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by Hrach Melkumian

The London-based human rights group Amnesty International has criticized the state of human rights protection in Armenia, noting persisting “impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations.”

In its annual “State Of The World’s Human Rights” report released on Thursday, Amnesty also condemned the restriction of freedom of expression and attacks on journalists in Armenia, as well as “the ban on holding demonstrations in the center of the capital, Yerevan”, which it said has remained in place since being introduced during the state of emergency in March 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

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For Immediate Release
May 20, 2010

YEREVAN, Armenia—On May 10, 2010, a panel of five judges of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights accepted Mr. Vahan Bayatyan’s request to have his case reviewed.

On October 27, 2009, a panel of seven judges of the European Court ruled that freedom of conscience as defined in Article 9 of the European Convention did not protect the rights of conscientious objectors. Read the rest of this entry »

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