Today, at the G8 Summit in Italy, U.S., French and Russian leaders urged Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to resolve a long-running dispute in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Arrested HAK activist Tigran Arakelyan issued a statement today saying that he was ending the hunger strike he began on July 6 to protest his arrest by police the day before. On July 5, 2009, police arrested the 28 year-old HAK activist after summoning ...
Grigor Voskerchyan, the former mayor of Abovyan who had been detained for sixteen months, was found guilty today of "organizing mass public disturbances" and sentenced to two years imprisonment. He was immediately released under the provisions of the recently ...
Today, Judge Rubik Apinyan of the Kentron and Nork-Marash Court of First Instance threw out the suit filed by the Ijevan Municipality charging the "Investigative Journalists NGO" with slander and publishing false information.
At a press conference held earlier today, Armenia's Human Rights Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan, stated that he wished to see the recently declared general amnesty apply to all those jailed in connection with the events of March 1, 2008. "The amnesty must ...
75 year-old Rima Varosyan lives with her 45 year-old son who suffers from psychological problems. The two exists on a monthly pension of 29,000 drams ($80). Mrs. Varosyan says the pension doesn't even cover the basics- gas, water and electric. "Let ...
A tree planted in November, 2008, by former Arabkir District Leader Albert Yeritsyan in the park adjacent to the district's office was unceremoniously uprooted two days ago. It appears that Albert Yeritsyan, of "Yeritsyan and Sons Ltd.", is now person ...
A two day conference entitled "Armenian-Turkish Relations and the Artsakh Issue" was held today in Stepanakert. NKR President Bako Sahakyan addressed the summit organized by the ARF and the "Pyunik Foundation". Archbishop Bargev Martirosyan, Primate of the ...