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17:00 20/10/2025Gyumri councilor says many protesters detained at central squareMany people were detained during a protest in Gyumri’s central square on Monday, according to opposition councilor and producer Ruben Mkhtaryan.
15:32 20/10/2025Gyumri mayor removed from City Hall, being transferred to YerevanArmenian law enforcement officers have escorted Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan out of the City Hall and are transferring him to the Anti-Corruption Committee in Yerevan for questioning.
14:00 20/10/2025Armenian prisoners resisting sham trial in Baku as much as possible, MP saysOpposition MP Tigran Abrahamyan has said that Armenian prisoners held in Baku are resisting Azerbaijan’s fabricated charges during the ongoing show trial.
12:25 20/10/2025Gyumri mayor, other officials arrested in corruption probeGyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, its chief architect and six other municipal employees were arrested on corruption charges following a NSS raid on Monday, the country’s Anti-Corruption Committee...
11:34 20/10/2025NSS officers raid Gyumri City HallMasked officers from Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) began a search at the Gyumri City Hall on Monday morning.
16:10 18/10/2025Lawyer warns Catholicos Karekin II could be detained soonHuman rights lawyer Ruben Melikyan warns that the Armenian authorities could move to detain the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, as soon as on Monday or Tuesday.
12:45 18/10/2025Armenian mayor accused of assaulting local residentArmenian police have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Spitak Mayor Kajayr Nikoghosyan assaulted a local resident.
12:15 18/10/2025Armenian ruling party MP faces hidden wealth allegationsAn investigation by the watchdog group AntiCor.am has raised concerns over possible illicit enrichment and undeclared assets by Narek Grigoryan, an MP from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party.
16:35 17/10/2025Armenian Prosecutor’s Office to probe clergy recordingThe Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office has announced that a leaked audio recording allegedly featuring senior clerics will be examined as part of an ongoing investigation.
16:15 17/10/2025Lawyer claims Armenian authorities paving the way for church leader's arrestHuman rights lawyer Ruben Melikyan on Friday accused Armenia’s “occupational regime” of preparing the ground for the arrest of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the head of the Armenian...
15:56 17/10/2025Armenian lawyer begins indefinite strike over colleague's detentionArmenian lawyer Erik Aleksanyan has announced an indefinite strike in protest against the detention of his colleague, Alexander Kochubayev.
11:10 17/10/2025Lawyer Alexander Kochubayev detained for two monthsThe Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Masis Melkonyan, has ordered a two-month detention for lawyer Alexander Kochubayev, his attorney Roman Yeritsyan reported on Friday.
14:15 16/10/2025Edmon Marukyan: Pashinyan knows exactly what he wants and what he is doingArmenia’s former MP and ambassador-at-large Edmon Marukyan has commented on the recent court decision to extend businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan’s pre-trial detention by another 30...
13:12 16/10/2025Walnort deprived of right to acquire 75% stake in ZCMC due to unlawful conduct, lawyer saysWalnort Finance Ltd. (Walnort) has filed a complaint with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), accusing the Armenian government of unlawfully interfering in the...
12:31 16/10/2025Armenian cleric detained for one monthFr. Garegin Arsenyan, the chancellor of the Aragatsotn Diocese and a pastor of St. Gevorg Church in Mughni, has been detained for one month for allegedly assisting Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the...
12:05 16/10/2025Yerevan court orders two-month detention for bishopBishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the head of the Aragatsotn Diocese, has been placed in pre-trial detention for two months on charges related to alleged election interference and coercion.
11:32 16/10/2025Samvel Karapetyan’s detention extendedArmenia’s Anti-Corruption Court has extended the pre-trial detention of businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan by 30 days.
16:30 15/10/2025Lawyer: Devices seized after searches at homes of Aragatsotn Diocese priests, lay employeesArmenia’s law enforcement authorities conducted searches at the homes of several clerics from the Aragatsotn Diocese, as well as at the diocesan offices and the residences of some lay employees,...
15:04 15/10/2025HRD team visits Armenian Investigative Committee after detention of clergymenThe rapid response team of the Armenian Human Rights Defender’s Office visited the Investigative Committee after reports that several clergymen were detained on Wednesday, it said.
14:35 15/10/2025Lawyers barred from entering Armenia's Investigative Committee in 'unprecedented' moveIn what attorneys are calling an unprecedented development in the past two decades, lawyers were barred from entering the headquarters of Armenia’s Investigative Committee on Wednesday as they...