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19:09 28/11/2018Yerevan appellate court rejects motion of Kocharyan’s lawyersThe Yerevan Court of Appeals has turned down the motion filed by the defense team of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan to replace the judge examining the appeal on changing the measure of...
18:24 28/11/2018Suspected corrupt MP to be named after NSS receives necessary documents, chief saysThe identity of the Armenian lawmaker involved in a corruption scandal will be disclosed to the public after the National Security Service officially receives important documents, the head of the...
16:55 28/11/2018Kocharyan’s attorney: Final court ruling important, not prosecutor general’s opinionThe important thing is whether the court will or will not consider the submitted arguments reasonable, not the opinion of Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan or the investigator, second President Robert...
12:48 28/11/2018EU Ambassador: We will continue human rights protection programs"Human rights should be safeguarded on the basis of a well-reformed legislation," said the EU Ambassador to Armenia Piotr Świtalski Wednesday during an international conference on Ombudsman’s...
17:38 27/11/2018Artsakh Ombudsman: Protection of Artsakh people's rights is more related to political issuesAfter the April war, Ruben Melikyan, who was appointed the Artsakh Republic Human Rights Defender, resigned in September.
15:46 27/11/2018Court of Appeal relaunches investigation into Robert Kocharyan’s caseJudge Ruben Mkhitaryan, presiding over the Criminal Court of Appeals, has launched the investigation today into Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan’s appeal to eliminate the court’s decision...
11:29 26/11/2018Artsakh president to prosecutors: ‘Your work is much demanded for the state and people’Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan addressed a congratulatory message on the Day of the Public Prosecutor’s Office marked on 26 November.
17:11 24/11/2018Germany charges 95-year-old Nazi death camp guardGerman prosecutors have charged a 95-year-old man with being an accessory to the deaths of tens of thousands of inmates at an Austrian Nazi death camp.
10:48 24/11/2018Erdogan says no equality between men and womenTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, claimed at the 3rd International Conference on Women and Justice that there cannot be total equality between men and women.
19:44 23/11/2018CEC says pre-election propaganda is legitimateThe Armenian Central Election Commission responded to publications and alerts regarding the possible violation of the Electoral Code.
16:34 23/11/2018Karachi attack: China consulate attack leaves four deadGunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, BBC reported.
14:06 23/11/2018Armenia’s NSS exposes crime group making fake billsThe Armenian National Security Service has revealed a crime group engaged in preparation and usage of counterfeit money due to its large-scale detective and investigative measures.
12:29 23/11/2018Armenia’s Ombudsman creates task force to observe snap electionsArmenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has set up a task force that will carry out an independent observation of the upcoming snap parliamentary elections.
19:06 22/11/2018515 released under amnesty515 people have been released by 6pm Monday, 19 November, under the RA Law on Amnesty on Criminal Cases on the occasion of the 2800th Anniversary of the Foundation of Erebuni-Yerevan and the 100th...
19:12 21/11/2018509 convicts released under amnesty in ArmeniaA total of 509 convicts have been released from correctional facilities across Armenia under the recently adopted amnesty law as of 6pm Wednesday, 21 November, the Penitentiary Service of Armenia’s...
13:26 21/11/2018South Korean Kim Jong-yang elected Interpol new chiefInterpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the Russian frontrunner.
17:34 20/11/2018Lithuania to consider leaving InterpolLithuania may consider leaving the Interpol if the Russian representative is elected head of the organisation, the Seimas of Lithuania has adopted a corresponding resolution today, according to TASS.
20:18 19/11/2018498 released under amnesty498 people have been released by 6pm Monday, 19 November, under the RA Law on Amnesty on Criminal Cases on the occasion of the 2800th Anniversary of the Foundation of Erebuni-Yerevan and the 100th...
18:21 19/11/2018Armenian villager lost tens of thousands of dollars due to negligence of Russian border guardsA tractor and a lawn mowing machine of Gor Karapetyan, a 61-year-old resident of the village of Haykavan in the Shirak region, was stolen due to the negligence and bad work of the Russian guards on...
14:52 16/11/2018‘Justice doesn’t end at the prison gates’ – Armenian ombudsman on amnestyIn fact, amnesty should not pursue a goal of mechanically relieving jail overcrowding, Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan told a news conference on Friday.