2010/03/10

This report is prepared by Helsinki Association in frames of the project “The Situation of Human Rights in Armenia” with the financial assistance of US Embassy in Armenia and Fond for National Endowment for Democracy. Comments Full Story
2009/06/04

After the elections for Yerevan's Council of Elders, residents of the sale zone gathered in front of the Government building once again. Police officers did not let the protesters stand in front of the building and they held their protest a little far from the building. Comments Full Story
2009/06/01

HAK Coordinator Levon Zurabyan today referred to yesterday's vote violations. "The authorities are doing their best for us to speak to them in their language, i.e. in the language of violence and beating," said Mr. Zurabyan. Comments Full Story
2009/02/22

Armenia has yet to hold the police accountable for their excessive use of force a year after a day of clashes with protesters that led to at least 10 deaths, Human Rights Watch said in a comprehensive report today. Comments Full Story
2009/01/07

ANNUAL REPORT OF HELSINKI ASSOCIATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA FOR THE YEAR OF 2008 Comments Full Story
2008/10/02

The United States remains seriously concerned about the continuing imprisonment of Armenian opposition members and expects the authorities in Yerevan to close the controversial criminal cases against them, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday. Comments Full Story
2008/09/10

Since the tragic events of March 1 and imposition of a state of emergency the acting regime has roughly violated human rights and rejected over 70 notifications for opposition’s rallies. But even in the given conditions we did not give up. Since March 21 the Armenian National Congress has continued its struggle in Northern Avenue for 170 days holding about ten protest actions, marches and demonstrations. Comments Full Story
2008/08/15

Pro-government lawmakers openly questioned on Friday the official justification for the forcible dispersal of opposition protesters camped in Yerevan’s Liberty Square last February as it emerged that there were no fingerprints on weapons which the Armenian police claim to have found there. Comments Full Story
2008/08/06

The only issue included in the agenda of yesterday's session of the interim parliamentary committee investigating the March 1-2 events and their causes concerned the disclosure of the details and circumstances of the incident that took place on the Theatrical Square in the morning of March 1 and the clarification of the operations of the police officers. To this end, Major-General ALEXANDER AFYAN, Deputy Chief of the Police, was invited to the committee session. Comments Full Story
2008/08/01

During the All Armenian Movement rally his speech delivered Chairman of the “Hanrapetutyun” (Republic) Party Aram Z. Sargssian. “Let all the opposition leaders forgive me, but I have never met a more experienced and consistent political figure than Levon Ter-Petrossian,” he said. Comments Full Story
2008/07/23

The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners issued a statement today which runs in part. The Armenian leadership ignored the numerous appeals of international structures and human rights activists calling for a pre-term release of Arman Babajanian, editor-in-chief of “Zhamanak Yerevan” and “Zhamanak Los Angeles.” Comments Full Story
2008/07/18

The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners will henceforth attend all events organised by the political prisoners' wives. Today they staged a protest action near the RoA General Prosecutor's Office. They called for an urgent release of the detainees. The protesters lodged a written and oral request to Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian. Then they held a spontaneous march to the RoA Government with the posters and photos of the political prisoners. A protester mounted the steps of the Government building and shouted: “Who is a genuine president?” “Levon, president!” chanted the presentees. Comments Full Story
2008/04/24

On Remembrance Day of Armenia’s genocide, as usual I was out on my daily constitutional, and as usual I walked through Armenia’s Freedom Square. The evening before, I had joined the younger generation when they gathered in their thousands at the square with their bottled candles and I saw how they left the square on a march to the Genocide memorial. So I was not surprised to see that the square was full of busses, I assumed waiting for those youngsters who had spent the night at the memorial. Comments Full Story
2008/04/17

Last month’s events not only threw the country into political crisis, they constituted a serious human rights crisis. The way the Armenian government responds to this crisis will test the integrity of its democratic institutions and its commitment to international human rights standards. This is also an opportunity for the United States to constructively engage to resolve one of the worst human rights crises in the country. Comments Full Story
2008/04/11

Less than two weeks ago, I posted here a video evidence that clearly shows "how allegedly police car run one protester over on Paronyan street in central Yerevan". Comments Full Story