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Parliament Passes Bill on Property Confiscation in Second Reading
The Armenian parliament on Monday adopted in the second reading a controversial bill that upholds the government’s powers to confiscate real property and give it to private developers by citing ‘state and public needs...
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Expresses Various Concerns About the Situation of Human Rights In Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) EU-Georgia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Armenia Cooperation Councils 13-14 November 2006 Brussels, 13 November 2006 - On the occasion of the three Cooperation Councils...
“What If You Are Called by the Police” Clips Presentation
November 13- Civil Society Institute in cooperation with Penal Reform International organized a short Film Clips Presentation at Moscow Cinema regarding individual rights “What if you are called by the police.” The...
Foreign Minister Oskanian Signs Memorandum, European Neighborhood Action Plan Enters into Force
The Seventh Armenia-EU Cooperation Council took place on the morning of November 14 in Brussels. During this meeting, the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan was adopted and entered into force. The Armenian...
Armenian Government, Parties Prepare For Parliamentary Polls
Armenia’s leading political groups are gearing up for next spring’s parliamentary elections, which could determine who succeeds President Robert Kocharian in 2008. A key issue surrounding the legislative vote is whether...
Politicians Discuss Electoral Code Amendments
The issue of forming electoral commissions featured prominently during Wednesday’s discussions of amendments to the Electoral Code organized by Armenia’s largest independent election-monitoring organization called “The...
Constitutional Court Rules Judges Out Of Election Commissions
Armenia’s political opposition has registered a rare victory at the Constitutional Court as the Election Code provision allowing the presence of judges in election commissions was pronounced unconstitutional on Tuesday...
Jailed Editor Set To Appeal Harsh Sentence
The legal team of a newspaper editor serving a four-year prison term for draft evasion call the sentence passed by a Yerevan lower court too harsh and want it reduced by the appeals court. “Zhamanak Yerevan” newspaper...
Western Watchdog Finds No Change In Armenia’s Corruption Level
An international anti-corruption watchdog has ranked Armenia 93rd among 163 nations by its level of corruption, which is neither progress nor regress against last year’s study results. In the rankings released on...
U.S. Urged To Withhold Promised Aid To Armenia
A leading U.S. human rights organization urged the U.S. administration on Friday to withhold promised economic assistance to Armenia and six other developing countries which it believes fail to meet “reasonable...