The active cases of the novel coronavirus in Armenia are less than 10,000 for the first time since June 14, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said live on Facebook.
Soldier of the Armenian Armed Forces Artur Muradyan (born in 2001), who has been severely wounded recently by the Azerbaijani shooting, has died on July 23 in the central military hospital.
Avetik Ishkyanyan, the Chairman of Helsinki Committee of Armenia, a human rights defense organization, has expressed his concern over Gagik Khachatryan’s case, a former minister of Finance of Armenia currently facing politically motivated charges. His statement reads:
469 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 36,162, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.
On 21 July the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) published its decision by which it awarded the application by former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia Gagik Khachatryan. The ECHR requested the Government of the Republic of Armenia to ensure immediate medical treatment as required for Khachatryan’s state of health in the civil hospital and ensure the involvement of foreign doctors.
439 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 35,693, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.
Azerbaijan’s army attacked positions of the Armenian army in the north- eastern region of Tavush, on July 21, at 10:30 pm.
The end result of the statements by the heads of Turkey and Azerbaijan about their readiness to implement the adjusted military plans for a joint war has made it imperative for the authorities of the Republic of Armenia to speak about the threat of recurrence of the Genocide hanging over the Armenian people. The relevance of the “Never Again” principle for the Armenian people is due to the genocidal attacks on the Armenian population of Azerbaijan during the Perestroika in the USSR, which were in response to peaceful political rallies of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians for the right to self-determination and secession from the Azerbaijani SSR in accordance with the USSR legislation and international law. We are talking about the pogroms in Sumgait and Kirovabad in 1988 and in Baku in 1990, as well as war crimes committed against the civilian population of Armenia during the April war of 2016.
In early July the department of combating the drug trafficking of the Criminal Police of Armenia received information according to which an illegal border crossing attempt is being planned from Iran to Armenia aimed at bringing large amount of drugs.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an amendment by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) which calls for greater Congressional oversight over a U.S. military aid program under which Azerbaijan has received over $120 million in U.S. defense assistance, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
