The Armenian delegation initiated 3 amendments in the reports submitted at the summer sitting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The amendments pertained also to the issue of the PoWs, preservation of cultural heritage, but the amendments were not adopted, the Head of the Armenian Parliamentary Delegation to the OSCE PA Eduard Aghajanyan said at a news conference.
What is a Community Liaison Volunteer (CLV)? A CLV, previously known as a warden, is a private U.S. citizen who volunteers to assist the American Citizen Services section in communicating with Americans in Armenia, preparing for disasters, and alerting Americans to emergency situations.
French Armenian community leader Mourad (Franck) Papazian and his wife were not allowed to enter Armenia last week after they arrived at the Yerevan Airport. Papazian is a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s worldwide leadership (Bureau) and the Co-President of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France.
Just last week, National Endowment for Democracy President Damon Wilson was also in Yerevan where he met with the Armenian PM. The two discussed potential cooperation between the U.S. Congress funded organization and the Armenian government.
Human Rights Defender (HRD) Kristinne Grigoryan did something that perhaps no ombudsman in RA had ever done before.
“168.am media outlet consistently disseminates false and misleading information about the activities of the Office of the Human Rights Defender.
It became known yesterday that Prime Minister NikolPashinyan is holding a press conference in the coming days, thus, it is planned to give the media an opportunity to present one question.
Meantime, we draw the attention of human rights organizations and international media organizations to what has happened, calling on them to take active measures to stop the political persecution of Bagrat Yesayan.
In the aftermath of the incident, the RoA police issued a statement according to which 34 police officers and 16 civilians were taken to various healthcare facilities. 11 protesters were forcibly taken to police departments and one criminal case was instituted .
Moscow, Baku and Yerevan discussed and brought closer their positions on issues of border, customs and other types of control following the 10th meeting of the trilateral working group held on Friday under the joint chairmanship of Deputy Prime Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia Alexei Overchuk, Shahin Mustafayev and Mher Grigoryan.
