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18:55 02/04/2021Impunity breeds new and more serious crimes - Arman TatoyanArmenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan recalls brutal killings of elderly people, beheadings and other war crimes committed by Azerbaijani forces five years ago on this day.
20:43 01/04/2021Yerevan court to hear motion to end prosecution of Kocharyan under Article 300․1The Court of General Jurisdiction in Yerevan, presided over by judge Anna Danibekyan, on Friday will continue hearings in the case of the alleged overthrow of the constitutional order involving...
14:47 01/04/2021Parliament passes bill on making amendments to Electoral Code in the first readingThe Armenian National Assembly of Armenia passed in the first reading Thursday the bill on making amendments to the Electoral Code of the Country.
12:25 01/04/2021Parliament debates changes to the Electoral Code ahead of the snap electionsThe Armenian National Assembly is holding an extra-ordinary sitting to debate legislative amendments to the Electoral Code ahead of the snap parliamentary elections that will take place on June 20.
14:45 31/03/2021Azerbaijani serviceman drowns in lake near HadrutAn Azerbaijani serviceman drowned in a lake near Artsakh’s Hadrut region occupied by Azerbaijan during the recent war, the Azerbaijani media reported on Wednesday, citing a statement of the country’s...
14:18 31/03/2021Prosecution of Kocharyan continues under ‘non-existent’ penal code article, lawyer saysThe criminal prosecution against Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and three other former top officials continue under “non-existent” article of Armenia’s Criminal Code as the...
11:57 31/03/2021New sex-tape emerges targeting daughter of Azerbaijani opposition leader – OC MediaA private video reportedly featuring the daughter of Azerbaijani opposition leader Jamil Hasanli has been leaked on social media, the latest in a spate of sex-tapes targetting opposition figures, OC...
16:41 30/03/2021Lawyer: Judge Anna Danibekyan not inclined to act in line with lawJudge Anna Danibekyan presiding over the trial of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, former Chief of the army’s General Staff Yuri Khachaturov and two other former top officials, seems not...
14:56 30/03/2021Investigative Committee in Artsakh opens proceedings over HALO Trust handing minefield maps to Turkish forcesThe Artsakh Investigative Committee launched proceedings in the frames of the criminal case, opened according to Articles 310, Part 1 and 316 of the Criminal Code on the alleged handing of a...
13:54 30/03/2021Prosecutors not attending the court hearing in case of Robert Kocharyan and othersThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Anna Danibekyan, resumed on Tuesday the hearing in the case of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and three other former top...
12:01 30/03/2021APT Secretary General calls on Parliament speaker to retain legislative proposals on funding of the Ombudsman's workSecretary General at the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Barbara Bernath sent an open letter to the Speaker of Armenian Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan on the draft of a law on funding...
18:49 29/03/2021Azeris throw stones on a vehicle transporting bodies of killed servicemen of the Artsakh warAzeris threw stones on a vehicle transporting bodies of the killed servicemen retrieved from the Nagorno-Karabakh former war zone, the Deputy Mayor of Goris town Irina Yolyan informed on Facebook.
18:45 27/03/2021Ombudsman shares video of Azeri soldiers desecrating, vandalizing Armenian church in MataghisAzerbaijani forces have cynically desecrated and vandalized a 19th-century Armenian church in Artsakh’s Mataghis region controlled by them, a video shared by Armenia’s Human Rights Defender...
17:35 27/03/2021Artur Vanetsyan calls for resignations in the wake of Friday’s Constitutional Court rulingOpposition Homeland Party leader Artur Vanetsyan, a former director of Armenia’s National Security Service, cheered Friday’s ruling of the Constitutional Court that declared Article 300.1 of the...
15:50 27/03/2021New amendments threaten to stifle media freedom and freedom of expression in Armenia – Freedom HouseNew amendments threaten to stifle media freedom and freedom of expression in Armenia, Freedom House, a U.S.-based non-governmental democracy watchdog, has warned.
12:50 27/03/20212 dead, 8 wounded in Virginia Beach oceanfront shootings, police sayTwo people are dead and eight people were wounded in shootings along Virginia Beach’s oceanfront, The Associated Press reported on Saturday, citing police.
11:08 27/03/2021Lawyer: Armenia’s Constitutional Court ‘saved’ current authorities from charges and punishment in futureArmenia’s Constitutional Court “saved” the current authorities from charges and punishment in the future by ruling that Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code does not comply with the Constitution and is...
10:35 27/03/2021Artsakh ombudsman calls for proper probe into incident on Karmir Shuka-Stepanakert roadArtsakh Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan studied the information spread in the media on March 25, that the cars of Armenians were stoned by Azerbaijanis on the Karmir...
20:28 26/03/2021Robert Kocharyan has been unlawfully deprived of liberty for 537 days - Statement"Moments ago, the Constitutional Court of Armenia issued a judgment, declaring Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code to be contrary to the Constitution and invalid.
19:38 26/03/2021Turkish ex-police chiefs convicted over Hrant Dink's murderTurkish court sentenced two former police chiefs on Friday to life in prison for their role in the killing of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink more than 14 years ago, Reuters reported.