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15:06 12/03/2025Armenia's chief prosecutor asks parliament to strip two MPs of immunityArmenia’s Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan has submitted motions to the National Assembly, seeking approval for prosecution of independent MP Hovik Aghazaryan, who was previously expelled from the...
13:45 12/03/2025CoE rights chief briefed on processes against Armenians arbitrarily detained in AzerbaijanAs part of her working visit to Strasbourg, on March 11, Armenian Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan met with Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dr.
16:30 11/03/2025Ruben Vardanyan's sham trial resumes in AzerbaijanThe Baku Military Court resumed the sham trial of former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan on Tuesday.
15:35 11/03/2025Expert: Armenia caught between authoritarian and democratic countriesAssessments from various international organizations have revealed democratic stagnation and even regression in Armenia since 2018, Hasmik Harutyunyan, a legal expert at the Protection of Rights...
11:36 11/03/2025Judicial farce against Ruben Vardanyan to continue in Baku on TuesdayThe Baku Military Court is set to resume the sham trial of Armenian humanitarian Ruben Vardanyan on Tuesday, marking the 22nd day of his hunger strike.
16:35 08/03/2025Thai court allows students to choose their hairstylesAfter years of wrangling with authorities, students in Thailand can now let their hair down. Literally. On Wednesday, Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court annulled a 50-year-old directive by the...
15:13 07/03/202540 military deaths reported in Armenia in 202440 servicemen of the Armenian army died in 2024. 27 deaths were service-related, while 13 occurred due to non-service-related circumstances, Military Prosecutor Grigor Elizbaryan reported on Friday....
12:35 07/03/2025Arman Tatoyan criticizes Armenian leadership’s remarks on prisoners held in BakuFormer Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan, the head of the Tatoyan Foundation, has criticized the statements made by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and other senior members of the ruling Civil...
17:09 06/03/2025Pashinyan signs decree on top legal envoy's dismissalPrime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday signed a decree formalizing the dismissal of Yeghishe Kirakosyan as Armenia's Representative on International Legal Matters.
16:13 06/03/2025Armenia's top legal envoy explains resignationYeghishe Kirakosyan has explained his decision to step down as Armenia's Representative on International Legal Matters.
15:35 06/03/2025Lawyer: Legal action essential for preventing new Azeri aggression against ArmeniaYeghishe Kirakosyan will be dismissed as Armenia's Representative on International Legal Matters following an agreement reached months ago and his own resignation request.
15:35 05/03/2025Hetq uncovers links between ANIF, Delaware offshore companies and friend of Tigran Avinyan’s wifeIn 2023, the Entrepreneur+State Anti-Crisis Investments Fund created by the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) invested 1.5 billion drams in CFW CJSC, just eight days after its establishment.
14:35 05/03/2025Organized criminal groups involved in most home burglaries in Yerevan – Interior MinistryFrom January 1 to February 26 of this year, 48 cases of residential burglary were recorded in Yerevan, but only 21 of them have been solved.
16:54 04/03/2025Yeghishe Kirakosyan: Armenia has serious concerns over rights of detainees in BakuArmenia last received updates on the health and detention conditions of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held in Azerbaijan in early February, according to Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia’s...
16:31 04/03/2025Armenian ombudsperson visits politician on hunger strike in central YerevanArmenian Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan on Tuesday visited politician Mane Tandilyan and two others on a hunger strike in Yerevan's central Liberty Square.
15:30 04/03/2025Another Yerevan official arrestedAnother official of Yerevan’s municipal administration was arrested on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation conducted by Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC), Yerevan Municipality...
12:22 04/03/2025Ruben Vardanyan's lawyer urges Pashinyan to make public statements on prisoners held in BakuBusinessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan’s American lawyer, Jared Genser, has outlined the steps the Armenian leadership can take to help secure the release of Armenian political prisoners and...
11:25 04/03/2025Vardan Ghukasyan placed into custody in Las VegasThe founder of the DOK party, Vardan Ghukasyan, was arrested by ICE officers and placed into custody in Las Vegas, Nevada, Alethea Smock, Director of Communications for the Northwest Region of U.S.
16:35 03/03/2025Ex-Artsakh ombudsman urges Armenian leadership to secure release of prisoners held in BakuFormer Artsakh Human Rights Defender Artak Beglaryan expressed deep concern over the torture and degrading treatment of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan at a protest outside the ICRC office in...
14:05 03/03/2025Protest in support of Ruben Vardanyan and other Armenian prisoners held outside ICRC officeHuman rights activists, public figures and other people gathered outside the Yerevan office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday to demand efforts to save humanitarian...