Thomas Hammarberg: inability to reveal circumstances of March 2008 events in Yerevan is serious failureJanuary 21, 2011 - 19:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said that the inability of the investigating commission and Office of RA Prosecutor General to reveal circumstances of 10 people’s death during the March 2008 events in Yerevan is a serious failure. The fact that circumstances of the tragic death of 10 people have not been revealed yet is equal to impunity, Hammarberg told a press conference in Yerevan. He noted that policemen displayed lack of professionalism in fulfilling their duties on March 1-2, 2008. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |