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11:35 16/02/2022Azerbaijani forces targeted Artsakh farmer, police sayAzerbaijani forces opened fire at a civilian engaged in farming in an Artsakh village in fresh ceasefire isolation on Tuesday.
17:03 15/02/2022Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers leave courtroom in protest against judge’s moveThe lawyers of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, Hayk Alumyan and Hovhannes Khudoyan, on Tuesday left the courtroom to protest against presiding judge Anna Danibekyan's move during a...
11:57 15/02/2022Armenian ombudsman sums up visit to Gegharkunik villagesArmenia’s outgoing Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan and his staff paid a visit to the villages of Geghamabak, Jaghatsadzor, Norabak, Kut and Sotk in Gegharkunik Province.
16:42 12/02/2022Armenian ombudsman, US ambassador discuss human rights issuesArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan held a meeting with EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin, his office said in a statement.
12:36 12/02/2022Azerbaijan continues criminal acts against Armenian POWs: Opposition MP addresses int’l communityAzerbaijan continues criminal acts against Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), Taguhi Tovmasyan, an MP from the opposition With Honor faction and head of the parliamentary Standing Committee on...
12:48 11/02/2022Ombudsman: Azerbaijani forces opened fire at houses of Artsakh civiliansAzerbaijani forces opened fire at residential houses in Karmir Shuka and Taghavard communities of Artsakh’s Martuni region early on Friday morning, Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan...
17:15 10/02/2022Protest held outside EU Delegation office in YerevanA group of human rights activists, opposition figures and other citizens on Thursday gathered in front of the EU Delegation office in Armenia to denounce the “unacceptable" silence of the EU...
13:51 10/02/2022Armenia’s NSS exposes large network of spiesThe National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) says it has uncovered a large network of spies created by foreign intelligence agencies and operating on the territory of the country.
15:56 09/02/2022Armenian ombudsman’s new report reflects on decision to ban Panorama.am photographer's entry into parliamentArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan on Wednesday published a new ad hoc report on the restrictions of journalists' activities in the National Assembly and impermissible actions...
12:35 09/02/2022Opposition mayor of Armenia’s Goris to remain in custodyThe jailed opposition mayor of Goris, a community in Armenia’s Syunik Province, will remain in pre-trial custody.
17:08 08/02/2022Three Armenian workers come under Azerbaijani fire in Artsakh’s Askeran regionAzerbaijani forces opened fire at the village of Khramort in Artsakh’s Askeran region from large-caliber machine guns on February 5, at around 12pm, the Artsakh Prosecutor’s Office reported.
16:03 08/02/2022Yerevan court again postpones hearing in case of Robert Kocharyan, Armen GevorgyanThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday again postponed a hearing in the case involving second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan for a...
13:15 08/02/2022Pro-government MPs reject opposition bill to raise minimum wage in ArmeniaMPs from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract faction on Tuesday rejected an opposition proposal to increase the minimum wage from 68,000 drams to 100,000 (approx.
16:15 07/02/2022Human right activist announces assembly outside EU Delegation office in YerevanHuman rights activist Ruben Melikyan announced an assembly outside the office of the European Union Delegation in Yerevan on February 10, following the arrest of judge Boris Bakhshiyan.
15:13 07/02/2022From democracy to dictatorship: Opposition MP slams arrest of judge Boris BakhshiyanArmenia is turning from a democracy into a dictatorship amid the “tacit support” from international organizations, lawyer and opposition Hayastan faction MP Aram Vardevanyan claims.
13:13 07/02/2022Armenian court orders arrest of judge Boris BakhshiyanA first instance court in Armenia’s southernmost Syunik Province has ordered the arrest of judge Boris Bakhshiyan.
12:43 07/02/2022Court orders re-arrest of Kajaran mayor, lawyer saysManvel Paramazyan, the opposition mayor of Kajaran, Armenia, will be arrested again, his lawyer Yervand Varosyan said on Monday.
12:00 07/02/2022Ex-Armenian POW Serzhik Amirkhanyan releasedFormer Armenian prisoner of war (POW) Serzhik Amirkhanyan, who was arrested in Armenia after returning from Azerbaijani captivity, was released on Sunday, human rights activist Ruben Melikyan said.
11:35 07/02/2022Armenian ombudsman: Azerbaijani authorities inciting religious enmity at state levelThe Azerbaijani authorities are inciting religious enmity at the state level, accusing Armenians of Islamophobia with absolute falsehood, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan...
16:30 05/02/2022Freedom House urges Armenian authorities to revoke law criminalizing ‘serious insults’Freedom House notes with great concern the first criminal conviction of an Armenian citizen under the new provision of the Criminal Code criminalizing “serious insults” against government officials,...