Manvel Grigorian, a retired Armenian army general arrested in June on a string of criminal charges, was transferred to hospital on Monday just days after appealing to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
A former senior official and lawmaker invited by the Special Investigation Service for questioning as part of a reopened investigation into his alleged secret offshore accounts exposed by the Panama Papers has skipped the interrogation, a spokesperson said on Friday.
A number of human rights activists in Armenia have joined the open letter of Amnesty International calling on the Iranian authorities to release Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.
The chief editor of an Armenian daily newspaper claims the Special Investigation Service (SIS) is putting pressure on the media outlet after criminal proceedings have been launched over its publication of some data that the law-enforcement body says is confidential.
Two activists involved in an attack on a video blogger highly critical of Armenia’s government have been charged with attempted kidnapping, a spokesperson for the country’s Prosecutor-General’s office said on Friday.
An indicted brother of Armenia’s former President Serzh Sarkisian has been allowed to temporarily leave the country after agreeing to pay the state $30 million from his bank account that was frozen last summer.
The Armenian branch of U.S. billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) on Tuesday condemned a violent attack on an Armenian anti-government blogger while strongly denying responsibility for it.
Law-enforcement authorities on Monday pledged to investigate an overnight attack on a video blogger highly critical of Armenia’s government, which was reportedly carried out by a youth group at loggerheads with him.
A parliament deputy who was until recently Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian’s chief bodyguard will go on trial soon on charges of violent assault.
A controversial brother of Armenia’s former President Serzh Sarkisian has been formally charged with fraud, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
An Armenian businesswoman acknowledged on Wednesday that a corruption accusation leveled against the arrested former President Robert Kocharian stems from her incriminating testimony.
Robert Kocharian, a former Armenian president arrested in December on coup charges, has also been accused of corruption, it emerged on Tuesday.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has launched a new criminal investigation into a former senior official who resigned in 2016 after being accused of having secret offshore accounts exposed by the Panama Papers.
The Armenian ministers of defense, finance and foreign affairs as well as eight other members of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s cabinet have been formally reappointed to their posts.
A law-enforcement body on Thursday asked a Yerevan court to issue an arrest warrant for Armenia’s former Environment Minister Aram Harutiunian after formally accusing him of receiving $14 million in bribes.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian has also been indicted in connection with the deadly breakup of opposition protests staged in Yerevan in 2008, a senior prosecutor confirmed on Monday.
A former senior Armenian law-enforcement official dismissed on Thursday additional charges brought against him over his handling of a criminal investigation into the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
A prominent Armenian businessman prosecuted on corruption charges has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after law-enforcement authorities in Yerevan refused to allow him to undergo medical treatment abroad.
Armenian prosecutors have formally asked authorities in the Czech Republic to extradite a fugitive nephew of former President Serzh Sarkisian accused of illegal arms possession and drug trafficking.
A court in Yerevan on Friday postponed until January 9 its decision on whether to grant bail to former President Robert Kocharian arrested this month for his role in the deadly breakup of 2008 opposition protests.
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