During the preliminary investigation of a criminal case launched in connection with an audio recording circulated online, an individual has been questioned, the Investigative Committee told ABC Media....
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Wiretapping is a criminal offense. The law allows recordings only by court order as part of a secret investigative procedure. However, in Armenia, most of the recent political arrests have been carrie...
A discussion has taken place at the Chamber of Advocates concerning the ongoing criminal proceedings against lawyer Aleksandr Kochubayev, the Chamber reports. “On Oct. 20, 2025, a discussion was held ...
During the pre-trial investigation into the murder that took place in Merdzavan, a DNA expert report has been received. According to the findings, DNA samples taken from items discovered during the se...
Law enforcement continues to insist, under purely political persecution, that a single sentence spoken by Samvel Karapetyan on June 17, 2025, in defense of the Mother See constitutes a “call to seize ...
NTV has reported on the events in Gyumri. It noted that additional law enforcement officers have been deployed at the Anti-Corruption Court building, with several dozen police stationed at the entranc...
Vardan Ghukasyan has been placed in custody for a period of two months, according to a ruling of the Anti-Corruption Court. Yesterday security forces stormed the Gyumri City Hall to detain Mayor Varda...
A total of 33 people have been arrested as part of the criminal proceedings launched on charges of participating in mass unrest and obstructing the administration of justice, the Investigative Committ...
Court hearings on the arrest of Vardan Ghukasyan concluded almost at dawn, and the decision will be announced today at 9:45 a.m., attorney Zaruhi Postanjyan said. According to her, during the session,...
After several hours of investigative actions, special forces from the National Security Service arrested Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan inside the city hall building. Oct. 20 did not dawn bright in Gyu...
The arrest of the elected head of Armenia’s second-largest city, Gyumri, represents nothing less than another institutionalization of political repression in the country — the first “conquest” of the ...
Lawyer Alexander Kochubayev has been remanded in custody for two months over a Facebook post. Following his arrest—during which he was reportedly forced to the ground—Kochubayev was charged under Arti...
