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Freedom of conscience and religion: discussion in Kapan
Edgar Hayrapetyan from Kapan suggests that the law should prohibit parents from exposing their minor children to this or that religion, and that it should define the responsibility for violation of this principle. This...
“The brother of witness Arthur Mkrtchyan is taken as hostage by the military police”, says Rouben Martirosyan
On May 15, the regular hearings of the trial on the death of Artak Nazaryan, started but in reality did not take place in the First Instance Court of Tavush marz. At the beginning, the judge Samvel Mardanyan, postponed...
The beaten by prosecutor journalist gives clarifications
“Their reaction was not adequate. I assume that they, to put it softly, were not in sober state, because in this situation, it should not be such a reaction, if you think reasonably. But they did not think reasonably at...
5 years after Levon Gulyan’s death; no results - failed investigation
Civil Society Institute condemns the inactivity of investigative bodies and lack of will to elucidate the case, as a result no perpetrators has been identified and brought to justice. 14 May, 2012, Yerevan The third...
UN Committee against Torture to examine Armenia's record on torture
Geneva, May 9: On May 10 and 11 Armenia's torture record is up for review by the UN Committee against Torture. A report submitted to the UN monitoring body by FIDH andCivil Society Institute (CSI), its member...
The voting is over
At 20:00 the voting in all of the RA polling station finished. According to the CEC preliminary data of 17:00, 1 million 300 thousand people have voted, which is the 51.5 percent of the population. At 21:00 the CEC...
By 7:00 pm 43,23 percent of the voters took part in the elections in Gyumri
By 7:00 pm, out of the 62 200 registered voters in 34 polling stations in Gyumri, 27 085 voters or 43,23 percent of voters voted for candidates in proportional list and 27 770 voters or 44,65 percent of the voters voted...
By 16:20 there were more than 115 calls to 080-080-804 hotline
Civil Society Institute in the framework of “Elections 2012” legal initiative received more than 115 call at the hotline 080-080-804 by 16:20. According to the lawyers of the hotline, the calls mainly related to...
The police was not called but was present inside polling station
In the precinct station 35/36 in Vanadzor the police officer was standing inside the polling station. This was noticed and reported to the chairman of the precinct electoral commission by the correspondent of aravot.am...
In Ararat a voter was advised on whom to vote for
Elections 2012 of Civil Society legal initiative ambulances attended 11 precinct stations in Ararat marz. According to CSI observer, an unusual activism was notices in almost all stations, which resulted in crowds in...