Armenia: Human Rights Challenges for New Leadership

Expand People celebrating Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan’s resignation after days of protests. Yerevan, Armenia, April 23, 2018. © 2018 Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure (Berlin) – Armenia’s new government has inherited a country plagued with corruption and myriad human rights problems, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2019. As the new leadership embarks on rebuilding the institutions and responding to accumulated public grievances, they should ensure respect for due process and fundamental human rights. Weeks of popular protests in 2018 forced the outgoing president, Serzh…

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