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12:11 15/02/2021Ombudsman presents evidence of Azeri shootings near Armenia's border villagesArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has released a video of Azerbaijani shootings close to border villages in Syunik Province of Armenia.
11:42 15/02/20211,378 bodies recovered from combat zones after ceasefire, Artsakh authorities sayArtsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) search and rescue teams continue their operations in the Azerbaijani-held territories to find casualties of the 2020 war and those missing in action.
10:55 15/02/2021Ombudsman presents further evidence of state policy of Armenophobia in AzerbaijanArmenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has presented further evidence of state policy of Armenophobia and deep-rooted animosity towards Armenians in Azerbaijan.
10:34 13/02/2021ICRC representatives visit Lebanese-Armenian Maral Najarian held captive by AzerbaijanRepresentatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday visited Maral Najarian, a Lebanese-Armenian who is being held captive by Azerbaijan, and reported information to...
16:09 12/02/2021Shosh residents raise safety concern about children attending school near the contact line with Azeri troopsThe Staff of the Artsakh Human Rights Ombudsman headed by the acting Ombudsman Arsen Sarajyan visited on Thursday the village of Shosh of Askeran Region to get acquainted with the work carried out to...
12:18 12/02/2021Ombudsman's representatives meet with repatriated Armenian POWsRepresentatives of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan on Thursday held a private meeting with five Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) who returned from Azerbaijani captivity on...
16:40 11/02/2021Issues of villagers’ rights, their peaceful life must be of primary importance, says Armenian ombudsmanThe issues of the rights of villagers, their peaceful and normal daily life must be of primary importance in the process of resolving border disputes, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman)...
12:39 11/02/2021Parliament approves legislation on higher education and scienceThe Armenian National Assembly passed on Thursday the draft law on Higher Education and Science with adjacent draft laws.
17:03 09/02/2021Court allowed former president Kocharyan to conclude property agreements without expropriation riskThe Yerevan General Jurisdiction Court presided by Judge Anna Danibekyan allowed Armenia's former President Robert Kocharyan to sign agreements on the seized property that may not result in their...
11:53 09/02/2021Dozens of peaceful protesters detained in Yerevan – ARF student unionDozens of peaceful protesters, including Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) Nikol Aghbalyan Student Union Chairman Taron Ghazaryan and Hayk Manukyan, were detained near the...
10:35 09/02/2021Real human rights issues overshadowed by power dispute in Armenia, ombudsman saysReal human rights issues have been overshadowed by topics of power dispute in Armenia, Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan said in a statement on Monday, urging all to “sober up”.
14:19 08/02/2021People getting to understand actual purpose of political persecution, Kocharyan’s lawyer saysSecond Armenian President Robert Kocharyan’s lawyer, Hayk Alumyan, again denounced the criminal case against the former president as “political persecution”.
11:35 06/02/2021Armenian MP appeals to women leaders in Europe to force Azerbaijan to release civilian prisoner Maral NajarianArmenian MP Naira Zohrabyan from the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party has appealed to women leaders in Europe to force Azerbaijan to release Lebanese-Armenian Maral Najarian and the other Armenian...
17:09 04/02/2021Requests on interim measures under ECHR Rule 39 concerned 228 Armenians and 13 AzerbaijanisThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) received the complete applications in the inter-State cases Azerbaijan v.
13:46 04/02/2021Paris court convicts French state for failure to address climate crisisA Paris court has convicted the French state of failing to address the climate crisis and not keeping its promises to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, The Guardian reports.
10:09 04/02/2021Armenian ombudsman: Azerbaijani military grossly violates Meghri residents’ right to waterThe internationally guaranteed right to water for the residents of Meghri community of Armenia’s Syunik Province is continuously seriously violated by the deliberate actions of the Azerbaijani...
14:10 03/02/2021Judge refuses to recuse herself from Kocharyan trialJudge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction presiding over the trial of second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and three other former senior officials, denied a motion to...
13:36 03/02/2021Police detain four ARF Youth Union members outside Armenian parliamentPolice officers forcefully detained four members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) party’s Youth Union of Armenia and two other activists during a protest...
19:42 02/02/2021176 lawsuits filed against media and reporters in Armenia in past two years – CPFEIn July-December 2020, a total of 176 lawsuits related to the media and journalists were filed with the courts in Armenia, of which 94 were submitted in 2019 and 82 in 2020.
18:12 02/02/2021Detention conditions of Syrian mercenaries in Armenia in line with international standardsThe detention conditions of Syrian mercenaries held in Armenia are in line with international standards, a group of public monitors said in a statement on Tuesday.