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Artur Sakunts, “Certain Approaches of the CoE Congress are subjective”

To the question of Aravot.am whether the observations of the CoE Congress related to the elections of Yerevan city Avagani held on May 5, Chairman of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Artur Sakunts replied, “One part of the CoE Congress observations is grounded while the other is not. Certain approaches are subjective”. By continuing Mr. Sakunts stated, “The results compiled based on those observations are of greater importance. I do not understand they do not actually master or the information was provided as such. We have not met with the Congress in person”.

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Sakunts recommends interrogating Kocharyan, Sargsyan and others

For the revelation of 10 murder cases of March 1, human rights antagonist Artur Sakunts recommends interrogating a number of officials who held high rank positions in 2008 to reveal what orders and instructions they had received from the former RA President Robert Kocharyan.

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In case of Gevorg Kostanyan, it will be far more Cruel

This showed that 103 NA MPs placed their own interests above the interest of the RA justice and RA citizens and preferred to confirm their slave’s commitment to the future prosecutor general to ensure their own security fully realizing they are stuck in such criminal cases which can serve as grounds for persecutions. They all voted for in order to avoid it. These results once again come to testify of the voting for the subsequent attempt to eradicate justice in the RA, to confirm the abrogation of the principle of the rule of law in the RA and strengthen the atmosphere of fear.

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Artur Sakunts, “God created a human such as to have another orientation apart from the biological gender”

gender, Artur SaquncThe gender perceptions have crucial significance during the resolution of social issues of people, and the people shouldn’t limit themselves based on their gender perceptions, I don’t merely mean harmony based on physiological and gender features. Humanity has jumped so far as to recognize the issues existing from the origin of human society. For instance, Komaygi exists irrespective of our will.

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The statement of the US Embassy is a support to the human rights activists: Artur Sakunts

It is noteworthy that the statement issued by the US Embassy also read, “The government should ensure that its citizens can exercise their fundamental rights of freedom of assembly, expression, and speech without fear of retribution.”

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Presentation of report on monitoring results of Vanadzor Community Governance

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor is pleased to invite interested citizens to partake in the presentation of report on monitoring results of Vanadzor community governance implemented within the framework of “Monitoring of LSB Governance” project.

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“No, Sakunts won’t Apologize”

A number of news websites have disseminated the open letter of Vanadzor citizens addressed to Ruben Hayrapetyan, which also contained accusations against Artur Sakunts, Chairman of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor office.

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Ruben Hayrapetyan Asks HCA-Vanadzor to Answer to the People of Lori Region”

Ruben Hayrapetyan Asks HCA-Vanadzor to Answer to the People of Lori Region”Responding to the October 14, 2011 statement of the FFA President, HCA Vanadzor said: the “FFA President was not informed about the lawsuit until recently and after keeping silent for almost a year, he suddenly remembered that HCA Vanadzor had filed lawsuit.”

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The Response of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor to Ruben Hayrapetyan, President of Football Federation of Armenia

In his October 14, 2011 statement, Ruben Hayrapetyan, FFA President, blames HCA Vanadzor for the possible failure of the planned large-scale projects by FFA in Vanadzor and finds that the full responsibility now falls on those initiating the judicial process, i.e. HCA Vanadzor.

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Ruben Hayrapetyan’s Response to Artur Sakunts

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor has filed two lawsuits against Vanadzor Municipality, Vanadzor City Council and the Football Federation of Armenia.

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The Village Mayor is Providing Representation in Court instead of working in the Village

Lori Region Court of Common Jurisdiction is currently hearing 3 civil lawsuits regarding Vanadzor State Pedagogical Institute (VSPI). Two of the cases, ‘provost against former instructor’ and ‘former instructor against 17 VSPI employees’ are claims demanding compensation for damaging the honor, dignity, and professional reputation, while the third one, ‘former instructor against VSPI’ is for restoring the position and compensating for forced inactivity.

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The area Belongs to the RA Football Federation. It is its will to Repair it or not.

Vanadzor residents do not have a stadium. The RA Administrative Court, presided over by Judge Arshak Alaverdyan, is hearing the trial of the complaint submitted by “Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor”, human rights organization, against the resolutions made by the Vanadzor Community Avagani.

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