Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan has addressed a congratulatory message on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day.
Turkey’s opposition lawmaker Garo Paylan (HDP) filed a parliamentary inquiry regarding the ongoing construction of shops carried out by the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKİ) on an Armenian cemetery in Ulus, Ankara.
The war is over. Thousands of Armenians of Artsakh have lost their homes, their villages, cities – but are still keeping the hopes of return alive. Artsakhtsi children have replaced all their dreams with one: they all want to return home.
During the march organized by opposition forces last evening, journalist Artak Khulyan and cameraman Karen Chilingaryan from the editorial office of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Armenian Service in Yerevan and certain citizens participating in the march were involved in an inadmissible incident (Khulyan and Chilingaryan were performing their professional duties at the given moment).
A prominent Turkish lawmaker has warned that the Western-Armenian language is threatened in his country.
Winds up to 25 m/s have caused damages in Yerevan Wednesday morning. The damages occurred in the Charbakh district, according to images provided by the Hydro-Meteorological and Monitoring Center.
The Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia has sent a detailed report to the UN Human Rights Council that the Azerbaijani authorities are delaying the return of the prisoners of war and grossly violating the international demands, Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan said on Facebook.
The aggression against Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Armenia, launched by Azerbaijan, Turkey and international terrorist forces since September 27, 2020 that lasted for 44 days, resulted in displacement of around 100.000 Armenians from Artsakh who found shelters in various regions of Armenia-proper. A significant share of these families have returned to Artsakh by now. However, both in Armenia and Artsakh there are hundreds of families with acute social and humanitarian needs. Official statistics lists more than 35.000 people lost their homes, and the families of slain and wounded heroes of war experience a long list of psychological and social issues.
An earthquake was registered in the territory of Armenia at 15:29, ARMENPRESS reports the website of the Mediterranean Seismological Center informs that the epicenter of the eartquake was 12 kms south from Yerevan at a depth of 2 km with a magnitude of 4.7.
Russia will resume regular flights with Armenia starting from February 15, the Russian government said, reports TASS.
