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14:35 29/01/2025Former Artsakh army chief to remain in custodyLieutenant-General Mikayel Arzumanyan, a former commander of the Artsakh Defense Army, who has been detained for more than 2.5 years, will remain in custody pending a court ruling in his case.
14:06 29/01/2025Former Armenian mayor handed jail termArmenia's Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday sentenced Mamikon Aslanyan, former mayor of Vanadzor, to 4 years and 4 months in jail.
12:23 29/01/2025Hundreds of self-harm cases reported in Armenian prisons in 2024Six convicts and six detainees died in Armenian prisons in 2024, the Penitentiary Service of the Justice Ministry told Panorama.am.
16:35 27/01/2025Armenian justice minister takes disciplinary action against 3 notariesArmenian Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan has ordered disciplinary action against three notaries for misconduct, the ministry announced on Monday.
17:14 24/01/2025Union of Judges reacts to ECHR ruling on Suren Antonyan's dismissalThe Armenian Union of Judges issued a statement regarding the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of Suren Antonyan v.
15:30 24/01/2025Trump signs order directing release of JFK assassination documentsU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the release of federal government documents related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney...
14:16 24/01/2025Arman Tatoyan reacts to ECHR ruling on judge's dismissalArman Tatoyan, Armenia’s former human rights defender, has reacted to the recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the dismissal of Suren Antonyan as a judge of the Civil...
11:06 24/01/2025'This is a fight for universal human rights', Ruben Vardanyan's lawyer saysIn an exclusive interview, Jared Genser, international human rights lawyer to Ruben Vardanyan, sheds light on the ongoing detention of his client and other former Artsakh leaders by the Azerbaijani...
15:35 22/01/202515 candidates self-nominated for Chamber of Advocates CouncilFifteen candidates have self-nominated for the Council of Armenia's Chamber of Advocates. The election will take place at its general meeting on February 10. Silvi Tigranyan, a spokesperson for the...
12:34 22/01/2025Alexander Sirunyan withdraws candidacy for SJC membershipAlexander Sirunyan on Wednesday officially withdrew his candidacy as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), Lurer quoted Hayk Konjoryan, head of the ruling Civil Contract faction, as telling...
16:30 20/01/202537 police officers sacked in Armenia last year43 police officers in Armenia faced disciplinary action In 2024. Among them, 3 officers received a reprimand, 3 were issued a severe reprimand, while 37 others were dismissed, the Interior Ministry...
16:14 20/01/2025Armenia's Parakar to hold snap elections in MarchThe Central Electoral Commission has set March 30 as the date for snap elections in Armenia’s Parakar community.
15:45 20/01/2025Armine Kheranyan named new opposition MPArmine Kheranyan has been named replacement of opposition Hayastan faction MP Mher Sahakyan, who tragically died in a car crash last week.
13:06 20/01/2025Ex-prosecutor in Robert Kocharyan's case quits Investigative CommitteePetros Petrosyan, a prosecutors in the case against Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and others, has resigned as head of the Investigative Committee Department for Investigation of Crimes...
17:00 18/01/2025Levon Aronian condemns Ruben Vardanyan's sham trial in AzerbaijanChess star Levon Aronian has condemned former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan's sham trial in Azerbaijan.
15:30 18/01/2025HRW reports four femicides in Armenia in one yearArmenia's authorities investigated 1,535 criminal domestic violence complaints through June 2024, a significant increase over the 484 complaints investigated during the same period in 2023, and...
14:15 18/01/2025Azerbaijan must ensure fair trial rights of Ruben Vardanyan – Amnesty InternationalReacting to the start of a trial of Ruben Vardanyan, a former de facto State Minister in Nagorno-Karabakh, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said:...
11:15 18/01/2025Ombudsperson slams 'trials' of Armenian prisoners in BakuArmenia's Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan issued the following statement on the unfair trials of Armenians unlawfully detained in Azerbaijan: "The Human Rights Defender Ms.
17:22 17/01/2025Human rights defenders call for international monitoring of trials of Armenian detainees in BakuOver two dozen Armenian human rights NGOs and individual defenders have issued a joint appeal to international organizations and foreign ambassadors in Azerbaijan, urging them to monitor the upcoming...
16:51 17/01/2025Analysis: Aliyev's show trials echo Stalin's tactics in suppressing oppositionBy Luis Moreno Ocampo, former ICC chief prosecutor Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has resurrected one of Joseph Stalin's most sinister tools: the show trial.