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17:08 16/01/2026Armenian opposition activist's wife says his prosecution is 'punishment', not justiceThe wife of jailed Armenian opposition podcaster Narek Samsonyan on Friday accused the Armenian authorities of using the justice system to punish critics, saying the country has shifted from...
16:34 16/01/2026Lawyer says Samvel Karapetyan's health was deliberately harmed in detentionThe Armenian Anti-Corruption Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the detention of businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan, overturning a lower court decision that had placed him under house...
15:36 16/01/2026Opposition podcaster Narek Samsonyan faces serious health risks in detention, lawyer warnsOpposition activist and podcast co-host Narek Samsonyan is facing serious health risks while in detention, his lawyer has warned.
14:32 16/01/2026Samvel Karapetyan reportedly re-arrestedArmenian businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan has reportedly been taken back into custody by the Armenian National Security Service (NSS), ArmLur.am reports.
14:12 16/01/2026Armenian watchdog calls large state bonuses ahead of elections 'political corruption'Large bonuses paid to senior Armenian officials and other employees of government agencies at the end of 2025 amount to "political corruption", according to Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Project Director of...
12:35 16/01/2026Armenian investigators seek extension of Samvel Karapetyan’s house arrestArmenia’s investigative authorities have filed a motion to a Yerevan court to extend the house arrest of businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan, his lawyer said on Friday.
11:32 16/01/2026Pro-Pashinyan bishop sues Armenian Apostolic Church over dismissalBishop Gevorg Saroyan has filed a lawsuit against the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, seeking revocation of his dismissal as primate of the Masyatsotn Diocese encompassing the town of Masis and other...
17:00 15/01/2026Armenian Legal Center: Justice cannot be built on selective releasesThe Armenian Legal Center for Justice & Human Rights (ALC) welcomes the safe return to Armenia of Vagif Khachatryan, Vigen Euljekjian, Gevorg Sujyan, and Davit Davtyan, who were transferred today...
15:00 15/01/2026Families not informed about prisoner returns from Azerbaijan, activist saysArmenian human rights activist Zhanna Aleksanyan has criticized authorities for failing to inform families of prisoners returned from Azerbaijan, saying most relatives learned of their loved ones’...
12:36 15/01/2026Vicken Euljekjian questioned in Armenia after return from AzerbaijanLebanese-Armenian Vicken Euljekjian, who returned from Azerbaijani captivity on Wednesday, is being questioned at the General Military Investigative Department of Armenia’s Investigative Commitee.
17:04 14/01/2026Armenian NSS says four prisoners returned by Azerbaijan as part of peace processArmenia’s National Security Service (NSS) says the repatriation of four Amenian prisoners from Azerbaijan is a practical outcome of an established peace process between the two countries.
12:30 14/01/2026Snow leaves Yerevan roads icy amid inaction of city authoritiesHeavy snowfall following rain on Tuesday night left roads in Yerevan and surrounding regions coated in ice, creating hazardous driving conditions and prompting criticism of city authorities.
11:34 14/01/2026Armenia's SRC fines major companies over cash register violationsArmenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) has fined 13 large taxpayers a total of 60.8 million drams for violations related to the use of cash registers, the agency told Panorama.am on Wednesday.
17:03 13/01/2026Samvel Karapetyan had undiagnosed double pneumonia in jail, lawyer saysArmenian businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan developed bilateral pneumonia while held in pretrial detention that went undiagnosed by prison authorities, his lawyer Aram Vardevanyan said...
16:34 13/01/2026LIVE: AntiFake holds protest outside EU office in YerevanEmployees of AntiFake.am media outlet on Tuesday held a picket outside the EU Delegation office in Yerevan, protesting a court decision to extend the pretrial detention of two opposition podcasters.
15:13 13/01/2026Day 5 of hunger strike: Narek Samsonyan addresses government blackmail and Armenian Apostolic ChurchOver the last few days, various priests have declared their support for the anti-church treason of "Nikol Kchoyan." And while the number of joining traitors is very small, it is nonetheless repulsive...
16:30 12/01/2026Armenia appellate court begins hearing in case of former Masis mayorA hearing in the case of former Masis Mayor Davit Hambardzumyan has begun at Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals.
16:11 12/01/2026Armenian legal expert raises transparency concerns over proposed U.S.-backed TRIPP projectAn Armenian constitutional law specialist has publicly questioned the transparency and legal foundations of negotiations between Armenia’s government and U.S.
15:35 12/01/2026ACPR urges action over unlawful prosecution of Armenian opposition podcastersThe Armenian Center for Political Rights (ACPR) has appealed to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),...
14:32 12/01/2026Ruling challenged in fatal crash of pregnant woman hit by Pashinyan convoy vehicleBoth the family of a pregnant woman killed in a 2022 traffic accident involving a vehicle from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s motorcade and the driver’s defense team have appealed a court ruling...