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19:07 26/03/2021Armenia's highest court declares Article 300.1 to be unconstitutionalArmenia’s Constitutional Court declared Article 300.1 of the country's Criminal Code, under which former president Robert Kocharyan is charged, to be unconstitutional.
13:09 26/03/2021Lawyer: Former Ararat governor’s illegal decision declared invalidA court in Yerevan has declared invalid a decision of former Governor of Armenia’s Ararat Province Garik Sargsyan to appoint an acting head of the Norashen community in 2019, lawyer Amram Makinyan...
19:08 25/03/2021Artsakh has new human rights defenderThe National Assembly of Artsakh on Thursday held its regular plenary session during which, among other issues, the new human rights defender was elected, Artsakhpress reported.
13:33 25/03/2021Armenia makes international covenant prohibiting death penalty irreversibleOn 19 March 2021, Armenia deposited the instrument of ratification on the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, becoming its 89th State party.
10:58 25/03/2021Ombudsman: We must learn lessons from the past and disallow violations of the rights of Armenia's border residentsThe Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan wrote on Facebook that in the 1920s, whenever circumstances related to border issues were unfavorable or not to their liking, the Azerbaijani...
19:15 24/03/2021Khachaturian sisters declared victims in case against their father, lawyer saysThe Russian investigative committee acknowledged the Khachaturian sisters as victims in the posthumous criminal case against their late father, Mikhail Khachaturian, who was killed by his daughters...
13:19 24/03/2021Venice Commission decides to study bill to reduce funding for Armenian ombudsman’s officeAt its March 19-20 session, the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) decided to consider a draft law that would reduce the funding for the office of Armenia’s human...
12:37 24/03/2021Human rights activist: Taron Chakhoyan must be brought to disciplinary liabilityTaron Chakhoyan, the deputy chief of the Armenian prime minister's staff, must be subjected to disciplinary liability, Armenia’s former Deputy Minister of Justice, human rights activist Ruben...
14:59 23/03/2021Human Rights Watch calls for international pressure on Azerbaijan over Armenian POWsAzerbaijan’s international partners should press the Aliyev government to hold the perpetrators of the torture and degrading treatment against Armenian servicemen and civilians accountable, Human...
10:57 23/03/2021Gunman kills 10 at Colorado marketA gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the US state of Colorado, BBC reported.
20:29 22/03/2021Court hearing in Kocharyan’s and others’ case to resume tomorrowThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Anna Danibekyan, will resume on Tuesday March 23 hearings in the case of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and three other...
19:07 22/03/2021Armenian Ombudsman presented the Azerbaijani policy of ethnic cleansing during the UN Human Rights Council sessionDuring the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, on March 19, the video message of Armenia's Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan was published and broadcast in a special format on the issue of...
18:00 22/03/2021The bust of Armenian writer Shushanik Kurghinyan stoled from Komitas pantheonThe police of Yerevan Shengavit department is investigating the theft of Armenian poet Shushanik Kurghinyan'a bust from Yerevan Komitas pantheon.
14:10 22/03/2021Onik Gasparyan's lawyer: We are going to file crime report todayThe lawyer of recently dismissed chief of the Armenian army’s General Staff Onik Gasparyan, Artur Hovhannisyan, unveiled their intention to file a crime report over the appointment of Artak Davtyan...
13:17 22/03/2021Justice minister: 1,114 corruption crimes recorded in Armenia in 2020In 2020, around 415,000 decisions on penalty points for drivers and more than 7,300 decisions on suspension of driving licenses were made in Armenia, with some 2,200 driving licenses temporarily...
19:44 20/03/2021CoE Secretary General deplores Turkey's withdrawal from Istanbul ConventionTurkey‘s announced withdrawal from the Council of Europe‘s Istanbul Convention on violence against women is devastating news, the Secretary General at the Organization said in a released statement on...
11:13 20/03/2021Erdogan quits European treaty on violence against womenTurkey's President Erdogan pulled the country out of an international accord designed to protect women, despite calls from campaigners who see the pact as key to combating rising domestic violence,...
15:23 19/03/2021Armenian POWs abused in Azerbaijani custody – HRWAzerbaijani forces abused Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, subjecting them to cruel and degrading treatment and torture either when they were captured, during...
12:03 19/03/2021The Azerbaijani authorities carried out ethnic cleansing and a policy of genocide during the war: that policy continues today - OmbudsmanThe Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan commented on the remarks by the President of Azerbaijan during his visit of the XII century Surb Astvatsatsin Armenian Church in the village of...
14:39 18/03/2021Serzh Sargsyan’s supporters gather outside Yerevan court ahead of hearingPeople on Thursday gathered outside the building of the Court of General Jurisdiction in Yerevan’s Avan and Nor-Nork district to voice support for Armenia’s former President Serzh Sargsyan as the...