Armenia’s Administrative Court rejected on Monday an opposition lawsuit challenging a sharp rise in the price of natural gas that was sanctioned by state regulators early this year.
A key party aligned with the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Wednesday strongly denied stifling dissent within its ranks and ostracizing a prominent member critical of its de facto top leader, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
A key opposition party aligned in the Armenian National Congress (HAK) has chosen a new leadership following the resignation of its two top members who reportedly disagreed with HAK leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
Nikol Pashinian, an outspoken opposition leader and newspaper editor, remained in defiant mood and categorically ruled out asking the Armenian authorities for pardon on Thursday.
Two young activists who were arrested during a recent opposition protest in Yerevan went on trial Wednesday on charges which they and their supporters consider politically motivated.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the rejection of a lawsuit against law-enforcement authorities filed earlier this year by relatives of Armenians who died in the March 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
A district court in Yerevan began on Thursday the trial of six men accused of plotting to assassinate Gagik Khachatrian, the head of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC), on alleged orders from one of his former senior employees.
A young Armenian opposition activist was unexpectedly set free on Friday after spending a month in pre-trial detention on controversial charges which he and his backers consider politically motivated.
The two top leaders of a key opposition party aligned in the Armenian National Congress (HAK) have stepped down amid conflicting reports about their disagreements with the opposition bloc led by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.
An Armenian police officer prosecuted for allegedly ill-treating a man who died in police custody in April has pleaded not guilty to the accusation and feels that he was made a scapegoat by investigators, his lawyer said on Thursday.
The Armenian police and a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) have traded barbs over the contentious use of force against opposition activists trying to gather in a popular square in Yerevan.
Police in Yerevan questioned on Monday three members of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) over their involvement in scuffles with police forces blocking opposition access to a recently renovated square.
Azerbaijan could refuse further negotiations with Armenia and try to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by force if the long-running peace process yields no breakthrough soon, President Ilham Aliyev warned in remarks reported on Wednesday.
A Yerevan court on Tuesday rejected the last of lawsuits against law-enforcement authorities filed two months ago by relatives of Armenians who died in the March 2008 post-election violence in the capital.
An Armenian journalist and a young opposition activist were set free on Thursday despite being formally charged with assaulting police officers in Yerevan. Another member of Armenia’s largest opposition group arrested during Monday’s clash between riot police and opposition protesters was expected to be remanded in pre-trial custody on a similar charge later in the day.
A law-enforcement agency subordinated to state prosecutors on Wednesday took over the criminal case against a young journalist arrested on what she and Armenia’s leading media associations consider political grounds.
Armenia’s leading media associations demanded on Tuesday the immediate release of a young reporter who was arrested while covering an opposition protest in Yerevan.
Two young opposition activists and a journalist were formally placed under arrest and faced the possibility of up to five years’ imprisonment on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting riot police in Yerevan. (UPDATED)
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Friday again predicted the impending downfall of Armenia’s current leadership, saying that it is increasingly riven by infighting and facing mounting international pressure over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenian opposition parties have traditionally shown little interest in local elections, and there are no signs that this situation will change anytime soon.
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