Politics

Yesterday the Armenian police have formally charged a pro-opposition businessman, owner of Sil Concern and director of the board of ArmEconomBank with “imprisoning a person” in what the latter claims to be a case of persecution over his political views. Charges were filed against Saribek Sukiasyan under Article 133 of the RA Criminal Code (involvement …

Yesterday the Office of Human Rights Defender of Armenia issued a statement which notes that amnesty applies to persons convicted for a period of 5-10 years in connection with the events of March 1-2. Amnesty can be applied to Nikol Pashinyan if the decision of the court of general jurisdiction is not abolished. Let us …

Yesterday for the first time the Armenian-Turkish protocols were formally discussed in the National Assembly. Indeed, during yesterday’s session of the Foreign Relations Committee of the NA they have discussed not the contents of the protocols but the procedures of the discussion of the protocols. Urgent issue Before the launch of the discussion of the …

“After the disputed presidential election in 2008 the society is still polarized. The authorities are resisting this polarization, as well as the open discussions on the economic crisis and other topics. There is lack of tolerance and intimidation on journalists,” reads the report entitled “Intimidation on media 2009: Armenia”. The report touches upon the issue …

It seems that the “initiative policy” of the Armenian government related to the Armenia-Turkey relations comes to its end. The government has almost taken all the necessary steps, including inviting the Turkish President Abdullah Gul to the soccer match in September 2008 and signing the Armenia-Turkey protocols. Now is the time to solve the issue …

The Armenian Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers will hold a general meeting in the government hall today. It will be the first general meeting of this organization since the presidential election 2008 and the events of March 1. Following the presidential election 2008 many members of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers joined the opposition movement, as …

Yesterday at about 4:30pm Armenia’s police released prominent pro-opposition businessman Khachatur Sukiasyan’s brother and one of his associates. Saribek Sukiasyan, the co-owner of the family’s SIL Concern holding company, and director of the Airarat market in Yerevan Artash Stepanyan, were kept in police custody for more than 72 hours on suspicion of threatening to kill …

Today the eighth congress of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers will be held. There is a lot of tension among the members of the organization. The reason is that the chair of the YUV Manvel Grigoryan has decided not to include in the organization’s board those members of the board, who’d joined the pan-Armenian movement …

Yesterday at about 4:30pm Armenia’s police released prominent pro-opposition businessman Khachatur Sukiasyan’s brother and one of his associates. Saribek Sukiasyan, the co-owner of the family’s SIL Concern holding company, and director of the Airarat market in Yerevan Artash Stepanyan, were kept in police custody for more than 72 hours on suspicion of threatening to kill …

Yesterday at 4p.m. a dozen of policemen broke the doors of the central office of the Sukiasyans’ SIL Group, broke in and arrested the president of Armeconombank board of directors Saribek Sukiasyan. The police took Sukiasyan to the police department of Erebuni community. The police released a statement in the evening, and according to the …