The Armenian Bar Association’s Board of Governors has voted to establish the Association’s San Diego Chapter, with attorney Arameh Vartomian appointed to serve as Chapter Chair.
Western Prelate Archbishop Kegham Khacherian presided over an extraordinary session of the 53rd National Representative Assembly, held on October 31 at the Toulumdjian Hall of Holy Martyrs Ferrahian Armenian School.
A court hearing scheduled for the case against Catholicos Karekin II and six other bishops was postponed on Friday, because neither the prosecution nor the plaintiff, Arman Saroyan (formerly known as Bishop Gevorg Saroyan), appeared in court.
The deputy chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Edgar Shatiryan, resigned in protest on Friday right after his colleagues installed a former senior pro-government lawmaker as its new chief justice. @azatutyunradio
Former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who is serving a 20-year sentence in an Azerbaijani prison, has not been allowed to meet with his state-appointed attorney since August, Vardanyan’s wife, Veronika Zonabend said in a statement on Friday.
The Armenian National Committee – International (@ANC_Intl) calls on the members of the UN Security Council, and the governments of all UN member states, to reject Turkey’s nomination of Feridun Sinirlioğlu for the post of UN Secretary-General.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that there will be an “important reference” to Armenia-Diaspora relations in the new draft constitution, adding that ultimately the goal of those ties must culminate in repatriation to #Armenia.