Military conflict with Azerbaijan, in which both sides committed war crimes and carried out indiscriminate attacks in populated areas, resulted in numerous civilian deaths, injuries and displacement. Freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly were restricted by the state of emergency introduced...

Opposition politicians Aleksandr Arzoumanian and Ararat Zurabian were arrested on 10 March 2008 in the capital, Yerevan. Dozens of opposition activists have also been arrested before and since the disputed presidential election of 19 February. All are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment;...

Gagik Bgdoyan, a citizen of the Russian Federation, is currently on trial in Armenia on charges of large-scale fraud and smuggling. He is in poor health, reportedly as a result of torture and ill-treatment, and may not be receiving the medical care he needs.

Artur Sakunts was released from prison on 25 March after serving a 10-day sentence. Some 100 people have reportedly been sentenced to short-term imprisonment for disrupting public order afterprotesting at illegal election practices. The Armenian president, Robert Kocharian, admitted that the...

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of members of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA), a human rights group in Vanadzor, northern Armenia. The group’s office has been attacked and badly damaged, and Artur Sakunts, the coordinator of the group, has been detained by police.

Amnesty International has now learned the names of two Azerbaydzhani prisoners of war sentenced to death recently in Armenia. Bakhtiar Khanali ogly Shabiev and Garai Muzafar ogly Nagiev were reportedly convicted of murder and of attempting to poison a reservoir. Six other defendants received long...

Two prisoners of war face imminent execution in Armenia after being convicted of murder. They were reportedly among a group of eight tried in Yerevan in proceedings believed to have finished in April 1994. AI fears that they may be executed, especially in the light of recent deaths in Armenia of...