RFE/RL has more on the arrest of Armenian MP Hakob Hakobyan for “hooliganism” which now is being referred to as “armed assault.” As I mentioned earlier, Hakobyan is no stranger to controversy and just one example of why some analysts consider that the criminal world and Government are inseparable.
State prosecutors were on Monday considering bringing […]
ArmenPress reports that two Armenian citizens have been found murdered near Moscow. The deaths follow a wave of attacks on citizens from the South Caucasus and Central Asia although few details are known so far which could shed light on a possible motive.
MOSCOW, OCTOBER 9, ARMENPRESS: Two Armenian citizens, a man and a woman, were […]
A1 Plus reports that Armenian MP Hakob Hakobian has been arrested for hooliganism. According to the official parliament web site, Hakobyan became a member of the ruling Republican Party of Prime Minister Andranik Markarian this summer — along with other reported “criminal elements.”
On October 8 the Masis department of the RA Police received information about […]
Prison, Kosh, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Hetq Online 2006
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has just issued a press release highlighting the results of the 2005 monitoring of conditions in Armenian prisons and detention centres. On first reading, and unlike Georgia where reform of the penal system […]
A1 Plus reports that there has been yet another assassination attempt in Yerevan. This time, however, the victim was only wounded. The attempt follows in a long line of assassinations of major political and business figures in Armenia. Last month, for example, a senior tax official was killed by a car bomb.
On October 4 the […]
RFE/RL reports that the first arrests have been made in connection with last week’s car bombing in Central Yerevan. Those arrested are also employed by the State Taxation Service.
Two colleagues of an assassinated senior official at the Armenian government’s tax collection agency were arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a car bombing […]
Following on from Friday’s news that opposition newspaper editor Arman Babajanian has been jailed for four years for avoiding military service in Armenia, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has issued an alert. First, the news as reported by RFE/RL’s ArmeniaLiberty.
The court backed prosecutors’ claim that Arman Babajanian of “Zhamanak Yerevan†used fake documents […]
Like I’ve said before, the number of assassinations since the 2003 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections has really started to increase, and this morning brings news of another. This time, the assassination was in central Yerevan, but thankfully there are no reports of any innocent bystanders being killed this time. The web site of Armenian Public […]
After posting about how villages can be so tranquil, it has to be said that as with almost everything in Armenia, appearances can also be deceptive. This is especially true when you consider that the political and economic system is corrupt to the core wherever you are. Moreover, most regions of Armenia — and even […]
Although I’m taking a leaf out of Garo (AKA Christian Garbis) at Notes from Hairenik’s book by using the term “vochinch“, it’s still amazing for me to consider just how apathetic and passive society in Armenia is. Of course, some say that getting involved in the process of nation building wouldn’t change anything, but let’s […]
