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11:14 05/07/2016Some Syrian opposition groups as vicious as Assad, says AmnestySome Syrian opposition groups have adopted methods of abuse similar to those employed by the government of President Bashar al-Assad, Amnesty International has said that document a “chilling” wave of...
11:46 04/07/2016A court in Kazakhstan arrested the suspects in a series of attacks in AktobeThe court arrested for two months for suspects in armed robbery on a gun shop and the military unit in Aktobe, reported Interfax agency, referring to the press service of the regional court.
13:01 02/07/2016US Department of State: Azerbaijan is source, transit and destination country for trafficking victimsMen, women, and children are subject to forced labor and sex trafficking in Azerbaijan. Besides, Azerbaijan is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking victims from Turkey,...
23:00 01/07/2016French parliament unanimously adopted bill to criminalise the denial of Armenian GenocideA bill to criminalise the denial of Armenian Genocide has been adopted in French Parliament unanimously today, on July 1.
18:37 01/07/2016Video surveillance is violation of human right to privacy, expert saysThe widespread installation of cameras and video surveillance devices and distribution of the video content aren’t regulated by the law in Armenia, expert on digital rights, Andranik Markosyan said...
15:31 01/07/2016Criminal cases over NKR servicemen’s murder and mutilation by Azerbaijani forces suspended due to ‘insurmountable circumstances’Six criminal cases were initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Nagorno Krabakh Republic over the murders and tortures of NKR servicemen during the military offensive of Azerbaijani...
12:16 01/07/2016US Department of State calls on the government of Armenia to improve efforts to identify victims of forced laborThe US Department of State has released the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report assessing the situation with regard to practices of trafficking globally.
17:31 30/06/2016Permyakov case: the Armenian Court rejected the civil suit against RussiaCourt of General Jurisdiction of Shirak Marz chaired by judge Harutyun Movsesyan rejected the civil suit against Russia within the proceeding of Permyakov case.
17:20 30/06/2016Istanbul bombers were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz nationalsThree suspected Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 42 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul airport this week were from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, a Turkish government official...
18:16 29/06/2016Armenian society tolerant of torture, lawyer saysThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had made 12 decisions on the 3rd Article of the European Convention on Human Rights, related to prohibition of torture by 2015, Haykuhi Harutyunyan, head of...
13:13 29/06/2016Armenian parliament adopted amendments to Electoral CodeArmenia’s National Assembly adopted amendments to the Electoral Code reached among country’s ruling and opposition forces in the so-called 4+4+4 format.
10:49 29/06/2016At least 36 killed in terror attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk AirportAt least 36 people were killed and many others were wounded in a suicide bomb and gun attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport late on June 28, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
17:28 28/06/2016Davit Harutyunyan vows to exert every effort for implementing the mechanism of the Electoral Code“Debated held over the past days at National Assembly showed that even if a positive step is taken, a group of people appears always to slam that positive step for either asserting oneself or other...
16:34 28/06/2016Revolutionary changes should be introduced in our penitentiaries, prison monitoring group member saysMain problems of convicts are related to medical services, commission decisions on early release (6.7%), cases of self-injury and suicide (4.8%), hunger strikes (4.8%) and nutrition (3.6%), of Prison...
11:44 28/06/2016German MPs file war crimes suit against ErdoganA group of German politicians and public figures have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of committing war crimes against his country's Kurdish minority, The...
12:20 27/06/2016New NYC monument will honor victims of Pulse nightclub massacreNew York City will pitch in $1 million towards the monument honoring the 49 killed at the Orlando gay club, Gov.
19:24 22/06/2016Nadiya Savchenko favours removing sanctions on RussiaIn an interview with the Deutsche Welle, Member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Nadiya Savchenko said she favours removing sanctions on Russia.
18:22 21/06/2016Buyers of Ramazzotti cancelled concert to file an appeal to the courtThe concert by famous Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti was to be held in Yerevan on April 26, 2016. Later the concert was cancelled, while the losses of those who had bought the tickets have not been...
20:02 20/06/2016Moscow Court to check the lawfulness of Levon Hayrapetyan’s verdictMoscow City Court is due to check the lawfulness of Armenian businessman Levon Hayrapetyan’s verdict by Zamoskvoretsky District Court, Ria Novosti reports referring to the statement issued by the...
16:43 20/06/2016Zhirayr Sefilyan arrestedRA Investigative Committee has issued a statement, which reads that on May 20, 2016 RA Police officers have revealed two Ak-74 rifles with120 cartridges during the investigative actions of a car...