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18:26 16/08/2021National Assembly reverses decision to ban Panorama.am photographer from entering the parliament building after strong backlash from the journalists' communityPanorama.am photographer Lilian Galtsyan has now free access to the building of the National Assembly of Armenia with restored accreditation to cover the activities of the NA Eighth Convocation,...
18:19 16/08/2021Criminal case launched over Armenian serviceman's killing by Azerbaijani forcesOn 16 August, 2021 at about 09:50 as a result of the shot fired by the enemy’s combat base towards the combat base of the unit N of the RA Ministry of Defense the contract serviceman Vahan D.
11:17 16/08/2021Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened shooting towards Aravus village of Syunik province - OmbudsmanEarly this morning Armenia's Human Rights Defender received alarms that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces began shooting towards Aravus village of the RA Syunik province between 12am-1am after midnight.
12:16 12/08/2021The Office of the Human Rights Defender opens regional office in KapanThe Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia has opened a regional office in southern Syunik province of Armenia which has turned into a border region.
13:38 11/08/2021Ombudsman reports about constant shootings on the border by drunk Azerbaijani servicemenArmenia's Ombudsman reports that his staff is regularly receiving alarming calls from Gegharkunik and Syunik villages that the Azerbaijani servicemen conduct shootings also when they are intoxicated...
14:17 10/08/2021Communities in Artsakh's Martuni region almost completely deprived of water, Ombudsman saysArtsakh Human Rights Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan held meetings with community heads and residents of Berdashen, Ashan, Nor Shen, Hatsi, Avdur, Myurishen communities of Martuni region and got...
14:57 09/08/2021Armenia formed first parliament in its history where 15 opposition MPs are under criminal prosecution - opposition member"The candidate for the post of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on State and Legal Affairs has ruled the Committee since January 2019, and the period coincided with total collapse of...
11:55 07/08/2021Armenian ombudsman: Azerbaijani servicemen deliberately setting fire to lands near YeraskhThe Azerbaijani servicemen are deliberately setting fire to lands privately owned by people and to lands in their immediate vicinity with intentional criminal acts of arson near Yeraskh, a village in...
17:51 06/08/2021Arsen Babayan condemns Armenian parliament’s decision to ban entry for Panorama.am photojournalistArsen Babayan, a member of the opposition Homeland Party Board and a former deputy chief of the parliament staff, took to Facebook on Friday to condemn the decision to ban Panorama.am photojournalist...
19:14 05/08/2021Boris Navasardyan: Journalists providing ‘unwanted information’ on parliamentary happenings overtly persecuted in ArmeniaThe decision to ban Lilian Galstyan, a photojournalist for Panorama.am news site, from entering the National Assembly of Armenia goes to prove that every effort is being made to minimize the level of...
17:59 05/08/2021Shushan Doydoyan: Decision to ban Panorama.am photographer from entering Armenian parliament ‘arbitrary’Journalistic organizations will soon issue a joint statement on the decision to ban Panorama.am photographer Lilian Galstyan from entering the National Assembly of Armenia from August 5.
14:35 05/08/2021Head of Armenia’s Goris community to remain under arrestThe head of the Goris community of Armenia’s Syunik Province, Arush Arushanyan, will remain under arrest as the Court of Appeals upheld the arrest ruling of a lower court.
12:08 04/08/2021Rustam Badasyan set to head Armenia’s State Revenue CommitteeFormer Justice Minister of Armenia Rustam Badasyan is set to be appointed Chairman of the State Revenue Committee, according to the official website of the government.
11:48 04/08/2021Ombudsman: Azerbaijani servicemen stole 8 cows and 1 bull belonging to 3 families in Armenia’s SyunikAzerbaijani servicemen stole 8 cows and 1 bull belonging to 3 families from the villages of Davit Bek and Chakaten in the Kapan community of Armenia's Syunik Province, Human Rights Defender...
11:52 03/08/2021Opposition blocs to challenge election of Armenian parliament speaker in Constitutional CourtThe two opposition blocs of the Armenian parliament will challenge the legality of the election of Alen Simonyan from the ruling Civil Contract Party as speaker of the National Assembly in the...
18:13 02/08/2021Baku court sentences two Armenian POWs to 20 years in prisonA court in Baku on Monday sentenced two Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) to 20 years in jail, the Interfax news agency reported.
18:32 31/07/2021Lawyer: Release of Armenian POWs a matter of Armenia’s ‘international dignity’Doctor of Law, Former Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielyan urged the Armenian authorities to make active efforts to defend Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) facing trial in Azerbaijan, stating their...
14:00 31/07/2021Armenian lawyer calls for scrapping of bill criminalizing swearingLawyer Robert Hayrapetyan, a member of the opposition Armenia bloc, deplored the passage of a bill calling for criminalization of swearing by the National Assembly on Friday.
11:26 31/07/2021Armenian ombudsman shares photo of house under direct Azerbaijani target in Verin ShorzhaArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has shared a photo of a house under direct Azerbaijani target in the village of Verin Shorzha in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
19:30 29/07/2021Human Rights Watch condemns illegal prosecution of Armenian POWs in AzerbaijanGiorgi Gogia, Associate Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division at the Human Rights Watch, referred to the wrongful conviction of 13 Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from Shirak by a Baku...