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04.09.2026 16:16 | Category Right

An application for urgent measures has been submitted to the ECHR regarding Gagik Khachatryan's case: lawyers

Gagik Khachatryan’s defense team has filed an application for urgent measures with the European Court of Human Rights. The defense team reports: “The application asks the European Court to order the Armenian government to immediately release Gagik Khachatryan, to refrain from the practice of continuously moving him from place to place on a stretcher, and to lift the ban on absence as a preventive measure so that he can travel abroad to receive the required treatment. He has been in custody since September 2 and, despite his inability to move independently, is being held in the Yerevan-Kentron Penitentiary Institution. The petition to ensure a...

04.09.2026 12:18 | Category Right

Ruben Vardanyan's case is already in the ECHR, a number has been given. Siranush Sahakyan (video)

Ruben Vardanyan's case is already in the ECHR, a number has been given. Siranush Sahakyan

04.09.2026 12:00 | Category Right

Selling meat with false documents confirming that it had been examined at a slaughterhouse: investigation completed

During the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings in the Lori Regional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, apparent factual data was obtained that Z.M., V.Kh. and S.Y., who are engaged in the sale and purchase of meat products, obtained fake veterinary certificates from V.B., who is engaged in illegal entrepreneurial activity, during 2022, according to which the cattle allegedly underwent a veterinary and sanitary examination at the slaughterhouse and were purchased from the same slaughterhouse, after which they used the fake certificates when selling the aforementioned meat produ...

03.09.2026 18:45 | Category Right

Over 1 billion drams stolen from 59 citizens via WhatsApp and Viber. The case is in court.

On September 1, 2026, the Prosecutor General's Office submitted to the Yerevan City Court of First Instance the materials of the criminal proceedings regarding the individuals who embezzled 1 billion 73 million 486 thousand drams from 59 citizens and attempted to embezzle 38 million 879 thousand drams from another 19 citizens. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia reports: The criminal proceedings being investigated by the Investigative Committee revealed that foreign citizens M.Sh., M.M., A.P., a certain "Max" and other persons not identified during the investigation created and participated in the activities of a crim...

03.09.2026 18:25 | Category Right

The third judge refused to examine the Catholicos' case

Vahagn Melikyan, judge of the Yerevan Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction in the criminal case against Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and six bishops, members of the Supreme Spiritual Council, has appealed to the Court of Cassation to resolve the issue of jurisdiction. The information was confirmed by the court.Thus, the third judge refuses to examine the “case” of His Holiness the Patriarch. The first judge examining the Catholicos’ case, Hakob Manukyan, recused himself on August 7. On August 10, the case was assigned to Serzh Rushanyan, who sent the case to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction.

03.09.2026 14:50 | Category Right

LIVE: Court hearing on Gagik Tsarukyan's case

02.09.2026 10:13 | Category Right

Gagik Khachatryan was detained for 2 months

Gagik Khachatryan was detained for 2 months. The investigative body informed the media about this. Earlier we reported that Gagik Khachatryan was arrested, then the investigative body filed a petition for detention with the court.The legal team published videos showing the conditions under which Gagik Khachatryan was arrested.

01.09.2026 23:01 | Category Right

The chief of staff of the Chambarak military unit has been arrested

The court has detained the chief of staff of the Chambarak military unit, H. S. The incident is based on the incident that took place on the Chambarak-Vahan road on August 19. Seven servicemen were run over, one was killed, and six were injured. The Criminal Investigation Department has initiated public criminal prosecution against the chief of staff under Article 549, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code, on abuse of power or abuse of power. It should be recalled that he was arrested on August 26 for the purpose of being brought to court.  

01.09.2026 20:58 | Category Right

Online "conference meetings", "thieves in law": what did the Vanadzor resident under house arrest do?

Thanks to the operative-investigative measures of the employees of the Lori Regional Department of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was revealed that the 25-year-old resident of Vanadzor was engaged in criminal activity while under house arrest. In particular, being a member of a criminal subculture group, he mediated not to pay a salary to a Russian-based Armenian businessman, a resident of Lori region working in the Russian Federation, and his friends for the fact that he had made an offensive statement addressed to a person with a higher status in the criminal hierarchy. In addition, the 25-year-old young man...

