Vice-President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, speaking of an initiative of the opposition factions, more particularly the “Prosperous Armenia”, to apply to the Constitutional Court with respect to the legality of the decision relating to the organization of peaceful assemblies during the state of emergency, told that “Prosperous Armenia”, at every occasion relating to the debate over the Constitutional Court, has expressed its agreement with the idea that there is indeed an issue with that Court.
One of the most discussed topics of the last two days in the context of the situation around the name of Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan is the disproportionate police force used against wrestling champion of Europe Roman Amoyan, who was laid down on the ground by 13 policemen when protesting against the arrest of Gagik Tsarukyan.
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that show dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. For patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth, according to preliminary findings shared with WHO.
On the background of rampant Covid-19, the public health crisis, social and economic crises deepening with every day, the extension of the state of emergency declared in Armenia is exclusively used by incumbent authorities to add veil of lawfulness to political persecution.
Opposition Prosperous Armenia faction head Gagik Tsarukyan has been stripped of parliamentary immunity.
The head of the Luys faction of the Yerevan Council of the Elders, Davit Khazhakyan, made a post on his Facebook page, referring to the information that “Team” LLC has started negotiations to acquire the Beeline brand.
On the occasion of Andranik Margaryan’s birthday, third President of the Republic of Armenia, RPA President Serzh Sargsyan joined Andranik Margaryan’s son, former Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan to visit the Komitas Pantheon and paid tribute to the memory of Andranik Margaryan, a statesman and political figure.
In these troubled times when our streets are filled with human rights protests about discriminatory violence against minority ethnic and racial groups, it is not enough to march. We also need to rethink our conceptualizations and our knowledge of history. Armenians often claim to be the victims of the first genocide of the twentieth century, but increasingly in recent decades academic scholarship has suggested another earlier important example.
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world has surpassed 7 million 458 thousand, according to the data released by coronavirus research centers.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made decisions over new appointments, the PM said in a statement on Facebook.
