Investigative procedures are underway at the residence of the Diocese of Shirak. Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan is not inside, and the doors are being guarded by the police. “Around 30 masked individual...
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Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan was last week placed in two-month pre-trial detention for allegedly calling for the overthrow of the Armenian government, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso ...
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan, Primate of the Diocese of Shirak. The General Prosecutor’s Office told ABC media that the proceedings were brought on Ju...
Armenia’s security services arrested one of the country’s top religious leaders on terrorism charges Wednesday and accused him of plotting to overthrow the government, the second arrest in a week of a...
I understand that public attention is currently focused on the mass detentions taking place in Armenia. Nevertheless, I will not deviate from my agenda and will continue to speak out on the issue of N...
After more than three hours of a hearing, the court announced its decision regarding Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. The court has ordered his custody for two months. Lawyer Hovhannes Khudinyan stated t...
Tigran Abrahamyan, Secretary of With Honor faction of the National Assembly, stated on Facebook that the court hearing for Ara Rostomyan has concluded. Rostomyan has been remanded in custody for two m...
Armenia has long exited the environment of democracy; the main reason for this is the clear violation of the national interests of Armenia, Artsakh and the Armenian people in the wake of the 44-day wa...
The court hearing for Deacon Hrayr has ended. “The hearing was about his preventive measure—custody. The decision will be announced tomorrow at 11 a.m.,” Deacon Hrayr’s lawyer, Hovsep Sargsyan, said. ...
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan has been formally charged with terrorism and mass disorder, Sergey Harutyunyan, one of Galstanyan’s lawyers, said. Since early morning, searches have been carried out both...
Armenia finds itself in deepening discord between its political and religious elites. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s unprecedented public attacks on Catholicos Karekin II, head of the Armenian Apost...
Genesis Armenia Think Tank/Foundation has issued a statement regarding the crackdown and arrests of opposition figures. “In Armenia, the authoritarian regime continues its policy of illegal arrests an...
