Armenia
Armenian Parliament waives immunity for 3 MPs, including one accused in coup plot
This allows the Prosecutor General to press charges against all three MPs.
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Opposition MPs face charges after Pashinyan vows to throw them in security service basement
The two accused have previously held ministerial positions.
Armenia
Pashinyan loses temper in parliament after being accused of not holding allies accountable for corruption
Pashinyan, in turn, suggested that if they went by media reports, 70% of the opposition would end up in prison.
Armenia
Kocharyan insists ‘loss’ of Nagorno-Karabakh was due to Armenia’s betrayal of Russia
The former Armenian president also suggested that Armenia is moving away from Russia at a time when the country is gaining strength.
Armenia
Armenian opposition MPs sue government for not sharing peace treaty draft
Four Armenian opposition MPs have filed a lawsuit against the government, accusing them of gatekeeping the draft of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan. On Monday, Christine Vardanyan, an MP from the opposition Armenia Alliance faction, announced that she and three other members of the faction — Anna Grigoryan, Geghan Manukyan, and Artur Khachatryan — had filed the lawsuit. They demanded that a letter written by Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in March 2024 prohibiting the opposition from rev
Armenia
Senior Armenian opposition MP stripped of immunity to face charges
The Armenian Parliament has stripped Seyran Ohanyan, the parliamentary leader of Armenia’s largest opposition faction and a former minister of defence, of his parliamentary immunity. Members of the ruling party voted to strip the Armenia Alliance leader of his immunity on Wednesday, in a session boycotted by members of the opposition. Ohanyan, who served as minister of defence between 2008 and 2016, was charged two years ago with abuse of power and embezzlement of state funds and property wh
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Armenian government U-turns on expelling opposition MPs
The ruling Civil Contract Party has backed down from a decision to begin stripping all but three opposition MPs of their seats over their ‘unjustified absences’ from parliament. Ruben Rubinyan, the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament from the Civil Contract faction explained on Thursday evening that they instead wanted to convince opposition MPs to return to parliament. ‘They should come to the National Assembly with their heads hung in shame’, Rubinyan said. A parliamentary session to disc
