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Jirayr Sefilyan set free
Today the imprisonment term of the Karabakh war hero, commander of "Shushi" separate battalion Jirayr Sefilyan finished and he was released from "Vardashen" prison where he spent 18 months. He thanked those who met him...
Coverage Of Issues Of Public Concern During Presidential Elections
On May 28-30 in Aghveran “Coverage of Issues of Public Concern during Presidential Elections 2008” seminar was held by Yerevan Press Club with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The Editor of YPC Weekly...
Ter-Petrosian Schedules First Rally Since Crackdown
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and his opposition allies reaffirmed on Tuesday their intention to defy a possible government ban and hold on June 20 their first major rally since the post-election clashes in...
Court Refuses To Reinstate Fired Diplomats
A court in Yerevan refused on Thursday to declare illegal the controversial dismissal of former Foreign Ministry officials who publicly condemned the Armenian government’s conduct of the recent presidential election....
Hospitalized Opposition Leader Freed
Aram Karapetian, one of several dozen opposition politicians arrested in the wake of Armenia’s presidential election, was released from pre-trial detention on Monday ten days after being hospitalized with serious heart...
High Court Upholds Oppositionist’s Sentence
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Thursday essentially upheld the lengthiest of prison sentences given to arrested supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian so far. Harutiun Urutian, who managed one of Ter-...
Armenian Parliament To Ease Ban On Opposition Rallies
The Armenian parliament began debating on Monday a European-backed bill that would ease serious restrictions on freedom of assembly imposed by the government following the bloody suppression of post-election opposition...
Provision Of The RA Law “On Television And Radio” Is Recognized To Be Contradicting The Constitution Yet Is In Force Till The End Of The Year
On May 13 the RA Constitutional Court heard the issue of compliance of Part 3 of Article 53 of the RA Law “On Television and Radio” with the RA Constitution. An appropriate appeal on this was submitted to the...
Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General on official visit to Armenia
Strasbourg, 15.05.2008 The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, will visit Yerevan (Armenia) to participate in a conference on domestic violence, organised by the Armenian...
Representative of US State Department advocates holding deep analysis of violations during presidential election in Armenia
During the May 15 meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Thomas C. Adams, Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, pointed out the significance of a deep analysis of the fact of violations during...