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15:53 04/02/2017“The world can only applaud”: John Evans praises Artsakh treatment of the Azerbaijani saboteurUS former Ambassador to Armenia John Evans has commended the meeting of the Artsakh Republic Human Rights Defender with Azerbaijani saboteur, who had been captured on February 1 during the failed...
11:52 04/02/2017Louvre attack: Egyptian man believed to be assailantFrench authorities say they believe the man who tried to attack the Louvre museum in the capital Paris on Friday was a 29-year-old Egyptian man, BBC reports.
11:12 04/02/2017Artsakh Ombudsman passes European Convention on Human Rights in Azerbaijani to the captive saboteurDuring the meeting with captured Azerbaijani saboteur Elnur Hussein Zadeh Human Rights Defender of the Artsakh Republic Ruben Melikyan handed him over the European Convention on Human Rights in...
19:18 03/02/2017NKR Ombudsman visits the captured Azerbaijani saboteurToday Human Rights Defender of the Artsakh Republic Ruben Melikyan has paid a visit to Azerbaijani citizen Elnur Hussein Zadeh who was arrested on 1 February under the suspicion of attempting a...
14:40 03/02/2017Russia’s Foreign Ministry says unacceptable to extradite Lapshin to AzerbaijanRussia maintains close contacts with Belarus on the case of Alexander Lapshin, but extradition of Russian nationals to third countries is unacceptable, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria...
20:23 02/02/2017Armenian newspaper Agos banned from Turkish prisonsInmates in Turkey’s prisons, including recently arrested journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener, have been unable to receive copies of the Armenian weekly Agos because officials say it is published in...
15:00 02/02/2017Council of Europe urged to investigate Azerbaijan bribery allegationsOne of Europe’s most venerable human rights bodies has been warned it risks falling into irrelevance unless it sets up a robust investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in favour of...
20:17 01/02/2017“We are the U.S. government, not characters in a James Bond film” _ Ambassador R. Mills“We are willing to work with any Armenian governmental institution that demonstrates a commitment to fighting corruption,” U.S.
18:13 30/01/2017Hrachya Harutyunyan files motion to Russian law enforcement officers to be transferred to ArmeniaArmenian citizen Hrachya Harutyunyan, who has been sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in prison in Russia for his involvement in fatal bus crush, has filed a motion to the Russian law enforcement...
11:53 30/01/2017Canadian PM slams mosque shooting in Quebec City as 'cowardly attack'Law enforcement officers are in full control of the situation in the area in Canada’s Quebec City where a mosque was attacked, a source in the city police said, according to TASS Agency.
19:16 27/01/2017Dunja Mijatović responds to Armenian Ombudsman’s letter over Lapshin’s caseIn an official response letter to Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has presented her position over the case of Russian-Israeli...
14:07 27/01/2017Kyrgyz president signs new ConstitutionPresident of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed the promulgation of the text of the amended after December 11 referendum Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, AKIpress Agency reports.
13:23 27/01/2017PACE Bureau to set up an independent investigation body to examine corruption involving high-ranking European politiciansThe Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has called on the Bureau of the Assembly to set up an independent...
20:40 26/01/2017Parliament Vice President raises the need for CoE Commissioner to visit ArtsakhArmenia’s National Assembly (NA) Vice President, Head of the RA NA Delegation to PACE Hermine Naghdalyan has discussed the Azerbaijani brutalities during the April War in Karabakh as well as the...
18:06 26/01/2017Belarusian Court rejects appeal to extradite Lapshin to AzerbaijanThe Minsk Court rejected on Thursday a bid to extradite Russian-Israeli blogger and traveler Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan, where he faces sentencing over what is claimed to be “illegal visit’ to...
14:31 25/01/2017Belarusian court to examine Lapshin’s appeal of the extradition decisionThe Minsk Court is set to examine Russian-Israeli blogger and traveler Alexander Lapshin’s appeal against the decision of the country’s Prosecutor General to extradite him to Azerbaijan.
12:55 25/01/2017Armenia ranked 113th in Transparency International Corruption IndexArmenia took the 113th place in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International on January 25.
19:02 24/01/2017Armenia’s Ombudsman and the Council of Europe to develop the bilateral cooperationThe RA Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan had a meeting with the Director General of the Directorate General of Democracy of the Council of Europe Snežana Marković in Strasbourg, the Office of the...
17:39 24/01/2017Belarusian human rights advocate slams persecution of bloggers“Persecution of bloggers is unacceptable regardless of their nationality. As far as I know, Alexander Lapshin has not written anything which could be considered as a threat to a national security....
15:34 23/01/2017Samvel Martirosyan insists Lapshin case could have far-reaching consequencesExpert in International Law Ara Ghazaryan doubts the lawfulness of Azerbaijani extradition request for Alexander Lapshin, arguing extradition procedures are normally regulated by bilateral treaties...