Politics

By ELLEN BARRYPublished: May 31, 2011 BAKU, Azerbaijan — In a mostly empty Soviet-era building here on a recent morning, a 29-year-old woman pressed her eye against the scope of a sniper rifle, brown hair spilling over her shoulder, and took aim at virtual commandos darting between virtual trees Gathered around her were fellow students …

In the beginning of the last week the celebration of the 15th anniversary of HSBC Armenia took place at Zvartnots temple. It proceeded with participation of the founder and owner of the bank, British-Armenian Vache Manukyan and other high-rank officials of HSBC network. According to our information, although Serzh Sargsyan was invited to the celebration …

Yesterday finally political prisoners Nicol Pashinyan and Sasun Mikaelyan were freed from jail. The latter was released from the Hospital of Convicts at around 4:30 p.m. and Nicol Pashinyan was freed after 8 p.m. from Artik Penitentiary. We congratulate first of all the relatives and families of Nicol Pashinyan and Sasun Mikealyan and also all …

Political prisoners Nicol Pashinyan and Sasun Mikaelyan, who were in jail for 3 three years and 3 months, yesterday were finally freed. Although Pashinyan turned himself to the law-enforcers in summer of 2009 but even that one year as a fugitive can also be considered deprivation from freedom. It can be said that yesterday during …

“I am working on my image. Any state official must work on his/her image and be open and transparent. Everyone has his/her way of being transparent, and this is my way,” said prime minister Tigran Sargsyan to journalists in answer to a question why he had started to appear in public places with his family …

Yesterday the National Assembly began to discuss the bill on amnesty proposed by the RA President, which will continue today as well. The publicized bill shows that Amnesty will be enacted in Armenia for the ninth time. Under the document, 396 convicts and 153 pretrial detainees will be released; the prison terms of 379 inmates …

“Prosperous Armenia party will run for the parliamentary elections with a separate list,” said PA president Gagik Tsarukyan. “Of course we will take part in the elections for sure; we have said this before too. If we are the second power, the small ones should join the larger ones,” said Gagik Tsarukyan. In answer to …

“The opposition leaders accepted the fact that the people imprisoned as a result of March 1 events were criminals. They agreed with the amnesty, which we may say that was a present to them by the government. In fact it means that the opposition apologized,” said Ramkavar party secretary Edward Antinyan on Friday. He believes …

As a response to the expectations of many people yesterday the NA discussed the amnesty bill offered by the RA president Serzh Sargsyan. NA chairman Hovik Abrahamyan stated that most probably the decision of the amnesty will most probably take place during tomorrow’s NA extraordinary session. In reality, as a reason of delay they are …

Even if all the political prisoners are released the issue won’t be solved any ways because in Armenia the judicial system is not independent. This statement was made by the president of Helsinki Committee of Armenia Avetik Ishkhanyan during the civil meeting organized by Heritage party. He adverted to the post March 1 events of …