ArmInfo.  The lawyers for the family of former Yerevan Mayor and former Minister of Transport and Communications Gagik Khachatryan issued a statement expressing  concern about the political persecution of Khachatryan and his family  members, which, they say, gained momentum just two days before the  upcoming National Assembly elections and continues to this day.

ArmInfo. Ellen Samyn, a member of the House of Representatives of the Belgian Federal Parliament, raised the issue of the legal aspects of the arrest of Avetik  Chalabyan, coordinator of the "Hayakve" movement, in Armenia.

ArmInfo.The current pro-Turkish regime in Armenia, having exhausted its civilized means of struggle, has resorted to mass repressions against national  figures. This was reported by Avetik Chalabyan, coordinator of the "Hayakve" movement, from the penitentiary institution.

ArmInfo. The Court of Cassation of Armenia has refused to accept a complaint filed by Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan regarding a case involving the  detention of clergy from the Aragatsotn Diocese of the Armenian  Apostolic Church (AAC), obstruction of lawyers' activities, and   concealment of the detention of the head of the diocese, Bishop  Mkrtich Proshyan.

ArmInfo. Constitutional lawyers have confirmed that Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party lacks the necessary parliamentary mandates to hold a referendum on constitutional amendments in Armenia. Narek Karapetyan, a board member of the Strong Armenia bloc, made this statement in a video  message posted on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  A public criminal prosecution has been initiated against Artem Khachatryan, the son of former Finance Minister and former Chairman of the State Revenue Committee Gagik Khachatryan. According to Armenian media, this was stated in a statement by Gagik Khachatryan's legal team.

ArmInfo.  Gohar Meloyan, a member of the Strong Armenia bloc and a legal expert, has presented the main violations recorded by her team in the run-up to and during the regular parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 7.

ArmInfo., who is illegally held in an Azerbaijani prison, petitioned the Baku Court of Appeals to find him not guilty and acquit him.

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities are moving toward rigging the country's parliamentary elections, as stated by lawyer Hovhannes Khudoyan at a press conference in Yerevan on June 4.

ArmInfo.  The Baku Court of Appeals has begun hearing appeals filed by the defense of Armenian prisoners of war held in an Azerbaijani prison.

ArmInfo. Yerevan. June 1. ArmInfo. Marianna Mkrtchyan. 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). 

ArmInfo. The legal team of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) intends to file a lawsuit against the Public Television of Armenia (PTA) for spreading slander and offensive statements against the party's leader, Gagik Tsarukyan. PAP spokesperson Iveta Tonoyan announced this at a press conference in  Yerevan on May 25.

ArmInfo.  A new report by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) found that the trials of Artsakh leaders in Baku "fell short of the guarantees of fairness and equality of arms required under international human rights law".

ArmInfo.  The Armenia (Hayastan) Bloc of second President Robert Kocharyan has appealed to embassies accredited in Armenia and international organizations conducting observation missions, expecting an adequate response and assessment of the actions of the Armenian authorities in the context of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

ArmInfo.  Former Foreign Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic David Babayan, currently in Azerbaijani captivity, addressed all human rights activists and people of good will. The audio message was transmitted to NEWS.am through David Babayan's family.

ArmInfo.  Several supporters  and staff members of the  Strong Armenia party have been taken to the Anti-Corruption Committee, and lawyers are not allowed to see them.   Lawyer Lusine Martirosyan shared this information on her Facebook  page.

ArmInfo. Two individuals have been detained in Vedi for child molestation, Anush Shahverdyan, head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.  The Prosperous Armenia Party, led by its leader, Gagik Tsarukyan, continues its election campaign. Today, May 2, party representatives visited the villages of Karchaghbyur, Akunk, and Geghamasar in the Gegharkunik region of the republic.

ArmInfo. The EU is accused of breaking international law to swing elections, as  stated by lawyer and international human rights activist Robert Amsterdam on his Facebook page. 

ArmInfo. The Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia has rejected the request of Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, to visit his father's  grave in the Lori region on May 7, the anniversary of his father's  death.