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Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
 On February 05, 2010 the trial of Arshaluys Hakobyan, monitor and human rights defender of Helsinki Association continued at the Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash districts of Yerevan (defense attorney is G. Khachatryan, judge is G. Avetisyan, and the prosecutor is H. Babayan). The trial has been delayed for 3 month according the motion of the prosecution side reasoning it that the charge against A. Hakobyan is subject to change.
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
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On 19 January, 2010 the Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork Marash districts of Yerevan, presided by the Judge M. Martirosyan passed sentence on Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of “Haykakan Zhamanak” daily and convicted him to 7 years of imprisonment.
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Monday, 28 December 2009 |
 On December 27, 2009 Vahagn Gevorgyan, Sergey Gasparyan, Tevos Matevosyan, Sahak Muradyan and Sargis Gevorgyan, activists of pre-election headquarter of Nikol Pashinyan ( he is a candidate for an election of an MP from No. 10 constituency of Yerevan) were beaten at Vardanats 5a address. A group of 20-30 people with iron bars and brass-knuckles attacked and harshly beat the young activists causing physical injuries.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 |
On the 10th of December – the international day of human rights - the members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders celebrate the progress achieved in their struggle for freedom, equality and justice.
Yet, we recognize with particular concern that the South Caucasus remains to be a part of the world where people who defend the rights and lives of others often fall victims of their own success – in response to their non-violent work for human rights they often face various forms of violence and repressions from the state.
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 |
 On 06.11.2009 the Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork Marash districts (Judge G. Khandanyan) examined the claimed filed by Arshaluys Hakobyan and his defense attorney Gayane Khachatryan on decision made on 29.07.2009 by K. Nazaryan, investigator of the Police Department of Kentron district. The decision was made to discontinue criminal prosecution against V. Badalyan and A. Sargsyan.
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Saturday, 28 November 2009 |
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The South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders condemns unfair trial and conviction of Azerbaijani bloggers and public activists Emin Milli (Abdullayev) and Adnan Hajizade. The Network considers the case to be fabricated with the intention of silencing critical voices and suppressing the dissent.
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
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Political Prisoners’ day was first observed in 1974 in Soviet labor
camps, honoring those who had been unjustly imprisoned and remembering
those who had lost their lives to political repression. It is
deplorable that today, thirty years later in independent Armenia, there
are seventeen political prisoners, and there has been no justice for
the victims of March 1, 2008.
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Sunday, 18 October 2009 |
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On October 16, 2009 the trial of human rights defender and monitor of Helsinki Association Arshaluys Hakobyan continued at the Court of the First Instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash districts (defence attorney- G. Khachatryan, judge- G. Avetistan, prosecutor- H. Babayan). Prosecutor H. Babayan filed a petition to the Court to postpone the trial for a month.
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Friday, 16 October 2009 |
 On October 16, 2009 the trial of Gegham Harutyunyan and Hovhannes Ghukasyan, policemen of Yerevan Department of the Police of Armenia continued at the Court of the First Instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash districts (judge G. Poghsoyan, prosecutor H. Harutyunyan, lawyer A. Tovmasyan). The policemen were accused of Article 309, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Armenia; they abused citizens during the events of March 1.
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