Avetik Chalabyan detained. ECHR: Azerbaijanis beheaded Armenian soldier in 2016. Alpha Newsroom 24.06.2026
June 24 2026, 14:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
“This is political persecution”: Avetik Chalabyan, coordinator of the civic initiative “HayaQve,” detained;
Criminal case opened over a brawl at Yerevan City Hall;
First hearing in the case of Robert Kocharyan vs. CEC: “The Administrative Court must compel the CEC to fulfill its functions:” Aram Orbelyan;
US congressman demands immediate release of Armenian POWs from Baku;
ECHR issues landmark ruling against Baku: it is established that during the four-day April war, Azerbaijanis tortured and beheaded an Armenian serviceman;
This court ruling will destroy the myth spread by Azerbaijan that Armenians attacked them: Ara Ghazaryan;
Ankara highly values the negotiation process between Yerevan and Baku: speaker of the Turkish Parliament;
“There were no fair elections, the results were falsified”: a poll in Yeghegnadzor;
“This is not peace, I cannot be friends with an Azerbaijani who killed my relative”: a poll in Yeghegnadzor;
The Armenian authorities created the problems in Armenian-Russian relations: Konstantin Zatulin;
Pashinyan has effectively made an anti-Russian choice: Elena Panina.