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 25, 2019 | Freedom of Speech, Human Rights Defenders at Risk, News
Journalists for Human Rights NGO’s http://forrights.am website has been regularly subjected to DDoS attacks since December 12, which have left the site’s operation in full disruption for several days. DDoS attacks on Forrights.am site The CiviCERT-AM team took...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 23, 2019 | Freedom of Assembly
“It was obvious that during the whole preliminary investigation and the trial we did not deal with the law, but it was a political order,” Jirayr Seflyan’s lawyer Arayik Papikyan told Forrights. Days ago, the Court of Cassation ruled to suspend...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 10, 2019 | Closed Institutions
The trial of Artur Mkrtchyan, a life-sentenced convict, is continuing at the Shengavit Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan. On August 1, 2018, the court, under the presidency of Judge Artush Gabrielyan, made an unprecedented ruling on the case of Arthur...
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...
