News

Armenian Rights Group Condemns ‘Deadly Police Torture’
An Armenian human rights group joined on Tuesday the family of a young man who died in police custody last month in alleging that he was brutally tortured by police interrogators. Levon Gulian was found dead on May 12...
Heritage: The "Armenian Watergate" Case Continues
Yerevan- On June 21, the Central and Nork-Marash Court of First Instance, Judge Samvel Tadevosian presiding, heard for a second time-and today ruled in favor of-Heritage Party Chairman and newly-elected Member of...
“Monitoring Of Democratic Reforms In Armenia” 2006 Report Presented
On June 20 at Congress Hotel in Yerevan “Monitoring of Democratic Reforms in Armenia” report was presented. The report has been developed by the Yerevan Press Club under the project of the same name, funded by the Open...
Jailed Editor To Ask For Parole
The editor of an Armenian pro-opposition newspaper serving a prison sentence for draft evasion said on Thursday he will ask the authorities to release him on parole and hopes that the request will be granted. Under...
Hovannisian Seeks Extra Parliament Seat
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Monday that we will contest a repeat parliamentary election in a constituency in central Armenia despite having already been elected to the National Assembly. It is the first...
Lawyers Claim Procedural Violations In “Coup Plotters” Cases
By Astghik Bedevian Legal representatives of Karabakh war veterans charged with plotting a coup claim their clients should have been released from pre-trial detention after its term legally expired early this week....
Arrested Oppositionist’s Wife Waiting For ‘Promised’ Meeting With Premier
The American wife of an arrested oppositionist says she is still waiting for a meeting with the prime minister promised to her a week ago. Melissa Brown, the spouse of Alexander Arzumanian, told reporters on Wednesday...
Heritage Party Pick Up Their Parliamentary Mandates
Members of parliament representing the opposition Heritage party of ex-foreign minister Raffi Hovannisian received their parliamentary mandates at the Central Election Commission on Tuesday. The party’s leader had...
Opposition Decries High Court Verdict On Election Appeals
Armenia’s opposition on Monday branded as ‘political’ the previous day’s verdict passed by the Constitutional Court turning down election appeals from four political forces. Aram Sarkisian, the leader of the radical...
Opposition Forces Walk Out Of Constitutional Court
Representatives of three opposition parties appealing the May 12 election outcomes have left the Constitutional Court to show their protest over what they allege to be a judicial farce and prejudgment. Orinats Yerkir...