01.09.2026 20:18 | Category Right

Former Defense Army Commander Mikael Arzumanyan Released from House Arrest: "Hraparak"

Hraparak.amwrites:   For three years, starting in 2022, the former commander of the Artsakh Defense Army, Lieutenant General Mikael Arzumanyan, known as Mishko, was detained. On October 28, 2025, the prison sentence was replaced with house arrest and a bail of 30 million drams. According to "Hraparak"after more than 10 months of being under house arrest, the court recently changed Arzumanyan's preventive measure to administrative supervision. This means that he is now free, but must report to the Probation Service once a week to be under supervision. Earlier, the media outlet wrote that the defense filed motions to replace house...

01.09.2026 09:27 | Category Right

Arsen Aghababyan has been released

Noyemberyan community mayor Arsen Aghababyan released after questioning: Co-founder of the "Land to Live" party Mesrop Arakelyan

31.08.2026 14:11 | Category Right

One day I want to talk to the opposition with a jig, but what can the opposition do? Armen Ashotyan (video)

One day I want to talk to the opposition with a jig, but what can the opposition do? Armen Ashotyan

31.08.2026 12:47 | Category Right

The President does not ratify a law, he signs it. Kocharyan did not have the tools to de-ratify it. Orbelyan (video)

The president does not ratify a law, he signs it. Kocharyan did not have the tools to reject it. Orbelyan

31.08.2026 11:56 | Category Right

The process has long since moved from the legal to the political arena. Orbelyan on Robert Kocharyan's case (video)

The process has long since moved from the legal to the political arena. Orbelyan on Robert Kocharyan's case

28.08.2026 19:09 | Category Right

The Court of Cassation has made a landmark decision regarding the "thieves' world"

Within the framework of the examination of the cassation appeal of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Court of Cassation made a landmark and landmark decision on August 28, 2026, regarding the features of the criminal offense of participating in or involving a criminal subculture group under Article 324 of the Criminal Code, also subjecting the criminal offenses related to the criminal subculture to a systematic analysis. The Prosecutor's Office reports this. "Interpreting the specifics of the fight against organized crime and criminal subculture, in particular in the light of international convention provisions and the precedent position...

28.08.2026 18:57 | Category Right

The state cannot interfere with the exclusive authority of Karekin II: lawyer

This criminal proceeding is about a decision regarding the exclusive administrative authority of Garegin II, which the state cannot interfere with. That is, the Catholicos made an exclusive decision regarding his patriarchal administration, which is exclusively within his authority, is under his administration, and the state is now trying to interfere in the making of that decision, with the threat of using criminal law tools. This was stated by lawyer Armine Fanyan in an interview with journalists."This entire process is not a legitimate process, moreover, there are decisions of the international European Court, where a clear demarcation is...

28.08.2026 18:35 | Category Right

This is the second judge to recuse himself from the case of the Catholicos of All Armenians and 6 archbishops.

Judge Serzh Rushanyan has decided to transfer the case regarding the Catholicos of All Armenians and 6 bishops to the Yerevan Criminal Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction for consideration and to determine the expediency of considering the case in the Armavir Court. The parties expressed objections, but the judge insisted on his decision.Earlier, Judge Hakob Manukyan had recused himself.

27.08.2026 12:16 | Category Right

The accusations against His Holiness the Patriarch and six bishops constitute an illegal interference in the internal life of the Church. Mother See

The preliminary hearing in the criminal case against His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and six bishops, members of the Supreme Spiritual Council, has been scheduled for August 28, 2026, at 4:30 p.m., the information system of the Mother See reports. “In accordance with the right provided for in Part 4 of Article 272 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia, the Catholicos of All Armenians and the high-ranking clergy will not appear at the hearing. Their interests will be represented by their defense attorneys. The accusations brought against His Holiness the Patriarch and the six bishops are an illegal i...

27.08.2026 10:36 | Category Right

The Catholicos of All Armenians and the bishops will not appear at tomorrow's court hearing: lawyer

Lawyer Ara Zohrabyan writes on his Facebook page: “The preliminary hearing session in the criminal case against His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and six bishops and archbishops, members of the Supreme Spiritual Council, has been scheduled for August 28, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. It will take place at the Vagharshapat courthouse (15 Saint Grigor Lusavorich Street, Echmiadzin), presided over by Judge S. Rushanyan. The Catholicos of All Armenians and the bishops (archbishops) will not appear at this court session in accordance with Part 4 of Article 272 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia. The defense attorn...

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