Armenia’s Office of the Prosecutor-General said on Tuesday that it has appealed against a Yerevan court’s decision to acquit former President Serzh Sarkisian of corruption charges rejected by him as politically motivated.
Armenia’s Court of Cassation has ordered a new trial of former President Robert Kocharian more than three years after he was acquitted of coup charges rejected by him as politically motivated.
Law-enforcement authorities have not prosecuted any of the police officers who injured dozens of anti-government protesters in Yerevan three months ago in a crackdown condemned by Armenia’s leading civic groups.
The mayor of the southeastern Armenian town of Goris, who has challenged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in the past, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Tuesday for defying an earlier court ruling that barred him from holding public office.
Armenia’s jailed former Defense Minister David Tonoyan has been granted bail of 15 million drams (over $38,000), according to a ruling by a court in Yerevan.
Prosecutors in Armenia have brought a new criminal case against Mikayel Minasian, the once influential fugitive son-in-law of former President Serzh Sarkisian, on multiple charges, including large-scale embezzlement.
Prosecutors in Armenia have demanded seven years in prison for a Constitutional Court judge charged with abuse of official powers related to alleged real estate fraud.
A Western-funded division of the Armenian police faced fresh torture allegations on Friday after arresting a man accused of illegally parking his car in Yerevan.
More than three years after declaring coup charges brought against Robert Kocharian unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court has given the green light for another trial of Armenia’s former president sought by prosecutors.
Armenia’s Health Minister Anahit Avanesian on Thursday defended her controversial decision to allow riot police to use more powerful stun grenades which some experts say can kill protesters.
A reputedly government-linked member of Armenia’s Commission on Prevention of Corruption has prevented it from fining Defense Minister Suren Papikian’s wife for not declaring at least $23,000 in cash in her asset statement submitted to the state body.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have refused to specify the type of powerful stun grenades that injured dozens of antigovernment protesters and journalists in Yerevan last month.
An Armenian court on Monday granted bail to an opposition figure from Vanadzor who was arrested right after defeating Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party in a municipal election held in December 2021.
A court in Yerevan on Thursday again extended the arrest of Armen Ashotian, a prominent opposition politician facing what he and his allies see as politically motivated charges.
The Armenian Ministry of Health has formally allowed riot police to use more powerful stun grenades that are believed to have injured dozens of antigovernment protesters and journalists in Yerevan last month.
Vladimir Gasparian, a former chief of the Armenian police, was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison on corruption charges denied by him.
Employees of Armenia’s Administrative Court went on strike on Monday to demand higher wages.
Law-enforcement authorities have still not brought criminal charges against any of the police officers who were caught on camera beating up an Armenian opposition parliamentarian during antigovernment protests in Yerevan late last month.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), a major opposition party involved in antigovernment protests in Yerevan, on Tuesday rejected as politically motivated criminal charges brought against nine of its activists.
Law-enforcement officers searched the offices of Armenia’s leading homegrown online taxi-hailing service and confiscated its computers at the weekend just days after its owner urged people to attend ongoing antigovernment protests in Yerevan.
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