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12:01 30/03/2021APT Secretary General calls on Parliament speaker to retain legislative proposals on funding of the Ombudsman's workSecretary General at the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Barbara Bernath sent an open letter to the Speaker of Armenian Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan on the draft of a law on funding...
18:49 29/03/2021Azeris throw stones on a vehicle transporting bodies of killed servicemen of the Artsakh warAzeris threw stones on a vehicle transporting bodies of the killed servicemen retrieved from the Nagorno-Karabakh former war zone, the Deputy Mayor of Goris town Irina Yolyan informed on Facebook.
18:45 27/03/2021Ombudsman shares video of Azeri soldiers desecrating, vandalizing Armenian church in MataghisAzerbaijani forces have cynically desecrated and vandalized a 19th-century Armenian church in Artsakh’s Mataghis region controlled by them, a video shared by Armenia’s Human Rights Defender...
17:35 27/03/2021Artur Vanetsyan calls for resignations in the wake of Friday’s Constitutional Court rulingOpposition Homeland Party leader Artur Vanetsyan, a former director of Armenia’s National Security Service, cheered Friday’s ruling of the Constitutional Court that declared Article 300.1 of the...
15:50 27/03/2021New amendments threaten to stifle media freedom and freedom of expression in Armenia – Freedom HouseNew amendments threaten to stifle media freedom and freedom of expression in Armenia, Freedom House, a U.S.-based non-governmental democracy watchdog, has warned.
12:50 27/03/20212 dead, 8 wounded in Virginia Beach oceanfront shootings, police sayTwo people are dead and eight people were wounded in shootings along Virginia Beach’s oceanfront, The Associated Press reported on Saturday, citing police.
11:08 27/03/2021Lawyer: Armenia’s Constitutional Court ‘saved’ current authorities from charges and punishment in futureArmenia’s Constitutional Court “saved” the current authorities from charges and punishment in the future by ruling that Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code does not comply with the Constitution and is...
10:35 27/03/2021Artsakh ombudsman calls for proper probe into incident on Karmir Shuka-Stepanakert roadArtsakh Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan studied the information spread in the media on March 25, that the cars of Armenians were stoned by Azerbaijanis on the Karmir...
20:28 26/03/2021Robert Kocharyan has been unlawfully deprived of liberty for 537 days - Statement"Moments ago, the Constitutional Court of Armenia issued a judgment, declaring Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code to be contrary to the Constitution and invalid.
19:38 26/03/2021Turkish ex-police chiefs convicted over Hrant Dink's murderTurkish court sentenced two former police chiefs on Friday to life in prison for their role in the killing of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink more than 14 years ago, Reuters reported.
19:07 26/03/2021Armenia's highest court declares Article 300.1 to be unconstitutionalArmenia’s Constitutional Court declared Article 300.1 of the country's Criminal Code, under which former president Robert Kocharyan is charged, to be unconstitutional.
13:09 26/03/2021Lawyer: Former Ararat governor’s illegal decision declared invalidA court in Yerevan has declared invalid a decision of former Governor of Armenia’s Ararat Province Garik Sargsyan to appoint an acting head of the Norashen community in 2019, lawyer Amram Makinyan...
19:08 25/03/2021Artsakh has new human rights defenderThe National Assembly of Artsakh on Thursday held its regular plenary session during which, among other issues, the new human rights defender was elected, Artsakhpress reported.
13:33 25/03/2021Armenia makes international covenant prohibiting death penalty irreversibleOn 19 March 2021, Armenia deposited the instrument of ratification on the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, becoming its 89th State party.
10:58 25/03/2021Ombudsman: We must learn lessons from the past and disallow violations of the rights of Armenia's border residentsThe Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan wrote on Facebook that in the 1920s, whenever circumstances related to border issues were unfavorable or not to their liking, the Azerbaijani...
19:15 24/03/2021Khachaturian sisters declared victims in case against their father, lawyer saysThe Russian investigative committee acknowledged the Khachaturian sisters as victims in the posthumous criminal case against their late father, Mikhail Khachaturian, who was killed by his daughters...
13:19 24/03/2021Venice Commission decides to study bill to reduce funding for Armenian ombudsman’s officeAt its March 19-20 session, the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) decided to consider a draft law that would reduce the funding for the office of Armenia’s human...
12:37 24/03/2021Human rights activist: Taron Chakhoyan must be brought to disciplinary liabilityTaron Chakhoyan, the deputy chief of the Armenian prime minister's staff, must be subjected to disciplinary liability, Armenia’s former Deputy Minister of Justice, human rights activist Ruben...
14:59 23/03/2021Human Rights Watch calls for international pressure on Azerbaijan over Armenian POWsAzerbaijan’s international partners should press the Aliyev government to hold the perpetrators of the torture and degrading treatment against Armenian servicemen and civilians accountable, Human...
10:57 23/03/2021Gunman kills 10 at Colorado marketA gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the US state of Colorado, BBC reported.