The opposition mayor of Masis, a small town about 20 kilometers south of Yerevan, was arrested on Tuesday to serve a six-year prison sentence handed to him last week in a court ruling condemned by his Republican Party (HHK).
A former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army has been moved to house arrest after being held in an Armenian prison for more than three years on charges stemming from the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
The Armenian Apostolic Church has accused authorities of illegally stripping it of access to a medieval monastery where a defrocked priest held on Sunday a liturgy attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
An Armenian court sentenced the opposition mayor of Masis, a small town about 20 kilometers south of Yerevan, to more than six years in prison on Thursday in a ruling condemned by his Republican Party (HHK) as politically motivated.
A prominent lawyer critical of the Armenian government has been arrested and indicted after insulting, in a social media post, law-enforcement and judicial officials involved in this week’s arrest of yet another Armenian bishop.
An Armenian court has extended by another 30 days the pre-trial arrest of billionaire Samvel Karapetian, who is expected to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in next year’s parliamentary elections.
In an unprecedented petition, thousands of supporters of the opposition head of a large rural community murdered last month have demanded that the Armenian government expel from it his pro-government rival and people related to the latter.
An Armenian appeals court on Thursday moved to house arrest two supporters of jailed Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian standing trial with him on coup charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
Armenia’s top appeals court has upheld a prison sentence given to a former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army over one of its military setbacks suffered during the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
An indicted man who used to hold government positions in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh was found dead at the Armenian consulate in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg early on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian hit back on Tuesday at the former head of a now defunct state fund who has decried his “shameful failures” after being indicted last month.
Acting on an extradition warrant issued by Russia, Armenian law-enforcement authorities have arrested a Georgian man who has reportedly fought against Russian forces in Ukraine.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has issued an international arrest warrant for the former head of a state fund that was closed last year after failing to attract major foreign investment in Armenia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday sacked a senior government official who has effectively objected to his decision to seize Armenia’s national electric utility owned by jailed billionaire Samvel Karapetian.
A maverick opposition politician arrested last month for allegedly calling for a violent overthrow of Armenia’s government was released from custody at the start of his trial on Wednesday.
A court in Yerevan on Wednesday refused to release on bail a young woman who was arrested two months ago along with Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian and his other supporters on coup charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
A jailed Armenian archbishop who led last year massive anti-government protests and 17 of his supporters went on trial on Tuesday on coup charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
A senior law-enforcement official who has overseen controversial criminal investigations into two archbishops, billionaire Samvel Karapetian and other jailed critics of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian unexpectedly resigned on Wednesday.
Armenian courts have refused to free a jailed opposition activist who is reportedly showing alarming symptoms two years after surviving brain cancer.
Raising concerns among local and European legal experts, the Armenian Justice Ministry has drafted legislation that would make it easier for private developers to acquire real property against the will of its owners.
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