Point of View

Judicial system is not independent enough to recognize “torture”
In Armenia torture is considered a negative work style inherited from the past and a result of impunity of the present...
June 26: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (video)
There is no statistics on how many people annually become victims of torture. Cases of torture are not revealed very...
The court is delaying Semerjyan’s case of conditional early release without basis
On June 6, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Erebuni and Nubarashen administrative districts (Yerevan) rejected life...
The Group of Public Observers records gross violations within the Police system of Armenia
Public Observers monitoring the places for holding arrested persons in the Police system of the Republic of Armenia ...
Guarantee for Fair Elections: Changed Election Code or Political Will?
Making changes in the Election Code on the eve of elections seems to have become a tradition. The original law adopted...
No Entry to Prisons for Helsinki Association Due to “Objective Discontent”
Helsinki Association NGO is barred from visiting and monitoring penitentiaries of the RA Ministry of Justice which...
Four years of impunity: who is the immoral person disgracing the system
Two months ago RA President Serzh Sargsyan during the Police Board meeting talked about the negative cases and...
No Criminal Case Was Instituted On The Fact of Torture
Stepan Hovakimyan's defense lawyer blames RA Prosecutor's Office and law enforcement bodies for not assigning effective...
Defense lawyer believes that the court found the defendant guilty without reasonable evidence
Armavir District Court of General Jurisdiction found the defendant Arkadi Gevoryan guilty without reasonable grounds,...
Amnesty International. Annual Report 2011 - Armenia
Perpetrators of human rights violations continued to enjoy impunity. Protection for women and girls still failed to...