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Government Seeks To Criminalize Vote Buying In Armenia

(Azatutyun)- The Armenian government moved on Thursday to make it a criminal offense to buy or sell votes in elections held in the country. Armenia’s existing legislation already bans parties and individual candidates from handing out or promising cash, other material benefits and services to voters during election campaigns. The practice is ...

(The Emotional Toll of) Studying Genocide: The Zoryan Institute Creates a Space for Open Dialogue Amongst Scholars

TORONTO, ON – The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies is proud to announce that 19 scholars have graduated from the Zoryan Institute’s two-week Genocide and Human Rights Program (GHRUP) 2018 at the University of Toronto. Course director Dr. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey guided the students in their interactions with texts, ...

Land Rover supporting development of major hiking trail in Armenia

British 4x4 manufacturer, Land Rover, has recently announced that it will continue to provide support to the development of a hiking trail dubbed the Transcaucasian Trail - a 750 km prototype hiking route stretches the length of Armenia - the British Embassy in Armenia said in a Facebook post. In 2017, with the help of ...