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11:25 01/11/2025Lawyer: Armenian war veteran completes two-month jail term over social media postArmenian human rights lawyer Ruben Melikyan reports that war veteran Sargis Melkonyan has completed a two-month prison sentence for a social media post.
16:00 31/10/2025HayaKve files criminal complaint over Hovhannavank liturgyThe HayaKve civic group has filed a criminal complaint with the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office, alleging that an unlawful religious service was held at the Hovhannavank Monastery with the...
12:01 31/10/2025NSS raids Armenian military unit, arrests reportedOfficers from Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) reportedly raided a military unit in Etchmiadzin last night.
11:30 31/10/2025Armenian police troops commander dismissedArmenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has dismissed Hayk Babayan as commander of the Armenian police troops and deputy police chief.
16:11 30/10/2025Armenian rights activists call for restoration of Public TV's independenceA group of Armenian human rights defenders, civil society members and political activists have issued a joint statement urging the government to “return Public TV Company of Armenia to the public”,...
14:00 30/10/2025Authorities probe leaked videos allegedly featuring Armenian archbishopArmenia's Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation into leaked videos allegedly involving Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
11:15 30/10/2025UN rapporteur condemns charges against Aleksandr KochubaevMary Lawlor, the UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, has strongly condemned the charges against Armenian lawyer Aleksandr Kochubaev and called on the Armenian...
16:45 29/10/2025Officials arrested for bribery in Armenia's AparanNine people have been arrested on bribery charges in Aparan, a town in Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province.
16:31 29/10/2025Protesters condemn political repressions outside Armenian parliamentMembers of the Republican Party of Armenia’s youth and student wings, along with young activists from other political and civic groups, on Wednesday held a protest outside the National Assembly as...
14:32 29/10/2025Armenian authorities failed to ensure effective support for Karabakh Armenians, ECRI saysThe European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe independent expert body, has published today its conclusions on the implementation by Armenia, Azerbaijan and...
14:00 29/10/2025YSU lecturer to challenge dismissal in courtSahak Manukyan, a law lecturer and attorney recently dismissed from Yerevan State University (YSU), plans to take legal action to overturn the rector’s order terminating his employment, describing...
17:00 28/10/2025Lawyer Alexander Kochubayev released from custodyLawyer Alexander Kochubayev has been released from custody after his detention measure was changed to a travel ban.
16:34 28/10/2025Armavir governor accused of campaigning during working hoursArmavir Governor Vahram Khachatryan has been accused of engaging in political campaigning for the ruling Civil Contract party during official working hours, according to the election watchdog...
12:30 28/10/2025Intensive search underway for missing 3-year-old boy in ArmeniaIntensive search operations for three-year-old Tigran Oganesov, who has gone missing since Monday, continue in Armenia, Interior Ministry spokesperson Narek Sargsyan told Panorama.am.
12:13 28/10/2025Legal expert accuses Armenian authorities of 'selective justice'Constitutional law expert Gohar Meloyan has accused Armenian law-enforcement authorities of applying “biased and selective justice” following the launch of a criminal case against Gyumri Mayor Vardan...
17:00 27/10/2025Expert slams Ruben Mkhitaryan's 'politically motivated' detentionConstitutional law expert Gohar Meloyan highlights that attorney Ruben Mkhitaryan, the Gyumri coordinator of the Mer Dzovov (Our Way) movement and the son of legendary weightlifting coach Ashot...
15:30 27/10/2025Activist condemns 'fundamental rights violations' at HovhannavankA leading Armenian human rights activist has strongly condemned the forcible removal of a man from a church service attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, calling it a grave violation of...
17:00 25/10/2025Armenian watchdog files criminal complaint over privacy breach involving archbishopThe Union of Informed Citizens has filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office, alleging a serious violation of privacy after intimate videos purportedly involving Archbishop...
16:35 25/10/2025Expert condemns release of alleged intimate videos of Armenian archbishopArmenian information security expert Artur Papyan has condemned the online circulation of intimate videos allegedly involving Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, calling it an unacceptable violation of...
16:02 25/10/2025Even between spouses, intimacy can become 'kompromat'By Anahit Voskanyan Any intimate content that was never meant for others to see becomes "compromising material" the moment it falls into someone else’s hands.