As we have already informed, yesterday, between 6 and 6:30 p.m., a group of young men attacked the DIY club located in Parpetsi St., Yerevan, again. They burned the posters “No to fascism” and “Your explosives will not frighten me,” which were pasted by the management of the club. Armine [...]
“Dismantle the exploiting system,” “The way out of the stalemate is alternative elections,” “Filter the government” – these are the main demands of Artavazd Vardanyan who went on a hunger strike in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC) building on May 3. A. Vardanyan was also a member of [...]
Today www.aravot.am inquired from Armenian National Congress coordinator Levon Zurabyan whether he had already gotten a letter from the police that they would not give the list of the persons that were absent from the country to the joint staff. Yesterday Police Colonel Hovhannes Kocharyan, the head of the passport [...]
Nerses Nazaryan, the head of the Yerevan city department of the Republic of Armenia police, is convinced that activists in Mashtots Park will not take illegal actions – i.e. dismantle the booths. He oversaw the public order in the park today too. “Police officers will preserve public order and will [...]
Blogger Hovhannes Ishkhanyan has been summoned by the military police for his book The Day of Discharge recently and today by the police. Hovhannes and his counselor Robert Revazyan told about this during a conversation with www.aravot.am. “Hovhannes was summoned by the military police on the phone. When we came, [...]
An incident has just taken place in Theater Square of Gyumri between local police officers and ARF representatives handing out leaflets. The issue is that ARF members put up a tent in front of the theater on Saturday, urging passersby to defend their votes, don’t sell them and avoid election [...]
When the police write in their statements, “This citizen was not detected, as a result of police investigation,” I perceive that roughly as follows – a police unit ambushes outside the suspect’s house and wait for him to appear. At the same time two smart detectives, one of whom had better be white and the other black, carefully inquire in various cafes and other places of amusement to find out when that person was last seen. Etc. Then all those groups come to their chief and report, “The suspect couldn’t be detected.” If a man (furthermore, not short) goes to work and comes back home every day, first of all the point in investigation is not clear, second it is not clear why the investigation failed. As you understand, I am talking about Hayk Gevorgyan, a journalist of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper.
The police write, “On January 23, a decision was made to bring Gevorgyan in. As a result of an investigation Gevorgyan was not detected. On the same day (i.e. on January 23 – A.A.), a decision was made to declare Gevorgyan wanted and arrest was chosen, as a measure of restraint.
Hrayr Tovmasyan, talking about the Human Rights Watch report published the other day that the Armenian authorities continued to violate human rights during a conversation with Aravot.am today, said that a serious progress had been made in terms of human rights last year. “Let me begin with the infringement of [...]
Today Vardan Bostanjyan, a Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP, referring during a conversation with Aravot.am to yesterday’s statement by Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan that it didn’t matter from what party and how fat the people who were brought in were, said, “Aren’t there fat people in other parties? He [...]
At 9.30 am I had an exam on “laws and ethics”. I went to prepare for the exam. I was awakened by my brother’s (the author of the article is a student, the sister of Armen Ohanyan who was brought in on December 8 morning – edit.) voice – he [...]
We have informed that yesterday at around 5.30 pm Suren Khachatryan (“Liska”), the governor of Syunik beat businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan up in the “Marriot” hotel. The department of information and public relations of the administration of the region of Syunik spread a message that “the news doesn’t correspond to the [...]
