Since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, thousands of citizens have been punished as part of a countrywide anti-graft sweep. However, according to the Associated Press (AP), in some cases the Communist Party's extrajudicial means of extracting confessions involves torture.
Working with pencil, animation artist Igor Patrik sketches the next scenes of Vishapagorg (Dragon Carpet) a film that first appeared in 2007.
Armenia’s National Assembly today approved two bills amending its rules of procedure and that of the “Law Regarding the Prosecutor General’s Office". The latter will require the nation’s prosecutor general to present an annual report to the legislature and the president by April 1.
The Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI), together with its Cosmic Ray Division (CRD), is establishing an international partnership for analysis of scientific data stored at some of the world’s largest scientific installations.