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14:19 08/02/2021People getting to understand actual purpose of political persecution, Kocharyan’s lawyer saysSecond Armenian President Robert Kocharyan’s lawyer, Hayk Alumyan, again denounced the criminal case against the former president as “political persecution”.
11:35 06/02/2021Armenian MP appeals to women leaders in Europe to force Azerbaijan to release civilian prisoner Maral NajarianArmenian MP Naira Zohrabyan from the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party has appealed to women leaders in Europe to force Azerbaijan to release Lebanese-Armenian Maral Najarian and the other Armenian...
17:09 04/02/2021Requests on interim measures under ECHR Rule 39 concerned 228 Armenians and 13 AzerbaijanisThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) received the complete applications in the inter-State cases Azerbaijan v.
13:46 04/02/2021Paris court convicts French state for failure to address climate crisisA Paris court has convicted the French state of failing to address the climate crisis and not keeping its promises to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, The Guardian reports.
10:09 04/02/2021Armenian ombudsman: Azerbaijani military grossly violates Meghri residents’ right to waterThe internationally guaranteed right to water for the residents of Meghri community of Armenia’s Syunik Province is continuously seriously violated by the deliberate actions of the Azerbaijani...
14:10 03/02/2021Judge refuses to recuse herself from Kocharyan trialJudge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction presiding over the trial of second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and three other former senior officials, denied a motion to...
13:36 03/02/2021Police detain four ARF Youth Union members outside Armenian parliamentPolice officers forcefully detained four members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) party’s Youth Union of Armenia and two other activists during a protest...
19:42 02/02/2021176 lawsuits filed against media and reporters in Armenia in past two years – CPFEIn July-December 2020, a total of 176 lawsuits related to the media and journalists were filed with the courts in Armenia, of which 94 were submitted in 2019 and 82 in 2020.
18:12 02/02/2021Detention conditions of Syrian mercenaries in Armenia in line with international standardsThe detention conditions of Syrian mercenaries held in Armenia are in line with international standards, a group of public monitors said in a statement on Tuesday.
16:44 02/02/2021Ombudsman: State policy of Armenophobia continues in AzerbaijanThe state policy of Armenophobia continues in Azerbaijan, Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan said in a statement on Tuesday.
12:43 02/02/2021Armenia submits Inter-State application against Azerbaijan with ECHRThe Government of Armenia submitted on Monday an inter-state application against Azerbaijan with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) claiming Convention violations during and in the aftermath...
10:50 02/02/2021Two arrested and 16 sick Azeri soldiers handed over to Azerbaijan - Russian MoDTwo servicemen of the Azerbaijani forces were released and handed over to Azerbaijani side with Russian peacekeepers' mediation, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Friday.
20:19 01/02/2021Moscow court returns elder Khachaturian sisters' case to prosecutorsThe Moscow court has granted a request to hand the case of the two elder Khachaturian sisters who killed their abusive father back to a prosecutor's office, a lawyer told Sputnik news agency.
20:17 01/02/2021UN experts call fo immediate release of prisoners of war and other captives from the Nagorno-Karabakh warUN human rights experts today called for the prompt release of prisoners of war and other captives from the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and for the return of bodies to families for burial with...
16:04 01/02/2021Tension grows in Austria over the deportation of three young girls to Georgia and ArmeniaTensions are growing in Austria over the deportation of three girls to Georgia and Armenia, including a 12-year-old girl who was born in the country, Euronews reported.
10:20 01/02/2021Ombudsman: Rights of Armenian citizens should be at the core of decisions in border determination processThe rights of Armenian citizens should be at the core of decisions in the process of determining Armenia’s state borders, Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan said in a statement late on...
11:11 30/01/2021Yerevan court rules to arrest Vahan BadasyanThe Yerevan Court ruled on Friday to arrest opposition figure, the leader of United Armenia Party Vahan Badasyan, granting the motion by the National Security Service, Badasyan's lawyer Arayik...
19:30 29/01/2021‘Impunity leads to more torture’, Armenian ombudsman tells Foreign PolicyJustice will be a bedrock for any sustainable peace, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan told Foreign Policy, referring to the war crimes committed by the Azerbaijani forces...
15:48 29/01/2021Ombudsman records killings of 72 Artsakh civilians by Azerbaijani forces in nearly four monthsThe staff of Artsakh's Human Rights Ombudsman has updated the interim report on the cases of killing of Artsakh civilians by the Azerbaijani armed forces including also the cases found after December...
19:51 28/01/202126 people detained by police amid anti-government protests in Yerevan26 participants of the protests held in Yerevan on Thursday have been detained by law enforcement, Panorama.am learnt from the press department at the Police of Armenia.