06.02.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Armenian Journalist Freed Amid Media Uproar"

Hayk Gevorgian, a journalist with the pro-opposition daily "Haykakan Zhamanak", released after being arrested on controversial charges on 3 February [ID 209776]

03.02.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Prominent Armenian Journalist Arrested"

Hayk Gevorgian, a prominent journalist working for the pro-opposition newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak" was arrested on charges of injuring another man; according to the newspaper's editor-in-chief, the arrest was in retaliation for a sarcastic article written by Gevorgian about Vladimir Gasparian, chief of the Armenian police [ID 209775]

01.02.2012 - Source:Forum 18 

"After Strasbourg punishment, will government resolve alternative service issue "for ever"?"

According to the government, it is preparing new amendments to the Alternative Service Law; on 10 January, the country was fined by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for violating the rights to religious freedom of 2 Jehovah's Witnesses who had been detained for refusing to conduct military service on religious grounds [ID 209539]

31.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Soldier Arrested Over Latest Army Shooting"

According to military authorities, an Armenian soldier has been arrested on charges of killing a fellow conscript in a dispute on 27 January [ID 209774]

25.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Government Plans Fresh Judicial Reform"

According to the government, it will soon launch a new programme of judicial reforms designed to address a lack of trust in the country's courts [ID 209390]

23.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Opposition Bloc Condemns New Unrest Probe"

The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) officially condemned the findings of a renewed criminal inquiry into the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan which justified the use of force against HAK supporters [ID 209389]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208848]

20.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Armenian Opposition Steps Up Push For Voting Reform"

Opposition parties are stepping up pressure on the government over electoral reform [ID 209388]

19.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Armenian Army Death Toll Down In 2011"

According to chief military prosecutor Gevorg Kostanian, the number of Armenian soldiers who died in action and non-combat circumstances fell by 33 percent to 36 in 2011 [ID 209387]

18.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Army Doctor Arrested Over Soldier’s Death"

Senior military doctor arrested in connection with the death of 18-year-old conscript Hayk Khachatrian who died from chickenpox; Khachatrian's parents say that army medics and military commanders were too slow to respond to the conscript's deteriorating condition [ID 209386]

17.01.2012 - Source:EurasiaNet 

"Will Karabakh Become 'Fatal Shore' for Armenian Convicts?"

The parliament is expected to begin debate in near future on a bill that would give white-collar criminals the option of serving time in prison or resettling in "free territories", a term that many Armenians believe refers mainly to Nagorno-Karabakh [ID 208894]

16.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Armenian Opposition Furious With Council Of Europe Official"

Leaders of the 2 opposition parties represented in Parliament said that John Prescott, a top representative of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), brushed aside their concerns about the forthcoming parliamentary elections and human rights abuses; Prescott arrived in Armenia to discuss the political situation in the country [ID 208536]

11.01.2012 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"New Opposition Party To Join Armenian Parliamentary Race"

Alexander Arzumanian, leader of the newly-formed opposition Free Democrats party, confirmed that it will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections [ID 208538]

01.2012 - Source:Council of Europe - European Committee of Social Rights 

"Conclusions 2011 (Armenia) Articles 7, 8, 17,19 and 27 of the Revised Charter"

Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights following 5th state report on conformity of national law and practice with the European Social Charter [ID 209073]

27.12.2011 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Authorities Again Defend Police Actions During 2008 Unrest"

The use of force against opposition protesters during the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan was justified, law-enforcement authorities insisted following a fresh investigation that had been ordered by President Serzh Sarkisian [ID 207930]

21.12.2011 - Source:Universität Bremen - Forschungsstelle Osteuropa 

"Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 34"

Monthly bulletin on political, economic, social and cultural developments in the South Caucasus (general situation and poverty) [ID 207689]

16.12.2011 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"Yezidi Girls Fated For Teen Marriage"

Yezidi girls are often forced into teen marriage and consequently taken out of school [ID 207599]

12.12.2011 - Source:Universität Bremen - Forschungsstelle Osteuropa 

"Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 33"

Monthly bulletin on political, economic, social and cultural developments in the South Caucasus (oil and gas pipelines in the South Caucasus) [ID 207687]

05.12.2011 - Source:Universität Bremen - Forschungsstelle Osteuropa 

"Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 32"

Monthly bulletin on political, economic, social and cultural developments in the South Caucasus (the Eurovision song contest and chances for liberalisation in Azerbaijan; general situation in Georgia and the Sochi Olympic Games) [ID 207686]

29.11.2011 - Source:Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

"Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religion and other Amendments of the Republic of Armenia [CDL-AD(2011)028]"

Report on the draft law on freedoms of conscience and religion and on the laws making amendments and supplements to the Criminal Code, the Administrative Offences Code and the law on the relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church [ID 206389]

26.11.2011 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"Gunfire Continues Across Armenian-Azeri Lines"

Nagorny Karabakh: 2 Armenian soldiers killed by snipers; both countries accuse the other one of breaking the cease fire [ID 206201]

21.11.2011 - Source:Universität Bremen - Forschungsstelle Osteuropa 

"Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 31"

Monthly bulletin on political, economic, social and cultural developments in the South Caucasus (social capital; trust in institutions; overview on political events from 25 October to 14 November 2011) [ID 206724]

17.11.2011 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Armenian Government Fined Again By European Court For Evictions"

European Court of Human Rights orders authorities to pay 18,500 euros to yet another family that was evicted from its home in Yerevan [ID 205994]

17.11.2011 - Source:Armenialiberty 

"Yerevan Again Fined By European Court For Evictions"

European Court of Human Rights rules that the eviction of a family from their house in Yerevan in December 2005 violated the article of the European Convention on Human Rights that protects private property [ID 206414]

14.11.2011 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Armenian Ruling Party In Rare Election Loss"

Tavush province: Ruling party of president Sarkisian is defeated in mayor election in Ijevan by candidate of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK); there are allegations of buying of votes by the election winner [ID 205831]