Statements

On the experts’ fact-finding group
05/29/09

On May 20 Vahe Stepanyan, the representative of the RA Human Rights Defender in the experts’ fact-finding group terminated his participation in the work of the group. During these seven months more >

On obtaining false testimony through pressures and violence against journalists
05/07/09

As it has already been announced, monitoring of criminal litigations of A. Arzumanyan and S. Sirunyan on cases related to the events taken place on March 1-2 is conducted on the instructions of the Human Rights Defender of the RA Armen Harutyunyan. During the last criminal litigations of Sasun Miqayelyan and Hakob Hakobyan more >

On the cases of violence towards the young people
04/30/09

On the evening of the 29th of April the office of the Human Rights Defender received telephone calls informing that a group of youth representatives had been subjected to beating and transferred to medical institutions in the course of dissemination of flyers notifying about the opposition rally, planned on 01.05.2009. The Human Rights Defender of RA and the rapid reaction group of the Staff immediately visited N1 University Clinic complex of Yerevan. In the course of visit it was found out that more >

Violence against the journalist
04/30/09

On April 30, 2009 again violence took place against the journalist. This time Argishti Kiviryan, the coordinator of the ARMENIA Today news agency was severely beaten up. The rapid reaction group of the Staff of the Human Rights Defender of the RA visited “Erebuni” medical centre, but couldn’t meet the journalist because of his grave condition. Lusine Sahakyan, Argishti Kiviryan’s wife informed the representatives of the rapid reaction group of the Staff of the Human Rights Defender of the RA, that more >