Today in the Court of First Instance of Nork- Marash administrative districts hearing was headed by Judge Gayane Karakhanyan on the case of Zaryhi Postanjian, Deputy of the National Assembly from the Heritage political party, versus Prosecutor's office.
The conduct of the trials that took place in the aftermath of the March 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan reveals shortcomings in Armenia's justice system, concludes a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The Court of Appeal, chaired by Serzhik Avetisyan, today dismissed the motions by Nikol Pashinyan's attorneys and the prosecution but applied amnesty to the "Haykakan Zhamanak" editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinyan.
On March 10 the US Ambassador Mary Jovanovich will award civil activist Mariam Sukhudyan with a medal of "Brave Woman". The ceremony will take place at the US embassy in Armenia. Mariam Sukhudyan is an activist of the Armenian nature protection; in particular, she participated in the movement in defense of Teghut forests.
Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielyan replied to the letter sent on February 3 by the Group of Public Monitors implementing supervision over the criminal executive institutions and bodies of the Ministry of Justice of RA.