Saida Ohanyan, President of the International Association of “Hamshanuhi” of the Armenian women of Hamshen, announced that they nominated the HDP Armenian deputy Garo Paylan for the “Nobel Peace Prize,” Ermenihaber.am reported. The association is…
The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir ez-Zor has been liberated by the Syrian Arab Army after years of occupation by Islamic State forces, Al-Masdar News reports. The agency has shared photos of the memorial…
An unidentified person has erased the name of Armenian-Kurdish musician Aram Tigran by a splash of white paint on the information board of the park in Turkey’s Batman town, Ermenihaber reported. As the source reminds,…
With these constitutional amendments, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to get power in Turkey, but without any checks and balances. Garo Paylan, Istanbul Armenian MP of the opposition pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey,…
Amnesty International has condemned the extradition of a blogger from Belarus to Azerbaijan. “Upon transfer to Baku on 7 February, Alexander Lapshin was taken immediately into custody. In Azerbaijan, he is at risk of torture…
The Supreme Court of Belarus ruled today to leave the decision of the Prosecutor General’s office on blogger Alexander Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan in force, RIA Novosti reports. On December 15, 2016, police in Belarus…
Extradition of Russian nationals to third countries is unacceptable, Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said, TASS reports. “Russia keeps in touch with the Belarusian side concerning Alexander Lapshin case,” Maria Zakharova…
MP of the opposition pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey, former mayor of primarily Kurdish-populated Diyarbakır town, prominent Kurdish figure Osman Baydemir, was arrested at Diyarbakır court. Baydemir was taking part in the trial…
HDP Istanbul MP Garo Paylan has brought the impunity of the hate crimes against the minority groups to the parliamentary agenda, Agos reports. Paylan tabled a written parliamentary question addressed to Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım.…
Armenia welcomes the agreements on the Syrian crisis reached between Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, and John Kerry, US Secretary of State. “We hope that in line with those agreements all sides…