by Journalists for Human Rights | Jan 22, 2020 | Social Rights
With her 4-year-old sick child Seyran, Irina Aslanyan is homeless for the past two years. After applying to various charities, she has been living in a semi-dilapidated house in a village in Armavir province since June where no basic living conditions exist. But every...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 27, 2019 | News, Social Rights
At today’s session of the Government of Armenia it was decided to repeal Resolution 1818-A of the Government of the Republic of Armenia dated August 8, 2019 on “Agreeing to Grant Community Property Land Ownership with Free Property Rights”. This...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 25, 2019 | News, Social Rights
The issue of protection of women’s rights, from the prevention of violence against women and domestic violence to the under-representation of women in public decision-making process, remains a problem in Armenia. According to assessments of international...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 9, 2019 | Social Rights
“Just the idea of grouping and separating people is already discriminating against the individual. My children need to live full life in a society that also belongs to us.” Armine Avagyan, 44, who has two daughters with disabilities in her care, 24-year-old Mary and...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 26, 2019 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights
At the August 8, 2019 sitting of the Government, chaired by Acting Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, a decision was made to allocate gratuitous space to the Armenian Caritas NGO in Shahumyan and Taper communities of Ararat region. It is planned to create a city for...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 12, 2019 | Social Rights
An Armenian customs officer resigned on Wednesday following what human rights activists described as an illegal sacking order issued by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. One of the activists, Zhanna Aleksanian also accused Pashinian of publicly humiliating the officer,...
