An Armenian appeals court has invalidated a gag order that was imposed a month ago on a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh prosecuted after disseminating video of several foreigners signing an Azerbaijani song in Yerevan’s central square.
A U.S. lawyer representing Armenian businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan criticized on Thursday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s effective refusal to do more for the release of his client and other Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted at the weekend that his government is doing its best behind the scenes to try to secure the release of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.
Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian businessman and philanthropist jailed in Azerbaijan, reportedly felt unwell during his ongoing trial on Tuesday one week after going on hunger strike to protest against the “judicial farce.”
An outspoken critic of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has been indicted and banned from verbally attacking Armenia’s highest court accused by him of serving Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Armenian lawyers went on a one-day strike on Monday as they continued to protest against their exclusion them from a preferential tax regime that has long been enjoyed by them and many other small businesses.
An Armenian court sentenced a former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army to five and a half years in prison on Friday after holding him responsible for one of the military setbacks suffered during the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities said on Monday that they have brought a string of criminal charges against Arshak Karapetian, a Russian-based former defense minister who has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of treason and pledged to topple him.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have eased but not dropped criminal charges that were brought against the exiled mayor of Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital Stepanakert shortly after he signaled support for antigovernment protests in Yerevan.
A 71-year-old refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh stood trial in Armenia on Thursday for hurling an apple towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in protest.
Andranik Piloyan, a former Armenia minister of emergencies, was sentenced to five years in prison at the end of his corruption trial on Tuesday.
A senior judge reportedly enjoying government support has become the new chairman of a powerful body overseeing Armenia’s courts.
A powerful body overseeing Armenia’s courts has failed so far to replace its last chairman, Karen Andreasian, who resigned on November 18 at the behest of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A 34-year-old judge presiding over the fresh trial of former President Robert Kocharian admitted on Thursday that he was affiliated with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s party before taking the bench five months ago.
After weeks of silence, law-enforcement authorities acknowledged on Wednesday that they have launched a criminal investigation into possible financial irregularities related to the launch of a first-ever Armenian satellite into space in May 2022.
Prosecutors on Tuesday did not confirm or deny a report that they are looking into the personal wealth of two former officials believed to have exerted strong influence on Armenian courts for the last two years.
An Armenian court on Friday convicted a former Nagorno-Karabakh official, who did not flee the region right after its recapture by Azerbaijan, of spying for Baku and sentenced him to 18 years in prison.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian praised Armenia’s “special” relationship with the Vatican as he was received by Pope Francis on Monday.
The Armenian police have reinstated one of their officers who was suspended after being caught on camera beating up an opposition parliamentarian during antigovernment protests in Yerevan in May.
Armenia’s judicial oversight body appears to have ignored a Constitutional Court ruling ordering it to reconsider the controversial sacking last year of a well-known judge who accused authorities of suppressing judicial independence.
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