Kananyan, in a Facebook post, writes that the Artsakh government has formed a committee to review the activities of currently operating small hydro plants and their impact on the environment.
Exiting a Yerevan police station, Hayrapetyan told reporters that his detainment was the latest example of government “monkey business”.
Lawyer Amram Makinyan, in a Facebook post, writes that masked police officers have taken Ruben Hayrapetyan, a former Republican Party of Armenia MP and ex- head of Armenia’s Football Federation, into custody.
On January 27, six days after Karavatchar resident Alexander Kananyan launched a hunger strike to protest the construction of hydroelectric power plants throughout Artsakh, Stepanakert resident Mher Poghosyan declared his own hunger strike in solida
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Yerevan today, the latest in a series of scheduled meetings, and stressed the need to focus more on the need for institutional reform in the country.
Tomaž Mencin, the new Ambassador of Slovenia to Armenia, today presented his credentials to President Armen Sarkissian.
On January 21, Karvatchar (Artsakh) resident Alexander Kananyan went on a hunger strike demanding a stop to the construction of small hydroelectric power plants in the Shahumyan District. Continuing the strike, Kananyan posted the following today on