The Armenian government has officially upheld the legality of a secret order that paved the way for the Armenian military’s involvement in the suppression of the 2008 opposition protests in Yerevan.
The opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party on Wednesday urged Armenia’s leading political forces to start a dialogue on what it called “the most dangerous challenges” facing the country since the early 1990s.
The Armenian authorities have dismissed a report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation criticizing the trials of dozens of opposition members arrested after the 2008 presidential election and calling for reform of Armenia’s judicial system.
A man who reportedly attacked a prominent Armenian photojournalist outside of the Office of the Prosecutor-General last month is a police officer, law-enforcement officials confirmed on Tuesday.
Senior pro-government lawmakers in Yerevan gave on Monday diametrically opposite assessments of the latest Council of Europe report criticizing the Armenian authorities’ investigation into the 2008 post-election violence.
A key Council of Europe watchdog on Friday called for a “public inquiry” into the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan and expressed concern about reported ill-treatment of dozens of opposition members arrested by the Armenian authorities at the time.
The Armenian government approved on Thursday a controversial bill that would decriminalize libel but impose heavier fines on mass media found guilty of such offences.
Thousands of opposition supporters marched to the Council of Europe office in Yerevan on Tuesday to demand that the Strasbourg-based organization press for snap elections in Armenia and other government measures sought by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld on Tuesday a seven-year prison sentence given to opposition leader and newspaper editor Nikol Pashinian for his alleged role in the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
Washington did not prevent a U.S. congressional panel from approving the Armenian genocide resolution on Thursday in order to press Turkey to ratify its normalization agreements with Armenia, leading pro-government politicians in Yerevan speculated on Friday.
Two men will go on trial soon for their alleged role in an attack on young opposition activists that campaigned for the opposition candidate in a recent parliamentary by-election in Yerevan.
Nikol Pashinian, a jailed opposition leader, can have his harsh prison sentence shortened by half in line with a general amnesty declared by the Armenian authorities last June, the state human rights ombudsman, Armen Harutiunian, said on Tuesday.
The Armenian police have formally charged a pro-opposition businessman with “imprisoning a person” in what the latter claims to be a case of persecution over his political views.
The Special Investigation Service (SIS) probing alleged violations in last month’s disputed parliamentary by-election cited lack of proof or “body of crime” on two cases as they announced their dismissal on Thursday.
A recognized media law expert in Armenia believes the government is laying the groundwork for rigging the next parliamentary polls by seeking legislation that will seriously restrict the activities of local media.
Armenia’s top army general who was dismissed as deputy defense minister in spring 2008 for his presumed links with the opposition during the hotly contested 2008 presidential election earlier that year has been unanimously reinstalled as leader of a paramilitary organization repeatedly accused of meddling into politics during political crises.
A former senior Defense Ministry official was arrested recently on suspicion of disclosing a secret government order that paved the way for the Armenian mitlitary’s involvement in the suppression of the 2008 opposition protests in Yerevan, the ministry confirmed on Friday.
President Serzh Sarkisian said on Wednesday that he has decided to formally submit Armenia’s normalization agreements with Turkey to the Armenian parliament for ratification despite what he called Turkish efforts to distort their essence. (UPDATED)
A deputy speaker of Armenia’s parliament strongly criticized on Tuesday senior officials from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) for questioning a seven-year prison sentence given to opposition leader Nikol Pashinian.
Sasun Mikaelian, a controversially imprisoned opposition figure, was again taken to a civilian hospital in Yerevan on Wednesday to undergo a second operation in as many months.
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