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Irina Hovhannisyan

Ստեղծվել է Irina Hovhannisyan

Սեպտեմբեր 23, 2010
Armenian General Defends Army Abuse Leak

President Serzh Sarkisian’s chief military adviser effectively defended on Thursday individuals who filmed and publicized abusive treatment of two soldiers by their commander, which has caused public outrage in Armenia.
Սեպտեմբեր 21, 2010
Armenian Vice-Speaker Sacked By Party

One of the two deputy speakers of the Armenian parliament stepped down on Monday in a move ordered by the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), a junior partner in the country’s governing coalition.
Սեպտեմբեր 16, 2010
Armenian Ministry Not Invited To Landmark Mass In Turkey

The Armenian Ministry of Culture said on Wednesday that the Turkish government has not invited it to send a delegation to this week’s landmark liturgy at a medieval Armenian cathedral in southeastern Turkey.
Սեպտեմբեր 10, 2010
Another Opposition Rally Banned In Yerevan

Municipal authorities in Yerevan blocked on Thursday another attempt by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) to hold a rally in the city’s historic Liberty Square.
Սեպտեմբեր 02, 2010
Mediating Powers ‘Set To Oppose Pro-Azeri UN Resolution’

The United States, Russia and France will likely vote against a resolution on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which Azerbaijan is trying to push through the UN General Assembly, a Brussels-based pro-Armenian organization said on Wednesday.
Հուլիս 02, 2010
Clinton Urged To Recognize Armenian Genocide, Karabakh ‘Self-Determination’

A leading Armenian-American lobby group urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday to recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide and end “pressure” on Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during her upcoming visit to Yerevan.
Հունիս 01, 2010
Historic Square Off-Limits To Armenian Opposition

At least 15 people were detained in Yerevan on Monday as the Armenian police continued to block opposition access to a newly renovated square that has traditionally been the country’s main venue for political gatherings.
Հունիս 01, 2010
Yerevan School Head Fired Over Sex Abuse Scandal

The principal of a Yerevan boarding school was dismissed on Monday following the imprisonment of one of its former teachers convicted of sexually and physically abusing female students.
Մայիս 26, 2010
Ombudsman Sees Continued Restriction of Freedom of Assembly in Armenia

Armenia’s human rights defender has criticized the authorities for failing to show full commitment to the principles of freedom of assembly. In an ad hoc report unveiled in Yerevan on Tuesday, Ombudsman Armen Harutiunian also blamed certain vague provisions in the current legislation for the situation.
Մայիս 22, 2010
Opposition Bloc Again Blasts Council Of Europe

The Armenian National Congress (HAK) accused the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on Friday of disregarding its own resolutions on Armenia that demand an end to the 2008 government crackdown on the opposition alliance.
Մայիս 20, 2010
Suspect Dies After Court ‘Escape Bid’

An Armenian criminal suspect has died at a hospital after an unsuccessful escape attempt from a Yerevan court, law-enforcement and judicial authorities said on Wednesday.
Մայիս 14, 2010
PACE Head Presses For Political Reforms In Armenia

Mevlut Cavusoglu, the president of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), urged the Armenian authorities to hold democratic elections and press ahead with other political reforms at the end of a high-profile visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Մայիս 05, 2010
Ex-Military Official Jailed For Scandalous Leak

A former senior Defense Ministry official was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for disclosing a secret government order that sanctioned the Armenian military’s involvement in the suppression of the 2008 opposition protests in Yerevan.
Ապրիլ 24, 2010
Ex-Military Officials Admit To Scandalous Leak

Two former Defense Ministry officials admitted on Friday disclosing a secret government order that paved the way for the Armenian military’s involvement in the suppression of the 2008 opposition protests in Yerevan.
Ապրիլ 22, 2010
Turkey Accords Removed From Armenian Parliament Agenda

Armenia’s governing coalition on Thursday suspended further parliamentary discussions of the normalization agreements with Turkey, citing Ankara’s “unacceptable” conditions for their ratification by the Turkish parliament. (UPDATED)
Ապրիլ 17, 2010
Yerevan Court Asked To Rule On 2008 Unrest Deaths

A Yerevan court opened Friday hearings on one of several lawsuits against law-enforcement authorities lodged by relatives of Armenians who died in the March 2008 post-election violence in the capital.
Ապրիլ 09, 2010
Armenian Opposition Disapproves Of Kyrgyz Revolt

Armenia’s largest opposition group criticized the bloody popular uprising in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, while drawing parallels between the Central Asian state’s deposed president and the authorities in Yerevan.
Ապրիլ 08, 2010
Iranian Dissident Visits Jailed Armenian Oppositionists

Iran’s most prominent human rights campaigner, Shirin Ebadi, on Wednesday visited several jailed members of the Armenian opposition and renewed her calls for the immediate release of all “political prisoners” in Armenia.
Ապրիլ 06, 2010
International Watchdog Honors Armenian Unrest Victims

A renowned international human rights organization pledged help uncover the full truth about the 2008 post-election violence in Armenia on Monday ahead of its annual congress to be held in Yerevan this week.
Ապրիլ 01, 2010
‘Thousands’ Sign Opposition Suit Against Gas Price Hike

In what is shaping up as the biggest class-action lawsuit in Armenia’s history, thousands of people have joined the Armenian National Congress (HAK) in challenging a sharp rise in the price of natural gas in court, the opposition alliance said on Thursday.

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