  150 PEOPLE REFUSING TO DO MILITARY SERVICE CONVICTED IN ARMENIA WITHIN LAST THREE YEARSSeptember 19, 2003 - 23:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 150 people being mostly the members of "Yehova witnesses" not registered religious organization were convicted for refusing to do military service in Armenia within the last three years. Helsinki Committee of Armenia Avetik Ishkhanian stated at the conference devoted to the issues of introduction of alternative military service in the country. In the advocate's opinion, pacifist ideas are not widely spread in Armenia, so it is difficult to agree with the military men, who affirm that the majority of young people will avoid fulfilling military obligations if alternative service is introduced into the system. To note, the adoption of law "On alternative service" is one of Armenia's obligations to the Council of Europe.  Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
