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15:53 05/03/2022Baku court sentences two Armenian POWs to 19 and 18 years in jailThe sham trials of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) continue in Azerbaijan. A court in Baku on Saturday sentenced two POWs, I. Saghatelyan and V. Rafaelyan, to 19 and 18 years in prison,...
11:58 05/03/2022Kyrgyzstan arrests Turkish citizen suspected of involvement in Hrant Dink’s assassinationKyrgyz authorities have arrested a Turkish citizen suspected of being involved in the 2007 killing of a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist in Istanbul, RFE/RL reports.
12:52 04/03/2022Armenian Health Ministry proposes banning salt shakers in catering facilitiesArmenia’s Ministry of Health proposes a ban on salt shakers in public catering facilities. The new bill on trade and services would oblige catering facilities to put salt shakers on tables only at...
15:55 02/03/2022Judge denies motion of Kocharyan’s lawyer to apply to Constitutional CourtJudge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, who is presiding over the trial of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan,...
12:07 02/03/2022SRC uncovers corruption scheme in Zangezur Copper Molybdenum CombineEmployees of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) have uncovered a large corruption scheme involving the former CEO of the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC), which cost the state some 15...
17:04 28/02/2022Artsakh's NSS negotiating with Russian peacekeepers to eliminate tools of Azerbaijan's psychological attackThe National Security Service (NSS) of the Artsakh Republic is taking measures to enhance security in the village of Khramort and other communities of the Askeran region after Azerbaijani threats...
14:15 28/02/2022Attempted murder probe launched after Azeri forces open fire at workers in ArtsakhThe Investigative Committee of Artsakh has launched a criminal investigation into an attempted murder of three Armenian workers by the Azerbaijani military.
11:45 25/02/2022Court upholds ruling on release of ex-Armenian POWArmenia’s Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling to release former Armenian prisoner of war (POW) Robert Nalbandyan, rejecting the prosecutors’ request, human rights activist Ruben...
15:36 23/02/2022Arman Tatoyan: I have a feeling that we are still at war, there is just no armed attackArmenia’s outgoing Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan summed up his six-year tenure at a news conference on Wednesday, highlighting his office had worked in extremely difficult and tense...
13:27 23/02/2022Armenian ombudsman stresses need to restore public solidarity in countryArmenia’s outgoing Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan highlights the need to restore public solidarity in Armenia.
12:50 22/02/2022Armenian ombudsman: Analysis of new evidence of Azerbaijani war crimes completedArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan says his office has completed the examination of new evidence and reports of Azerbaijani war crimes and crimes against humanity committed...
11:31 19/02/2022Azerbaijani forces again target civilians in Artsakh’s TaghavardAzerbaijani forces again opened fire on the residential houses in Taghavard community of Artsakh’s Martuni region on Friday, the Artsakh Prosecutor's Office reported.
15:48 18/02/2022Judge calls for measures to bring Armenia’s justice minister to account for ‘offensive’ remarksChairman of Armenia’s Union of Judges Alexander Azaryan urges the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a state body overseeing Armenian courts, to take measures to hold Minister of Justice Karen...
15:15 18/02/2022Brad Pitt sues Angelina Jolie over sale of stake in French wineryBrad Pitt is suing Angelina Jolie for selling her share of a French winery they bought together as a couple, The Independent reports.
12:21 18/02/2022Donald Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rulesFormer US President Donald Trump and two of his children must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into their business practices, a judge has ruled.
11:33 18/02/2022Ombudspersons denounce Azerbaijan’s statement on prosecution of Artsakh presidentArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan and Ombudsman of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan denounced Azerbaijan’s plans to prosecute Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan in a joint statement...
12:20 17/02/2022Blinken calls new charges against Navalny ‘dubious’U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday he is “troubled by dubious new charges” against Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who went on trial Tuesday in a penal colony outside of...
16:36 16/02/2022Davit Harutyunyan: New law eliminated constitutional guarantees for judges’ independenceJudge Davit Harutyunyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction believes that the amendments to Armenia’s Judicial Code and Criminal Procedure Code passed earlier in February will not survive...
14:12 16/02/2022Judge Boris Bakhshiyan’s right to education violated, lawyer saysJailed judge Boris Bakhshiyan’s lawyer, Yerem Sargsyan, has applied to Armenia's Supreme Judicial Council, alleging a gross violation of the judge's right to education.
13:34 16/02/2022Artsakh parliament unanimously passes bill on occupied territoriesThe Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) National Assembly has unanimously passed in the first reading a draft law on territories occupied by Azerbaijan in the 2020 war.