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18:36 05/02/2026Impossible to achieve lasting peace without return of Armenian prisoners, NGOs tell VanceOn the eve of U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan, more than 20 Armenian human rights and civil society organizations engaged in human rights work addressed an open letter...
17:03 05/02/2026Armenian police officer charged with torture, faces up to eight years in prisonArmenian prosecutors have charged a police officer with torturing a citizen in custody, an offence punishable by up to eight years in prison, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday.
16:45 05/02/2026Armen Ashotyan accuses European institutions of 'moral bankruptcy' at protest outside Armenian parliamentArmenian opposition politician Armen Ashotyan on Thursday accused European institutions of “moral bankruptcy”, saying they have failed to defend the democratic values they promote in Armenia, as...
15:10 05/02/2026Reporter says detention of Armenian opposition podcasters target free speech and mediaThe detention of two Armenian opposition podcasters amounts to a broader attack on media freedom and free speech in Armenia, AntiFake journalist David Fidanyan said at a protest outside the National...
14:32 05/02/2026Baku court hands 20-year jail term to two former Artsakh presidentsThe Baku Military Court on Thursday delivered verdicts in the sham trial of former Artsakh military and political leaders.
16:47 04/02/2026Armenian experts meet with religious freedom advocates at international summitFrom February 1–3, international relations expert Lilia Shushanyan and lawyer Aram Vardevanyan participated in the International Religious Freedom Summit, where they presented the pressures exerted...
15:30 04/02/2026Armenian lawyer decries silence after video shows police tortureAn Armenian lawyer has criticised senior officials, including the prime minister and the human rights defender, for failing to comment publicly on a video circulating online that shows a police...
14:15 04/02/2026Justice minister claims no political prisoners in ArmeniaJustice Minister Srbuhi Galyan on Wednesday reiterated that Armenia has no political prisoners, citing recent reports from European institutions that made no reference to such cases.
13:35 04/02/2026Armenia has 1,406 detainees in prisons, justice minister saysArmenia currently has 1,406 detainees held in penitentiary institutions, Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said on Wednesday, while outlining reforms aimed at reducing reliance on detention and...
13:35 03/02/2026Armenian lawyer raises concerns over anti-church campaign at IRF SummitThe Pashinyan government’s mass arrests and persecution of Armenian clerics and benefactors, including Samvel Karapetyan, took center stage during attorney Aram Vardevanyan’s keynote address at the...
12:25 03/02/2026Armenian archbishop's detention extended by two monthsA Yerevan court has extended the pre-trial detention of Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, by two more months.
17:00 02/02/2026Lawyer: Armenian court says Artsakh dissolution decree signed under duressA Yerevan civil court has ruled that a decree signed by Artsakh’s former president dissolving the country was signed under coercion and therefore has no legal force, according to the president’s...
14:30 31/01/2026Armenian bishops summoned as suspects in probe, lawyer saysMembers of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Supreme Spiritual Council who are bishops have been summoned as suspects to appear before Armenia’s Investigative Committee, a lawyer said on Saturday.
14:03 31/01/2026Former Armenian culture minister convicted in fraud caseArmenia’s former Minister of Culture, Hasmik Poghosyan, has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison after being found guilty of abuse of office and aiding large-scale fraud.
11:55 31/01/2026Car crash in Armenian city leaves three injuredThree people have been hospitalized after a collision between a minibus and a car in Armenia’s Shirak Province.
11:34 31/01/2026Armenian constitutional expert warns of breach of church-state separationArmenian constitutional law expert Gohar Meloyan has warned that Article 17 of Armenia’s Constitution, which guarantees the separation of religious organizations from the state, has been effectively...
13:23 30/01/2026Armenian MP warns opposition podcaster’s health sharply worsened amid hunger strikeThe health of detained Armenian opposition podcaster Narek Samsonyan has sharply deteriorated after he declared an indefinite hunger strike in protest against the extension of his pre-trial...
14:34 29/01/2026Armenian lawyer accuses government of false claims to justify crackdown on senior clergyArmenian lawyer Sergey Harutyunyan has accused the government of intensifying pressure on opponents ahead of parliamentary elections, saying the current leaders are resorting to false claims to...
14:10 29/01/2026Lawyer warns against equating systemic corruption with bribery in ArmeniaSystemic corruption is often misrepresented as simple bribery, a framing that obscures more dangerous abuses embedded in state institutions, Armenian lawyer Hovhannes Khudoyan said on Wednesday.
13:32 29/01/2026Opposition councilor says Yerevan city hall enjoys 'untouchable' status amid corruption claimsThe Yerevan Municipality operates under a privileged status that shields it from scrutiny despite repeated corruption allegations, opposition councilor Mesrop Manukyan said on Wednesday.