ANNOUNCEMENTS

We, a number of representatives of civil society, deem it necessary to present to the public and the authorities our concerns and recommendations related to the drafting and substance of the new Electoral Code.

We, the below mentioned defenders of human rights demand that the political prisoner Vardges Gaspari be immediately released and persecution against him be stopped.

ARENA: Summer School for Peace and Art will be organized this year in the framework of the project. The Summer School is for activists, independent artists, and creative people from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. From 7th to 16th July of 2016, the project implementing team will organize a fully funded 10-day Summer School in Georgia.

The NGO recently received a notice from the court informing them that the hearing was scheduled for February 19, 2016 and that the Court decided to involve the Ministry of Justice as a third party.

We, the representatives of the Armenian National Platform (ANP) of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, express our deep frustration regarding numerous violations recorded during the preparation, the conduct and the vote counting of December 6 Referendum on Amendments to the RA Constitution.

REGARDING RECENTLY EXECUTED EXECUTIVE ORDER N9 OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (RA) MINISTER OF DEFENSE CONCERNING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON NON-COMBAT DEATHS IN THE MILITARY.

The protests against the rising electricity prices, that started a couple of days ago in the capital of Armenia, resulted in the unjustified use of force against the protesters by the regime: in the morning of June 23, 2015the police used water cannons and armored vehicles to disperse the protesters after which hundreds of active citizens and journalists were forcefully detained.