Armenia to tighten penalties for obstructing health workers` work and  using violence against them

ArmInfo. To ensure safety of health workers and prevent attacks against them, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs approved a bill  presented by Hasmik Hakobyan, an MP from the ruling Civil Contract party.

The bill proposes to establish liability for obstructing the legal  professional activities of a health worker.  The proposed punishments  include a fine equal to ten times the minimum wage,  community  service for up to 100 hours,  restriction of liberty for up to one  year, and short-term imprisonment for up to one month. If obstruction   is accompanied  by threats of violence, the penalties increase to a  fine of twenty times the minimum wage,  community service from 100 to  200 hours,  restriction/imprisonment of liberty for up to two years,  and short-term imprisonment for up to two months. Hakobyan cited data  from the Ministry of Internal Affairs showing  27 cases of violence  against medical workers  registered in Armenia from 2023 to 2025.