Topic: Arrests

By Arshaluys Barseghyan YEREVAN (OC-Media) — On Monday, August 11, the lawyers of detained Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan announced that the Armenian Court of Criminal Appeals decided that Karapetyan’s arrest[...]

By Naira Bulghadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyan.am) — A maverick opposition politician was arrested and charged with calling for a violent overthrow of Armenia’s government at the weekend after[...]

YEREVAN (RT.com) — Armenian authorities have arrested a high-profile cleric for alleged terrorism and attempts to stage a coup, according to the country’s Investigative Committee and footage on social media.[...]

By Artak Khulian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Police in Armenia reportedly detained dozens of opposition activists on Friday, June 20, in a crackdown linked by opposition leaders to Prime Minister Nikol[...]

By Naira Bulghadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) again raided the headquarters of Yerevan’s municipal administration on Tuesday, May 20, arresting two more officials working there. A spokeswoman[...]

By Aytan Farhadova On December 30, Greek police arrested Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s first cousin, DJ Izzatkhanim Javadova, during an drug raid at a party held in a luxury villa[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The former deputy chief of the general staff of Armenia’s armed forces has been arrested on charges of negligence relating to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, amid ongoing[...]

By Robert Zargarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — A 71-year-old resident of Yerevan is facing charges carrying up to two years in prison after hurling an apple towards Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan[...]

YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The former mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert, David Sargsyan, was arrested on May 26, and is to be detained for 20 days, his lawyer Ruben Melikyan[...]

By Arshaluys Barseghyan Armenia has detained a former Nagorno-Karabakh official on espionage charges following his move to Armenia months after the region’s surrender. News of Sargis Galstyan’s arrest surfaced on[...]