[ last updated 16:39 ] An international human rights organization has joined its Armenian counterparts in demanding a “thorough and independent” inquiry into last week’s death in police custody of a young man widely regarded as the latest victim of police brutality in Armenia.
[ last updated 16:44 ] A leader of the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) indicated on Friday that it is against giving the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) the post of defense minister in a new government to be formed by Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
[ last updated 16:46 ] Armenia’s most radical opposition groups said they will join more moderate opposition parties in contesting the official election results in the court as they again rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Friday.
[ last updated 16:38 ] “Serzh Sarkisian has essentially succeeded in solving the issue of his future presidency,” says “Chorrord Ishkhanutyun.”