https://www.azatutyun.am «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայանը միջազգային լրատվական եւ հեռարձակող կազմակերպություն է, որի հաղորդումները սփռվում են Կենտրոնական եւ Արեւելյան Եվրոպայումշ Կովկասում, Կենտրոնական Ասիայում, Ռուսաստանում, Միջին Արեւելքում եւ Բալկանյան երկրներում: https://www.azatutyun.am/Content/responsive/RFE/hy-AM/img/logo.png https://www.azatutyun.am hy Բոլոր իրավունքները պաշտպանված են 2014 - «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան 60 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:17:47 +0400 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL An Armenian high school student arrested over two weeks ago after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan was unexpectedly released from custody on Tuesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33732240.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33732240.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:40:40 +0400 in English Ignoring calls by defense lawyers and Armenia’s human rights ombudswoman, prosecutors have again refused to set free a high school student who was arrested almost two weeks ago after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33729483.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33729483.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:54:16 +0400 in English Armenia’s human rights ombudsman appeared to add her voice on Thursday to growing calls for the release of a high school student who was arrested on March 29 after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33728758.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33728758.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:38:58 +0400 in English An Armenian high school student was hospitalized for the second time in three days on Friday nearly one week after being arrested for confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33724110.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33724110.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:38:24 +0400 in English An Armenian court on Wednesday allowed law-enforcement authorities to keep in detention a high school student who confronted Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in a church in Yerevan at the weekend. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33722495.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33722495.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:32:30 +0400 in English Armenian law-enforcement authorities reportedly pressed on Tuesday criminal charges against a teenage man who is said to have spat at Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s limousine over the weekend. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33721717.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33721717.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00:39 +0400 in English An Armenian high school student was formally charged with obstructing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s “political activities” on Tuesday two days after confronting the latter at a church in Yerevan and being arrested as a result. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33721667.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33721667.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:25:10 +0400 in English Two teenage brothers and another man were arrested on Sunday after confronting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian at a church in Yerevan. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33720040.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33720040.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:53:10 +0400 in English One man has been charged after a street altercation with Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian that led to his and a fellow activist’s detention by police on Thursday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33717855.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33717855.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:52:32 +0400 in English Around 200 more Armenians stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to Iran’s war with the United States and Israel have returned to Yerevan in recent days, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33697744.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33697744.html Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:40:35 +0400 in English Armenia’s political leadership reacted cautiously and, according to its critics, belatedly on Sunday to the joint massive attack on neighboring Iran launched by the United States and Israel. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33691128.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33691128.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:04:18 +0400 in English Another critic of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has been arrested and prosecuted for insulting him on social media, it emerged on Thursday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33689030.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33689030.html Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:25:21 +0400 in English Three deputy chiefs of the Armenian police were sacked on Wednesday following a spate of fresh shootings and murders that highlighted a significant increase in gun violence in the country. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33688161.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33688161.html Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:46:50 +0400 in English Law-enforcement officials raided businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian’s private compound outside Yerevan on Thursday amid his efforts to set up a major electoral alliance which have prompted serious concern from Armenia’s ruling party. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33682680.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33682680.html Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:53:44 +0400 in English Law-enforcement authorities indicted Catholicos Garegin II on Saturday one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian implicitly pledged to prevent an upcoming meeting in Austria of the top clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33678498.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33678498.html Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:12:03 +0400 in English Ignoring objections from opposition and press freedom groups, the Armenian parliament approved on Friday a government bill giving the authorities in Yerevan more powers to block broadcasts of foreign television programs critical of them. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33676990.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33676990.html Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:11:37 +0400 in English Six members and supporters of an opposition group based in the Armenian town of Vagharshapat were arrested on Wednesday on charges described by its leader as politically motivated. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33675346.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33675346.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:09:21 +0400 in English An Iranian woman living in Armenia claims to have been ordered to leave the country after ignoring Armenian authorities’ warnings to stop protesting outside Iran’s embassy in Yerevan along with her compatriots. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33674458.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33674458.html Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:15:19 +0400 in English An appeals court on Friday agreed to move to house arrest one of the three Armenian archbishops jailed last year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s controversial campaign to oust Catholicos Garegin II. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33671373.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33671373.html Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:14:38 +0400 in English A district court extended the arrest of an Armenian bishop at odds with the government at the start of his trial on Monday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33660434.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33660434.html Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:10:09 +0400 in English