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18:47 11/05/2021Ombudsman sends Aliyev’s Armenophobic statements to international organizationsArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has sent the Azerbaijani president’s recent Armenophobic statements to the UN, CoE and other international organizations.
12:05 11/05/2021Nine killed, 10 injured in Kazan school shootingTwo unknown perpetrators opened fire at a school in Russia’s Kazan, injuring several people, a source in the law enforcement informed TASS news agency.
20:49 10/05/2021National Assembly dissolved after failing to elect a prime minister twiceArmenia's National Assembly failed on Monday to elect a prime minister in accordance with a political agreement for the second time.
19:37 10/05/2021Court accepts UNM leader Melia’s release after EU posts bailTbilisi City Court has accepted the release of the head of the United National Movement Nika Melia after the European Union posted Melia’s 40,000 GEL bail on May 8, following the EU-mediated...
14:59 08/05/2021Amnesty International restores Alexei Navalny’s prisoner of conscience statusAmnesty International has apologized to the jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for stripping him of its “prisoner of conscience” status and said it would restore the designation, The Guardian...
13:19 08/05/2021Over 200 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Jerusalem policeAt least 205 Palestinians and 17 police officers were wounded Friday as clashes erupted at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in a serious escalation in tensions that have been building up in...
20:08 07/05/2021Parliament adopted changes to Electoral Code lowering minimum threshold for parties to enter parliamentArmenia's National Assembly adopted in the second and final reading the legislative package on Making Amendments and Addenda to the country's Electoral Code ahead of just several weeks before snap...
11:37 07/05/2021Pashinyan's former lawyer files lawsuit against himArmenian lawyer Tigran Atanesyan has filed a lawsuit against Nikol Pashinyan, Panorama.am learned from DataLex, an online database providing information regarding court cases in Armenia.
20:00 06/05/2021Artur Davtyan: 14.2 billion drams worth of damage recovered in corruption cases in 2020Criminal proceedings were launched against 1,356 people in Armenia in 2020 alone, with the number exceeding the figures of 2019 by 7.3%, Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan said at the National Assembly...
18:58 06/05/2021Criminal cases opened against Baku for using banned weapons against Artsakh, says Armenia’s prosecutor generalCriminal cases have been opened against Azerbaijan for using banned weapons against the Armenians of Artsakh during last year’s war, Armenia’s Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan said at the parliament...
15:00 06/05/2021Armenia removes mandatory PCR tests for visitors vaccinated against COVID-19Armenia is introducing vaccine certificates or the so-called 'Green passports' to those vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter and leave the country freely.
12:53 06/05/2021Ombudsman's office releases an Ad Hoc Report on the so-called 'Trophy park' of killed Armenian soldiers in BakuThe Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan reports that the Ombudsman's Office has released a new Ad Hoc Report on a park of killed Armenian soldiers and chained prisoners of war.
10:56 06/05/2021Parliament adopted legislation granting pardon to 27-year-old citizens who had avoided compulsory military serviceThe Armenian parliament adopted legislation authored by the Government on granting pardon to persons who avoided compulsory military or alternative service.
14:08 05/05/2021Former Azerbaijani political prisoner Bayram Mammadov found dead in IstanbulOn the night of May 5, the body of former Azerbaijani political prisoner Bayram Mammadov was removed from the water in Istanbul.
12:48 05/05/2021Ombudsman's representatives visit repatriated Armenian POWsRepresentatives of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan on Wednesday met with three Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) who returned from Azerbaijani captivity on Tuesday.
10:33 05/05/2021Armenian ombudsman: From now on, Azerbaijani president’s statements will be subject to special monitoringArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has sent official letters to the OSCE chief and the Minsk Group co-chairs, including excerpts from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s...
21:01 04/05/2021Armenian court sentences two Syrian mercenaries to life in prisonA court in Armenia’s southern Syunik Province on Tuesday handed life sentences to two Syrian mercenaries who were captured while fighting against Artsakh on Azerbaijan’s side during last year’s war,...
17:48 04/05/2021Ex-chief of Armenian top court staff questions legitimacy of parliamentNikol Pashinyan has no right to hold the prime minister’s office, Edgar Ghazaryan, a former chief of staff of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, told reporters outside the government building on Tuesday.
15:38 04/05/2021Report on inquiry into 2016 April war to be discussed at closed parliament sittingThe report of the ad hoc parliamentary commission on its inquiry into the 2016 April war in Artsakh will be debated at a closed sitting.
10:56 04/05/2021Under the guise of 'restoration' Azerbaijanis distort the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi - Artsakh OmbudsmanArtsakh Human Rights Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan believes Azerbaijan cannot restore the cultural value of a nation, against which it has been spreading systematic hatred at the state level for years.