April 12: Raffi Hovannisian's Meeting in Liberty Square
A multi-agency operation targeted two groups from Austin, Texas, with alleged ties to a violent Mexican organized crime group for drug production and trafficking, according to a press release from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Vahe Aghabegians, a founding member of the Board of the Civilitas Foundation, arrived in Armenia on April 6 and two days later was called for questioning by Armenia's National Security Service within the framework of the ongoing investigation relating to the Civilitas Foundation. Aghabegians has not been a member of the board since February 2012 and has not lived in Armenia since 2009.
Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC), Microsoft RA, and the USAID-funded Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC) Project held the Armenian final for Imagine Cup 2013 on April 12, 2013.
Off The Road
On March 14, Hetq sent a letter to RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, informing him that we had published a series of articles exposing the dubious transactions between Nairit Plant CJSC and Rhinoville Properties Limited, and the embezzlement of loans provided by the Interstate Bank.
Renovations to the 6th century Odzoun Church appear to have failed due to disagreements amongst those responsible. Father Vrtanes Baghalyan told Hetq that the Armenian government had allocated 20 million AMD ($50,000) for renovations in 2010 based on a request filed by Catholicos Garegin II.
In Armenia, one can find human rights violations of LGBT people in every sphere of life – in the family, armed forces, church, law enforcement bodies, the workplace, public and social spaces, institutions of medical care and education, mass media, etc. Almost every space within our public is a site of possible discrimination and abuse for LGBT people.
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