a key anti-government rally which former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and his opposition alliance plan to hold on August 1, an opposition representative said on Wednesday. Ter-...
Sarkisian Sees No Dialogue With Opposition
President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday all but ruled out the possibility of starting a dialogue with his political opponents led by Levon Ter-Petrosian and said his governing coalition is broad-based enough to successfully...
Jailed Editor Again Denied Parole
Ignoring calls from Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, prison officials and international watchdogs, Armenian authorities on Friday again refused to parole the editor of an opposition newspaper who was imprisoned for...
Organizer of July 18 rally in Vanadzor: Local authorities make efforts to minimize number of rally participants
'Administration of Lori region tries to minimize the number of participants in tomorrow's rally in the town of Vanadzor using administrative methods', Head of Vanadzor Office of Helsinki Civil Assembly (HCA) Artur...
Arman Babajanian Was To Be Released On May 17
“Arman Babajanian should be conditionally released,” considers RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian on the grounds that “Arman Babajanian has never been imprisoned before; no charge has ever been brought against him”. The...
Sarkisian ‘Against’ Jailing Peaceful Oppositionists
Opposition members who did not commit violent acts should not be prosecuted and imprisoned in connection with Armenia’s bloody post-election strife, President Serzh Sarkisian told a visiting senior official from the...
Court Ruled To Consider The Plight Of Early Release Of The Chief Editor Of “Zhamanak-Yerevan”
On July 4 the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan nullified the decision of the administration of “Hospital for Convicts” on April 3, 2008 on the case of the Chief Editor of “...
RA Ombudsman Requests Personal Guard And Transport For Him And His Family Members
Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan appealed to Head of RA National Security Service under RA government Gorik Hakopyan with request to provide him and his family members with personal security. As RA ombudsman's...
Monitoring Committee Will Make Report On Armenia
“PACE Resolution N1620 greeted the decent fulfillment of changes in the law on “Holding meetings, demonstration, marches and rallies”, in particular, a statement was made that the place to conduct meetings should not be...
An incident in center of Yerevan
ArmInfo. Today, at 7 pm local time, about 20 men entered the Northern Avenue of Yerevan and attacked the people who took part in the opposition's daily action of political strolling, the oppositional Nationwide Movement...