The police have detained Abraham Gasparyan, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan said in Baghramyan Avenue. “You told me that if I didn’t have my vestments on, we would take me. Well, then imagine that I am n...
Law
The minimum age for marriage has become 18 in Armenia, without any exceptions. The National Assembly adopted a draft legislation produced by MP Rustam Bakoyan at its second and final reading. Before t...
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Lusine Alaverdyan, recently upheld the defense appeal and placed Artur Sukoyan under house arrest, Sukoyan’s lawyer Erik Aleksanyan said. Artur Sukoyan is MP Levon Kochar...
Today, we went to the Investigative Committee together, first, to clearly make a demand, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan said outside Saint Anna Church, Yerevan. According to him, they did not issue thei...
The 27 people detained during the protests outside the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been released. Sergey Harutyunyan, a member of the Five Human Rights Defenders initiative, said ...
We appeal to the Armenian government, as well as all other governments around the world, to exercise restraint and respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. The Lemkin Institu...
The videos clearly show that there was an act of provocation, but it came from the back row; they were throwing bottles; but those who were doing this from the back row were not arrested, member of th...
There was an act of provocation at the beginning of the police actions which gave them grounds for beating people. It was a targeted operation; an opportunity to simply isolate the most active partici...
There is no need to make assessments, because our people can see it all. If you are asking about the reasons, then I am sure those who give and carry out such orders have disproportionate external sup...
I am addressing Vahe Ghazaryan. We should go up, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan said outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Now you will order the police to open the road and accompany the journalist...
Interior Ministry: Any entry into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests preservation of the order
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is an agency that operates under permit order. Therefore, any entry implies preservation of the order, the RA MIA Police reports. “We urge everyone to refrain from any ...
The Church is rifted from the authorities, but not from the society. Human rights defender Ruben Melikyan said this today outside Saint Anna Church, Yerevan. “With its 1700 years of existence, dozens ...
