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High Court Refuses To Free Oppositionist
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Thursday refused to release former Foreign Minister Aleksandr Arzumanian from jail pending investigation into the allegedly illegal financing of his anti-government political activities....
Armenian Police Again Deny Deadly Torture
The Armenian police insisted on Tuesday that a young man who died in police custody earlier this month was not tortured by his interrogators despite claims to the contrary made by his family and local human rights...
Defeated Candidate Ends Hunger Strike
A former world boxing champion who unsuccessfully ran for Armenia’s parliament ended a five-day hunger strike on Monday after Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian promised to look into his allegations of vote rigging. Israel...
Two Wounded In Gyumri Shootout
At least two people were wounded in a weekend gunfight in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri that allegedly involved a son of its controversial Mayor Vartan Ghukasian. Law-enforcement authorities promptly launched...
Watchdog Concerned About Death In Armenian Police Custody
An international human rights organization has joined its Armenian counterparts in demanding a “thorough and independent” inquiry into last week’s death in police custody of a young man widely regarded as the latest...
Family Condemns Ex-FM’s Arrest, Pleads For Support
The family of Aleksandr Arzumanian on Thursday condemned as politically motivated and groundless the accusations of money laundering that have been leveled against the jailed former foreign minister staunchly opposed...
Israel Hakobkokhyan Went On Hunger-Strike
Today Israel Hakobkokhyan, the World Champion of boxing, went on hunger strike in front of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). The boxer demands to the officialdom to restore justice and rule of law in the country...
What If They Give?
In the parliamentary election 2007, unexpectedly, the Armenian society was amazed by the international observers, not the participants of the home political process. People were not amazed that the government used every...
Murder in the 6th Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Having witnessed a shooting that occurred on the evening of May 9th, Mr. Levon Gulyan, born 1976, was taken into custody by the local police. Mr. Levon Gulyan managed a restaurant in the 3rd District of Armenia, on May...
Armenian Elections ‘Largely Democratic,’ Say Western Observers
By Emil Danielyan Western observers made a positive assessment of the Armenian government’s handling of the weekend parliamentary elections, saying that they were largely democratic despite a “bad” counting of ballots...