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11:50 14/06/2024Ruben Vardanyan tortured in Baku prison, lawyers claimToday, the international legal team for Ruben Vardanyan, a political prisoner detained in Azerbaijan, filed an urgent appeal with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, imploring her to condemn the...
11:30 14/06/2024Activist blames Armenian leaders for police crackdown on protestersHuman rights activist Zhanna Aleksanyan held Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan responsible for the police crackdown on demonstrators.
18:23 13/06/2024Azerbaijan's government accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial UN climate talks later this year, the Guardian reports.
18:08 13/06/2024Police used stun grenades on reporters at Yerevan protest: PastinfoRiot police cracked down on demonstrators demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation outside the Armenian parliament in central Yerevan on Wednesday.
11:14 13/06/202498 injured in clashes between police, protesters in YerevanRiot police fired stun grenades outside the Armenian parliament on Wednesday as they clashed with protesters demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.
17:00 12/06/2024Armenia's NSS urges protesters to uphold rule of lawArmenia’s National Security Service (NSS) urges supporters of the Tavush for the Homeland protest movement to uphold the rule of law and refrain from violations.
13:06 11/06/2024Investigator orders seizure of Artsakh president's official carAn investigator has ordered the seizure of Artsakh President Samvel Shahramanyan's official car, lawyer Roman Yeritsyan said on Tuesday.
12:03 08/06/2024Protesters at COP29 accuse Azeri government of greenwashing genocide as its hostA group of activists reiterated the call for the Azeri government to release the 23 political prisoners it is illegally detaining in Baku, including entrepreneur and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan.
17:00 06/06/2024NSS says life of soldier injured in mine blast out of dangerThe Armenian National Security Service (NSS) says the injuries sustained by its soldier in the village of Voskepar are not life-threatening.
16:15 06/06/2024Armenia among countries with highest pre-trial detention rates in Europe, report revealsToday, the Council of Europe has published its new annual penal statistics, focusing on prisons in Europe.
15:59 06/06/2024MP Levon Kocharyan's aide placed under house arrestThe Yerevan Court of Appeals on Thursday granted a defense motion to release Artur Sukoyan, opposition MP Levon Kocharyan’s aide, from pre-trial custody and place him under house arrest, his lawyers...
11:28 06/06/2024One dead, 90 injured in Siberia tram crashOne person died and dozens, including five children, were injured when two trams collided in Russia's Siberian city of Kemerevo, AFP reported on Thursday, citing the regional health ministry.
13:03 05/06/2024Yerevan court upholds acquittal of government criticYerevan’s Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of information security expert Armine Adibekyan, rejecting the prosecutors' appeal, her lawyer Ruben Melikyan reported.
11:55 05/06/2024Tatoyan Foundation releases report on border delimitation in Armenia's TavushThe Tatoyan Foundation has released an English report on the outcome of its fact-finding mission in Armenia’s Tavush Province.
11:15 05/06/2024Pashinyan turned Armenia into a police stateBy Harut Sassounian www.thecaliforniacourier.com The Armenian government had two options to resolve peacefully the popular uprising against the regime: 1) Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan could have...
16:51 04/06/2024Young RPA member detainedZhora Avetisyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Youth Organization, has been detained.
15:06 04/06/2024Armenian ombudsperson avoids meeting with Archbishop BagratArmenia's Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan has refused to meet with Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and his supporters in attendance of reporters.
12:31 04/06/2024Australian MPs unanimously slam Azerbaijan, call for pro-Armenian measuresOn Monday, 3rd June 2024, members from the Australian House of Representatives debated a historic first-ever motion on the Republic of Artsakh, and the MPs unanimously slammed Azerbaijan’s 24-hour...
12:03 04/06/2024Large police forces deployed near Armenian parliamentArmenian police have ordered a massive deployment of forces near the parliament building amid a march led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan.
17:07 03/06/2024Opposition activists call charges politically motivatedOpposition activists Vazgen Saghatelyan and Narek Samsonyan have called the charges against them a politically motivated effort aimed at stopping them from criticizing the Armenian government.