. German Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office Michael Roth has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to cooperate with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in full transparency over the matters relating to the prisoners of war and missing persons.
Since the eruption of the latest hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict zone, Azerbaijan is preparing for its first military exercises expected to attract an estimated 10,000 troops, RIA Novosti reported.
In regard to the facts presented in 168.am’s publication regarding the actions of Nikol Pashinyan’s assistant Anna Vardapetyan, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia had to immediately launch a criminal case under the elements of Article 308 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, but the Prosecutor General’s Office “threw it off” by forwarding the case to the National Security Service.
Sensational videos were sent to the e-mail address of 168.am. The videos clearly showed Advisor to Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan for Legal Affairs Anna Vardapetyan interfering in the preliminary investigation of the criminal cases launched against businessman, former president of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan and his son, Rafik Hayrapetyan by making corrections in the materials of the cases and, in essence, instructing the key role-players.
In response to the Armenian government’s legislative proposal to deprive the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO) of its financial safeguards and a dramatic increase in harassment of civil society organizations (CSOs) by opponents of democratic reform in Armenia, Freedom House issued the following statement:
During today’s session, the Armenian government approved an amendment to the Constitutional Law on the Human Rights Defender by which the proposed amount in the budget for the Office of the Human Rights Defender will depend on the discretion of the government from now on.
After yesterday’s publication of 168.am according to which Advisor to Nikol Pashinyan for Legal Affairs Anna Vardapetyan has interfered in the preliminary investigation of the case of Ruben and Rafik Hayrapetyans, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia launched a study of the publication.
In accordance to the 2021 Q1 readiness plan, the Armenian Armed Forces will launch combined arms (including special forces) joint tactical military exercises in all operational directions from March 16 to 20, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.
As already reported, late last night, sensational videos were sent to the e-mail address of 168.am. The videos clearly showed Advisor to Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan for Legal Affairs Anna Vardapetyan interfering in the preliminary investigation of the criminal cases launched against businessman, former president of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan and his son, Rafik Hayrapetyan by making corrections in the materials of the cases and, in essence, instructing the key role-players.
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed the reasons behind suspending Marianne Clark-Hattingh’s duties as UNICEF’s Representative in Armenia.
