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16:26 15/10/2021Artsakh Ombudsman: Azerbaijani statements on peaceful coexistence are nothing but hollow words covering the Azerbaijani anti-Armenian agenda"On October 14, Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire on the bases of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, as a result of which 6 servicemen were wounded," Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan...
14:15 15/10/2021Armenia’s judicial system has never ‘stooped so low’, human rights activist saysHuman rights activist Ruben Melikyan, who formerly served as Artsakh ombudsman and Armenia’s deputy justice minister, believes the Armenian judiciary has never “stooped so low”.
19:54 14/10/2021Azerbaijan continues to actively promote ethnic hatred against Armenians, Yeghishe Kirakosyan tells UN courtAzerbaijan systematically promotes ethnic hatred against Armenians, Armenia’s representative before the ECHR, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, told the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial...
12:57 14/10/2021Armenian delegation takes part in the first hearing on the case against Azerbaijan at ICJThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold on October 14-15 its first hearings of the proceedings instituted against Azerbaijan for the racial discrimination of ethnic Armenians.
17:28 13/10/2021Iran will never allow terrorists or warmongers to be deployed along the country's borders - Mohammad Jafar Montazeri"The centuries-old, good-neighborly and friendly relations between Armenia and Iran are a good basis for jointly confronting the regional challenges, finding the necessary solutions also by the...
16:22 13/10/2021Iran's Prosecutor General says recent developments require closer cooperation with Armenia"Armenia and Iran have always enjoyed good diplomatic and political relations. The recent developments in the region make us strengthen further the bilateral interactions," the Prosecutor General of...
14:25 13/10/2021Appellate court rejects request to release Goris community headThe Court of Appeals, presided over by judge Mher Arghamanyan, on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling to keep Arush Arushanyan, the head of the Goris community of Armenia’s Syunik Province, under...
11:06 13/10/2021Why did the Turkish institute in Washington close down?By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Hoya, the student newspaper of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, published last week a lengthy investigative article about the demise...
10:59 13/10/2021Constitutional Court of Armenia rejects president’s appealThe Constitutional Court of Armenia on Tuesday rejected an appeal of President Armen Sarkissian to determine the constitutionality of the law on amendments and supplements to the Judicial Code and...
16:49 12/10/2021Yerevan court rejects request to allow MP Armen Gevorgyan to leave for MoscowThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction denied a motion to allow Armenia’s former Deputy Prime Minister and current MP Armen Gevorgyan to leave the country in late November.
13:36 12/10/2021European court dismisses Azerbaijan's complaint over the Lapshin caseThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) dismissed a complaint by Azerbaijan against the Court's earlier ruling concerning the Russian-Israeli blogger Alexandr Lapshin.
11:58 12/10/2021Ombudsman's office revealed 3rd case of Azerbaijani unlawful incursion into the territory of ArmeniaThe Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan revealed the 3rd case of Azerbaijani unlawful incursion (October, 2020), causing gross violations of RA civilians' rights in Kapan.
17:57 11/10/202148 Armenian settlements of Hadrut region ethnically “cleansed” of Armenian presence by Azerbaijanis - Artsakh Ombudsman"For a year, Azerbaijan has been occupying the entire Hadrut region of the Republic of Artsakh, one of the most important settlements with a permanent Armenian population, which has been inhabited by...
14:09 11/10/2021Lawyer: Armenian authorities seek to hastily change labor, public service laws ahead of October 14The Armenian authorities seek to change the labor and public service laws before the mandatory requirement to get Covid-19 shots or submit a negative PCR test result for employees comes into force on...
12:44 11/10/2021Armenia’s ex-Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan denies charges, will fight to ‘restore his reputation’ – lawyersFormer Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, who is charged with “fraud and embezzlement of large sums of money”, pleads not guilty and will fight to “restore his reputation”, his legal team said...
16:21 09/10/2021Artsakh police investigates the killing of Martakert resident by Azeri sniperThe Police of Artsakh Republic commented on the murder of Martakert resident on Saturday by Azerbaijani sniper.
15:57 09/10/2021Constitutional Court says legislation increasing penalties for insult and defamation is constitutionalThe Constitutional Court of Armenia has ruled that legislative amendments concerning the increase of fines for publishing insults and defamatory comments in the media and social networks do not run...
13:45 09/10/2021Armenian ombudsman raises POW issue at meeting with Anglican Church leaderAs part of the delegation led by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan on Friday met with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the...
10:11 08/10/2021100-year-old former Nazi camp guard goes on trial in GermanyA 100-year-old former concentration camp guard has gone on trial for assisting in the murder of thousands of prisoners in Berlin during the Second World War, The Independent reports.
19:22 07/10/2021Ombudsman Tatoyan passed reports about tortures of Armenian prisoners by Azerbaijan to His Holiness Pope FrancisArmenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has published photos on his Facebook from the meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis.