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20:42 26/07/2016Relatives were denied meeting with hospitalized gunmen, RA Human Rights Defender commentsThe Office of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender commented on the situation in Erebuni Medical Center, where the police officers denied the meeting between the wounded members of the armed group and...
20:05 26/07/2016More police forces accumulated at Khorenatsi Street5 minibuses and a dozen of buses carrying additional police forces arrived at Khirenatsi Street, near the seized patrol police regiment.
18:25 26/07/2016NSS will have to resort to tougher measures as dictated by specific situationThe National Security Service (NSS) has issued the following statement: “Despite the numerous calls to avoid committing new crimes, members of the armed group, who seized the Police HQ, continue...
16:57 26/07/2016Wounded members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” provided with services of public defendersThe Office of Public Defender has provided two wounded members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” group, Ashot Petrosyan and Hovhannes Harutyunyan with services of public defenders, who are already at...
16:31 26/07/2016RA Police demands actual leaders of assembly to transfer the assembly to another place within shortest possible timeThe Police of the Republic of Armenia issued a statement concerning unnotified assemblies organized at Khorenatsi Str.
11:58 26/07/201619 killed in knife attack in JapanA total of 19 people were killed and 25 others injured in a knife attack Tuesday morning at a facility for the mentally impaired in Sagamihara, The Japan News reports.
11:51 26/07/2016RA Police statement: Law enforcers opened fire on the car tiresRA Police issued a statement and published a video concerning the events at Khorenatsi Str. on July 25. “Late in the evening of July 25, between 10 p.m. and midnight, the armed group members in the...
11:30 26/07/2016Erdogan says Turkish people want death penalty reintroducedTurkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said his government would ensure that the Turkish people’s “call” to reinstate the death penalty in wake of the failed coup is heard despite the EU’s warning...
11:07 26/07/2016Yerevan standoff: Two members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” wounded as a result of their provocationsFounding Parliament has issued a statement, according to which, around 2:00 am on July 26, the police, allegedly, “opened fire [at Khorenatsi Str.] wounding members of “Daredevils of Sassoun”, Ashot...
20:56 25/07/2016Charges pressed for using violence against policemen performing their official dutiesArmenia’s Investigative Committee reports that preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated on violence used against police officers performing their official duties on the evening of...
20:29 25/07/2016Investigative Committee: Charge pressed against 6 persons for being involved in mass disordersArmenia’s Investigative Committee reports that preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated on mass disorders implemented on July 20 is ongoing in General Department of Investigation of...
13:58 25/07/2016Yerevan standoff: NSS call to those at Erebuni Police HQ«Today a call with the following content was made available to those in the [Erebuni] police station», - Ashot Aharonyan, the Head of the Public Relations and Information Department of the RA Police,...
11:53 25/07/2016Turkey issues detention warrant for 42 journalistsThe Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 42 journalists suspected of having links to the failed military coup on July 15, NTV reported Monday, RT reports.
11:39 25/07/2016Yerevan Standoff: Alek Yenikomshian on expectations of negotiatorMember of “New Armenia” movement, Alek Yenikomshian told the reporters that it’s been over 30 hours that members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” have been deprived of electricity, medical assistance and...
10:13 25/07/2016No incidents recorded at night at Erebuni Police HQIt’s been over a week, that members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” group have taken over the Police HQ at Khorenatsi Str.
18:42 23/07/2016Members of the armed group rejected reports about their surrender“Daredevils of Sasuon”, who have seized the patrol police regiment in Yerevan’s Erebouni district, rejected the reports about their surrender to the authorities, member of the armed group Varuzhan...
15:36 23/07/2016Lawyers may appeal to ECHRLawyers encountered some obstacles during the ongoing events at Khorenatsi Str., when people were subjected to mass detention by the police, lawyers of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, Arsen...
14:16 23/07/2016Senior police officers held hostage releasedSenior police officers, Vardan Yeghiazaryan and Valery Osipyan held hostage by members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” armed group since July 17, have been released, Pastinfo reports.
14:14 23/07/2016Regressive constitutional amendments lead Azerbaijan to totalitarianism, expert saysWell-known Azerbaijani legal expert and lawyer Fuad Agayev believes that if approved, the Project of Referendum Act will have a negative impact on providing rights and freedoms and the principle of...
12:11 23/07/2016Vitaly Balasanyan on conditions of releasing two senior police officers held hostageMediator of negotiations between members of “Daredevils of Sassoun” armed group and law enforcement units, Vitaly Balasanyan told Shant TV about the agreement reached and the implementation of...