Most popular articles
Law
14:30 29/12/2021Artsakh resident accidentally crossed into Azerbaijani-held territory – NSSAn Artsakh man lost his way and accidentally crossed into Azerbaijani-held territory, where he was detained by Azerbaijani forces, the National Security Service (NSS) of Artsakh reported on Wednesday.
17:45 28/12/2021Artsakh ombudsman’s report disseminated as official document in UNThe report of Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan on “Malicious Prosecution by Azerbaijan of Captured Armenian Servicemen and Civilians” was disseminated as an official...
15:46 28/12/2021Goris Mayor Arush Arushanyan to remain under arrestArush Arushanyan, who was reelected as Mayor of Goris, a community in Armenia’s Syunik Province, will remain in custody.
19:10 25/12/2021Artsakh Prosecutor General's office releases a video revealing the lie of the Azerbaijani sideOn December 3, 2021, Seyran Sargsyan, a resident of Chartar settlement of the Martuni district of Artsakh was killed by Azerbaijani military.
20:18 24/12/2021Former defense minister to remain behind the barsFormer Minister of Defense of Armenia Davit Tonoyan will remain behind bars, as the Court of Appeals, presided over by judge Tigran Simonyan, on Friday upheld a lower court ruling to keep Tonoyan...
11:36 24/12/2021‘Utterly absurd’: Armenian expert reacts to Constitutional Court ruling on testing of employeesConstitutional expert Gor Hovhannisyan has reacted to the ruling of the Armenian Constitutional Court on the mandatory testing of unvaccinated employees at their own expense, calling it “utterly...
10:46 24/12/2021Requirement for Armenian employees to take PCR tests remain in place – health ministryThe Armenian Ministry of Health has responded to the Constitutional Court ruling on the mandatory testing of unvaccinated employees at their own expense.
19:23 23/12/2021Requirement for workers to take PCR tests at their own expense ‘unconstitutional’, Armenian top court rulesThe Constitutional Court of Armenia ruled that the requirement for workers to undergo Covid-19 testing at their own expense is “unconstitutional”.
17:58 23/12/2021Instructions of Armenian Prosecutor General's Office in Aghvan Hovsepyan's case are groundless, watchdog saysThe Anti-Corruption Committee has submitted objections to the instructions of the Prosecutor General’s Office in regard to the case of Armenia’s former Prosecutor General and Chairman of the...
17:48 23/12/2021Civic Consciousness NGO head Narek Samsonyan summoned again by policeNarek Samsonyan, head of the Civic Consciousness NGO and founder of AntiFake.am website, has been summoned again by the Armenian police, he said in a Facebook post on Thursday.
15:27 23/12/2021New video reveals role of Armenian ombudsman institution in combating hate speechArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan on Thursday released an informative video, explaining the role of the institution in combating hate speech.
10:50 23/12/2021Turkish journalist gets suspended sentence over cartoon tweetA columnist for a leading Turkish opposition daily has been handed down a suspended sentence of nine months on charges of “inciting hatred and animosity among the public” for posting a cartoon on...
17:15 22/12/2021Hayk Marutyan dismissed as Yerevan MayorThe Yerevan City Council passed a vote of no-confidence against Hayk Marutyan and terminated his powers as the mayor of the capital city.
14:49 21/12/2021Opposition leader Garnik Isagulyan detainedThe leader of Armenia’s opposition National Security Party, Garnik Isagulyan, has been detained, the Investigative Committee of Armenia said in a statement on Tuesday.
11:40 21/12/2021Armenian ombudsman: Hate speech has nothing to do with freedom of speechArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has published a video about negative consequences of hate speech, stressing that it has nothing to do with the freedom of speech.
17:27 20/12/2021Around 50 confirmed Armenian captives being held in Azerbaijan, lawyer saysNearly 50 confirmed Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) are being held in Azerbaijan, human rights lawyer Siranush Sahakyan told reporters on Monday.
12:38 20/12/2021"Hate breeds hatred”: Ombudsman released an awareness video on the consequences of the dissemination of hatredHate speech always returns to the one who spreads hatred. This is the message of the awareness-raising video published by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan. "This awareness-raising...
10:55 20/12/2021Putin says 32 terrorist attacks foiled in Russia in 2021Russia’s security agencies managed to achieve a decline in the terrorist threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that 32 terrorist attacks have been prevented over an 11-month period this...
10:51 18/12/2021Tatoyan: My tenure as Armenian ombudsman hasn't been due to any political force’s expression of good willArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan responded to the claims of a number of lawmakers from the ruling Civil Contract faction in a statement late on Friday.
19:15 17/12/2021Opposition announces a plan to dismiss Prosecutor General Artur DavtyanOpposition lawmaker from "Armenia" bloc Artsvik Minasyan announced on Friday that a process for dismissal of the country's Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan is launched.