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Special Award to the journalist of www.hra.am
On the 9th of December “Equal Opportunities” Media 9th award ceremony took place where the Special Prize went to Mary Aleksanyan of Human Rights in Armenia website for her video “Dear Grigor Amalyan, Listen to Our...
There should be no violence in a civilized world
“Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women” started a new action to raise awareness of the people on the problem of domestic violence. In Yerevan there are busses (# 33 and #36) with the logos of the coalition and hot...
Job Fair: Vacancies without limitations?
On the 2nd of December around 30 organizations participated in the job fair. The job offers were mainly in the spheres of service, banks, hotels, insurance companies. The aim of the job fair was to create favorable...
An attempt is being made to conceal illegal construction
The RA Ministry of Environment after receiving the special instruction of the prime minister announced about the creation of working group for dealing with the security issues of the Lake Sevan. The group involves the...
Sarkisov, who was sentenced for killing his wife, appealed the court's verdict
Yanis Sarkisov, who was sentenced for 10 years for killing his wife Zaruhi Petrosyan, appealed his verdict. As a reminder, on the 1st of October, 2010, 20 years old Zaruhi Petrosyan died as a result of her husband Yanis...
Set Human Rights Activist Ales Bialiatski Free
On the 25th of November Civil Society Institute NGO organized a protest in front of the Embassy of Republic of Belarus in Armenia condemning the unfair verdict of human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and demanding...
“Yerkir” will pay T. Arzakantsyan for calling him “cub”: cassation appeals were returned
Court of Cassation returned the appeals of "Yerkir" newspaper and RA National Assembly MP T. Arzakantsyan. The sides appealed to the RA Court of Cassation against the decision of the 24th of August, according to which...
Disciplinary proceedings against lawyer Arthur Grigoryan
The Chamber of Advocates initiated disciplinary proceedings against lawyer Arthur Grigoryan, who demanded 18 million AMD from "Hraparak" newspaper as a compensation for publishing defaming comments of the readers in...
European Court again obliged Armenia to pay compensation
European Court of Human Rights already for the third time obliged Republic of Armenia to pay compensation to the residents of Buzand Street whose houses were destroyed during 2000-2006 and inadequate compensation was...
The court trial is postponed for another month: the newspaper is in the court for publishing the reader’s opinion
The court trial of the case of lawyer Arthur Grigoryan against "Hraparak" newspaper was postponed until next month. "Hraparak" newspaper needed some time for answering the claim, and the plaintiff needed some time for...