The presentation of the report on the “Human Rights Violations in Armenia on July 30 of 2017” elaborated by a number of Armenian non-governmental organizations will take place at “Media Center” on July 8 of 2017, at 11:30 PM. The Speakers Avetik Ishkhanyan – President of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia Daniel Ioannisyan – […]
Day: June 7, 2017
Steps Taken to Fight Corruption in Armenia a Mixed Bag, Says CoE Body
The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), a body of the Council of Europe, says that while Armenia has successfully implemented all of GRECO’s recommendations related to criminalisation of corruption offences, and on transparency of political funding, none of GRECO recommendations related to preventing corruption among members of parliament were implemented by the end of 2016. […]
Mass arrests in Gegharkunik Region: National Security Service detected taking of large amounts of bribes
In the results of the large scale operative-investigative measures taken by the RA National Security Service, cases regarding the taking of large amount of bribe, bribe mediation, as well as taking bribes by official of judiciary and other high-level official was detected. As informed by the Prosecutor’s General Office, the factual information gathered by […]
THE POLICE ON THE THREAT OF KILLING A. SAKUNTS WITH A FACE SHOOTING
“The announcement made by Sakunts in social media has been examined and forwarded to the respective department of the Police to verify the legitimacy, as well as the sufficient grounds for instituting a criminal case in this regard”. It should be mentioned, that on June 2, the human rights defender made a post on […]