The trail on the case of Vilen Gayfedjyan, TV host of “SOS” TV show, has ended. The Court of General Jurisdiction of Arabkir Kanaker Zeytun Administrative Districts will publish the decision on March 14. It should be mentioned, that the police filed an appeal against Vilen Gayfegjyan, host of “SOS” TV show, on the demand […]
ARMENIA 2016/2017 Police used excessive force to suppress largely peaceful demonstrations in the capital, Yerevan, in July. Hundreds of individuals were arbitrarily arrested. Many reported being injured, beaten or otherwise ill-treated during the arrest and while in detention. Background The year was marked by economic and political volatility, and growing security concerns linked to the […]
The video report on “Unpunished Crime” is being presented, where the human rights violation during the period of July 17-30 of 2016 are presented. The stories of 60 citizens subjected to violence are included in the video report. The “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGo provided legal aid/assistance to the citizens and journalists who were […]
15, February 2017 Lamberto Zanier Secretary General Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Wallnerstrasse 6 A-1010 Vienna Austria Your Excellency Mr. Zanier, The OSCE Office in Yerevan (hereafter also referred to as the Office) has been established based on the July 22, 1999 decision of the OSCE Permanent Council and started its operation […]
A group of lawyers and human rights defenders submitted a number of complain-applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the violation of the rights of citizens and soldiers of Nagorno Karabakh Rebublic during the combat operations started by Azerbaijan within the period of April 2-5 April of 2016 on the Kharabakh-Azerbaijan contact […]
On January 23 of 2017, near 10:40 AM, the employees of the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO found the door of the Organization, located on apartment 24 of Amiryan Street 11, Yerevan, broken and open. The workers of “Kentron” Condominium informed that, at night of January 23 near 00:36 AM, a call was received […]
Police officers today used excessive force against the mothers of soldiers who died in Armenia’s armed forces in non-combat incidents; the women had gathered outside the main government building on Thursday morning with the intention of meeting defense minister Vigen Sargsyan and requesting a meeting appointment with him; however, the guards tried to forcibly make […]
Belarus handed over to Azerbaijan late on Tuesday a Russian-Israeli blogger who was arrested in Minsk in December because of his past visits to Nagorno-Karabakh. Photographs released by Azerbaijani media showed masked and heavily armed men clad in camouflage fatigues escorting Lapshin out of an Azerbaijani plane moments after it landed in Baku. The extradition […]
STATEMENT ON THE PROPAGANDA INCREASING TENSION IN ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Civil Society Forum (CSF) expresses its deep concern over the intensification of propaganda and lobbying activities by the Azerbaijani authorities aimed at paralyzing the negotiation process over the settlement of Karabakh conflict and ruling out any opportunity of […]
As shown by the outcomes of the statistical analysis, the number of the prisoners released on conditional basis is decreasing year by year. The Government of Armenia came to such conclusion and presented a draft decree on the removal of Article 1 of the HO-49-N from the draft laws on Making Amendments and Supplements to […]
