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Local employee of OSCE Yerevan Office detained by Police
OSCE spokeswoman Gohar Avagyan told ArmInfo and confirmed the information about detention of the local employee of OSCE Yerevan Office. She said that that OSCE employee was taken to Shengavit Police station on March 27...
Freeze On U.S. Aid To Armenia ‘Very Real’
The United States could freeze its multimillion-dollar economic assistance to Armenia if the authorities in Yerevan continue to crack down on dissent, restrict civil liberties and roll back democratic reforms, a senior...
Armenian Police Step Up Street Detentions
The Armenian police stepped up on Wednesday daily detentions of opposition supporters who have been gathering and strolling on a street in downtown Yerevan since the lifting of the state of emergency last Friday. The...
Popular Fundraiser Keeps Independent TV On Air
By Satenik Vantsian in Gyumri A cash-strapped independent television station looked set to avoid an immediate closure on Monday thanks to an unprecedented fund-raising campaign that has enabled it to pay the bulk of a...
Kocharian Warns Opposition Against More Protests
President Robert Kocharian said Thursday that he will not prolong the state of emergency in Yerevan but warned that Armenian security bodies would not hesitate to break up more anti-government demonstrations planned by...
PACE Monitoring Committee concerned about continuing arrests in Armenia
Strasbourg, 18.03.2008 - Meeting in Paris on 18 March 2008, the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressed its deep concern about the arrest of more than one hundred...
Ter-Petrosian, Allies Discuss Next Steps
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosian and his opposition allies remaining at large have met to discuss their further steps, saying that they will continue to strive for regime change in Armenia by “legal and democratic...
Armenian Parliament passed draft law 'On Alterations and Amendments to Law 'On Rallies, Demonstrations and processions''
Late at night March 17, at the extra session, RA Parliament passed the second and final reading of the draft law "On Alterations and Amendments to Law "On Rallies, Demonstrations and processions"" with 90 votes "for"...
Legal Initiative, Elections 2008 Report On Ambulance Group Activities
Report on ambulance group activities
OSCE Chairman's envoy calls on Armenian authorities to lift state of emergency
VIENNA, 13 March 2008 - Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the special envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, called today on the Armenian authorities to lift the state of emergency and engage in a dialogue with the opposition...