Next Demonstration for Zhirayr Sefilian and Vardan Malkhasian Held

2 February 2007

"The main goal of the "Armenian Volunteers' Unity" public initiative is to
prevent the reproduction of the present immoral, illegal and anti-national
regime." Samvel Haroutiunian, a member of the initiative made such a statement
during the February 2 demonstration of complaint organized in defence of Zhirayr
Sefilian, the organization coordinator, commander of the Shoushi special
battalion, and Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the "Hayrenik u Pativ" (Fatherland
and Honour) party political council...


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Decision 2007 Comes May 12: Will it be fair?

2 February 2007

A decree signed this week by President Robert Kocharyan places the Parliamentary
elections on May 12.

Now that the date has been settled, the over-riding question remains whether
these elections – unlike any in independent Armenia – can be fairly executed...


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Editor Denied Release: “Guilty” verdict voids chance for administrative
penalty

2 February 2007

Lawyers for jailed newspaper editor Arman Babajanyan have failed in their
argument before a court of appeals that their client is being punished beyond
reason.

Babajanyan, 30, editor of Zhamanak-Yerevan (“Times-Yerevan”), has been in jail
since last June on charges of avoiding military service by falsifying documents.
The editor returned to Armenia after living in California, and started the
opposition newspaper that quickly gained a reputation for criticizing the
government...


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Armenians See Increased Corruption, Shows New Survey

31 January 2007

Almost two in three Armenians believe that corruption in their country has
increased in recent years despite declared government efforts to combat it,
according to new research made public on Wednesday...


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Youths Protest Anti-Armenian Violence In Russia

31 January 2007

About a hundred student activists staged on Wednesday a rare demonstration
outside the Russian embassy in Yerevan to protest continuing racially motivated
attacks on Armenians in Russia.


Chanting “No to Russian fascism,” the protesters, most of them members of the
student wing of a small Armenian party, demanded that Russian authorities crack
down on neo-Nazi skinheads widely blamed for endemic violence against
darker-skinned people living in Russia...


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