On June 14, the Central Electoral Commission refused to hold a repeat vote in the three polling stations where the voting results had been invalidated, thereby effectively excluding Prosperous Armenia from parliament and securing...
On June 14, the Central Electoral Commission refused to hold a repeat vote in the three polling stations where the voting results had been invalidated, thereby effectively excluding Prosperous Armenia from parliament and securing 3/5 of the mandates for Civil Contract. The Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia...
Suren Sargsyan The Trump Administration and Pre-election Armenia On June 7, parliamentary elections were held in Armenia, resulting in the re-election of the country’s ruling authorities, who will continue governing for the next four years. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who came to power following the 2018 revolution, has now...
Reports of Fear, Intimidation and Political Reprisals; Allegations of Foreign Interference (Yerevan, June 1, 2026): The Armenian government has expanded its arrests of government critics for alleged speech-based offenses ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections, said the International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA). During its second fact-finding...
To: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights International organizations and diplomatic missions in Armenia 29 May, 2026 We, representatives of the undersigned organizations, would like to draw your urgent attention to the detention and ongoing criminal prosecution of Armenian civic-political activist Artur Osipyan in the Republic of Armenia....
Strasbourg, 13.05.2026 – Following a two-day visit to Yerevan on 11 and 12 May 2026, a pre-electoral delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)* has emphasised the importance of conducting the 7 June 2026 parliamentary elections in an environment free from fear, undue foreign influence...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Dissident Turkish investigative reporter Abdullah Bozkurt, who resides in Stockholm, Sweden, has exposed Turkey’s multilayered and expanding operations within the United States in an article published in the Nordic Monitor titled “Turkey ramps up covert and overt influence operations in Washington.” Here is how Bozkurt...
Dear friends, colleagues, and all with an interest in Armenia,In my public statement, dated 5th February 2025, I announced that Iwould be reducing some of my activities, but that I planned to continue toengage with causes to which I remain deeply committed. As a consistentsupporter of Armenia since 1988...
Preliminary Assessment of Democracy Monitoring Organization Follows Week of Meetings with Representatives of Civil Society, Political Parties, and Government Authorities Armenia: Targeting of Political Opponents, Misuse of Judicial and Security Forces, Raise Concerns Ahead of June Parliamentary Elections Yerevan, Armenia — A deteriorating environment for political and civil rights...
Delegation to Assess Democratic Conditions Through Broad Consultations Yerevan, Armenia — The International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA), an international, non-partisan organization, today announced the launch of its first fact-finding mission to evaluate democratic conditions ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7, 2026. From March 7 to...
By K. M. Greg Sarkissian, Co-Founder and President of the Zoryan Institute. TORONTO, ON, February 20,2026: The most important news from Armenia on Telegram In response to the recent statement issued by the Assembly of Bishops, I write not in opposition, nor in alignment with any political authority, but...
