Topic: Arrests
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[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — A senior executive of a major software company and her former colleague related to parliament speaker Alen Simonyan were released from custody on Monday, February 12, about[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — An association of Armenian tech companies has condemned law-enforcement authorities for arresting the founder of one of its leading members, saying that the criminal case against him[...]