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19:45 19/10/2021ECHR says Turkey should change law on insulting presidentEurope's top human rights court called on Turkey on Tuesday to change a law regarding insulting the president under which tens of thousands have been prosecuted, after ruling that a man's detention...
17:52 19/10/2021Ombudsman's claims are ‘clearly exaggerated’ – Armenian Defense MinistryThe Defense Ministry of Armenia says the claims of Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan over the Azerbaijani activity in Gegharkunik Province are “clearly exaggerated”.
15:37 19/10/2021Arms dealer Davit Galstyan to remain in custodyArms dealer Davit Galstyan, better known as Patron Davo, will remain in custody as the Yerevan Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling to arrest him, his lawyer Armen Harutyunyan told...
14:08 19/10/2021Venice Commission says Armenian legislative amendments significantly reduce the power of the OmbudsmanThe European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) issued a special opinion on the legislation that reduces the funding and the legal regime of the Office of Armenia’s human rights...
13:13 19/10/2021"Don't remain silent!" - Young ARFD members protest outside the International Court in the HagueA group of Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) young members in the Netherlands hold protest outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, where the Court holds...
12:56 19/10/2021Turkey summons 10 diplomats over call for activist’s releaseTurkey’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the ambassadors of the United States and nine other countries to protest a statement they issued that called for the release of imprisoned philanthropist...
14:38 18/10/2021Ruben Sahakyan has always been concerned with Armenia's well being - Robert KocharyanArmenia's former President Robert Kocharyan sent a letter of condolences on the death of the renowned lawyer, ex-Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, RA Honoured Lawyer Ruben Sahakyan.
13:19 18/10/2021Human rights activist urges release of ‘political prisoner’ Arush Arushanyan after election winHuman rights activist Ruben Melikyan called for the release of arrested opposition politician Arush Arushanyan after the latter won Sunday’s local elections in Armenia’s Goris community.
12:36 18/10/2021Armenian ombudsman: Activity of Azerbaijani forces invading Gegharkunik increased significantlyThe Azerbaijani troops, that have invaded Armenia's Gegharkunik Province, have built large shelters, stocked up on firewood and concreted the roads leading to their positions.
19:03 16/10/2021SIS didn't allow Seyran Ohanyan to leave for Russia to attend CSTO Parliamentary Assembly sessionArmenia's Special Investigation Service didn't allow the Head of "Armenia" opposition faction, ex-defense minister Seyran Ohanyan to leave for St.
20:01 15/10/2021Court of Appeals dismisses complaint over detention of ex-Defense Minister Davit TonoyanThe Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed the motion filed over the detention of ex-Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan.
19:38 15/10/2021Armenia's Yeraskh village subjected to regular shelling by Azerbaijani forces - Arman TatoyanYeraskh village of Ararat province is subjected to regular shelling by the Azerbaijani armed forces, both during the day and night, Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan reports.
16:26 15/10/2021Artsakh Ombudsman: Azerbaijani statements on peaceful coexistence are nothing but hollow words covering the Azerbaijani anti-Armenian agenda"On October 14, Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire on the bases of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, as a result of which 6 servicemen were wounded," Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan...
14:15 15/10/2021Armenia’s judicial system has never ‘stooped so low’, human rights activist saysHuman rights activist Ruben Melikyan, who formerly served as Artsakh ombudsman and Armenia’s deputy justice minister, believes the Armenian judiciary has never “stooped so low”.
19:54 14/10/2021Azerbaijan continues to actively promote ethnic hatred against Armenians, Yeghishe Kirakosyan tells UN courtAzerbaijan systematically promotes ethnic hatred against Armenians, Armenia’s representative before the ECHR, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, told the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial...
12:57 14/10/2021Armenian delegation takes part in the first hearing on the case against Azerbaijan at ICJThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold on October 14-15 its first hearings of the proceedings instituted against Azerbaijan for the racial discrimination of ethnic Armenians.
17:28 13/10/2021Iran will never allow terrorists or warmongers to be deployed along the country's borders - Mohammad Jafar Montazeri"The centuries-old, good-neighborly and friendly relations between Armenia and Iran are a good basis for jointly confronting the regional challenges, finding the necessary solutions also by the...
16:22 13/10/2021Iran's Prosecutor General says recent developments require closer cooperation with Armenia"Armenia and Iran have always enjoyed good diplomatic and political relations. The recent developments in the region make us strengthen further the bilateral interactions," the Prosecutor General of...
14:25 13/10/2021Appellate court rejects request to release Goris community headThe Court of Appeals, presided over by judge Mher Arghamanyan, on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling to keep Arush Arushanyan, the head of the Goris community of Armenia’s Syunik Province, under...
11:06 13/10/2021Why did the Turkish institute in Washington close down?By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Hoya, the student newspaper of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, published last week a lengthy investigative article about the demise...