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17:58 23/12/2021Instructions of Armenian Prosecutor General's Office in Aghvan Hovsepyan's case are groundless, watchdog saysThe Anti-Corruption Committee has submitted objections to the instructions of the Prosecutor General’s Office in regard to the case of Armenia’s former Prosecutor General and Chairman of the...
17:48 23/12/2021Civic Consciousness NGO head Narek Samsonyan summoned again by policeNarek Samsonyan, head of the Civic Consciousness NGO and founder of AntiFake.am website, has been summoned again by the Armenian police, he said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
15:27 23/12/2021New video reveals role of Armenian ombudsman institution in combating hate speechArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan on Thursday released an informative video, explaining the role of the institution in combating hate speech.
10:50 23/12/2021Turkish journalist gets suspended sentence over cartoon tweetA columnist for a leading Turkish opposition daily has been handed down a suspended sentence of nine months on charges of “inciting hatred and animosity among the public” for posting a cartoon on...
17:15 22/12/2021Hayk Marutyan dismissed as Yerevan MayorThe Yerevan City Council passed a vote of no-confidence against Hayk Marutyan and terminated his powers as the mayor of the capital city.
14:49 21/12/2021Opposition leader Garnik Isagulyan detainedThe leader of Armenia’s opposition National Security Party, Garnik Isagulyan, has been detained, the Investigative Committee of Armenia said in a statement on Tuesday.
11:40 21/12/2021Armenian ombudsman: Hate speech has nothing to do with freedom of speechArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has published a video about negative consequences of hate speech, stressing that it has nothing to do with the freedom of speech.
17:27 20/12/2021Around 50 confirmed Armenian captives being held in Azerbaijan, lawyer saysNearly 50 confirmed Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) are being held in Azerbaijan, human rights lawyer Siranush Sahakyan told reporters on Monday.
12:38 20/12/2021"Hate breeds hatred”: Ombudsman released an awareness video on the consequences of the dissemination of hatredHate speech always returns to the one who spreads hatred. This is the message of the awareness-raising video published by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan. "This awareness-raising...
10:55 20/12/2021Putin says 32 terrorist attacks foiled in Russia in 2021Russia’s security agencies managed to achieve a decline in the terrorist threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that 32 terrorist attacks have been prevented over an 11-month period this...
10:51 18/12/2021Tatoyan: My tenure as Armenian ombudsman hasn't been due to any political force’s expression of good willArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan responded to the claims of a number of lawmakers from the ruling Civil Contract faction in a statement late on Friday.
19:15 17/12/2021Opposition announces a plan to dismiss Prosecutor General Artur DavtyanOpposition lawmaker from "Armenia" bloc Artsvik Minasyan announced on Friday that a process for dismissal of the country's Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan is launched.
17:40 17/12/2021Putin says Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine effective against OmicronThe Russian Sputnik V vaccine works better against the new Omicron strain than other vaccines used globally, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a plenary session of the 30th congress of the...
17:04 17/12/2021Our aim is to uphold the law not to make the judges serve certain people - Gegham Manukyan"After the change of power in Armenia and the staff cleansing, the state administration in Armenia has been filled with unexperienced people," opposition lawmaker Gegham Manukyan stated during a...
11:44 17/12/2021Serious threats to democracy: Ombudsman comments on situation with Armenia’s local self-government bodiesHuman Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan commented on the situation with local self-government bodies of Armenia, noting that the recent developments are fraught with serious threats to one of...
10:15 17/12/2021Search warrant issued for Alec Baldwin's phone over "Rust" shootingPolice obtained a search warrant on Thursday for actor Alec Baldwin's cellphone in the investigation of October's fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of his Western movie...
20:45 16/12/2021Ombudsman: Grounds for arrest of four repatriated Armenian soldiers unconvincingArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan questioned the legality of the arrest of four Armenian soldiers who returned from Azerbaijani captivity, stating the arrest grounds are...
18:03 16/12/2021Moscow court fines Twitter 10 mln rubles for not deleting banned contentA Justice of the Peace court in Moscow has fined Twitter another 10 mln rubles ($136,000) for refusing to delete the content banned by the Russian legislation, with the total amount of the fine...
17:05 16/12/2021Civic Consciousness head Narek Samsonyan releasedNarek Samsonyan, head of the Civic Consciousness NGO and founder of AntiFake.am website, has been released.
11:13 16/12/2021Mamikon Aslanyan accused of winning the local elections against the will of authorities - statementThe lawyers of former head of community of Vanadzor Mamikon Aslanyan, the leader of "Mamikon Aslanyan bloc" which claimed the majority of the votes in the recent local elections have issued a...