The bloody terror of October 27 became, so to speak, a kind of ‘chewing gum for the opposition’ in Armenia’s public and political life before 2018, and ‘chewing gum for the authorities’ after 2018.

Experts from the Public Tribunal of Armenia recalled an episode from the Gyumri mayoral election of March 2025. Vardan Ghukasyan’s victory — which meant defeating the Civil Contract Party candidate Sarik Minasyan — was made possible only through the formation of a broad opposition coalition. At the time, all opposition forces declared their support for Ghukasyan, except for Martun Grigoryan, a representative of the I Have Honor Alliance, affiliated with Serzh Sargsyan’s Republican Party of Armenia. After a long pause, Grigoryan eventually joined the opposition alliance, providing the crucial votes needed to elect Ghukasyan as mayor, though not without expressing reservations.

Although the pastor of Hovhannavank Monastery, Father Aram Asatryan, did not give direct testimony against the detained head of the Aragatsotn Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, he allegedly provided “raw information” to law enforcement about Proshyan’s activities and those of other priests in the diocese, “Zhoghovurd” newspaper reports, citing law enforcement sources. According to the publication, Bishop Proshyan is a nephew of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

If the committee has truly conducted an unbiased and professional investigation into the causes of the defeat during the 44 days and the period preceding it, at least several hundred state officials, headed by Nikol Pashinyan, should find themselves in a correctional colony on the basis of that committee’s findings,.

Exactly five years ago, on October 8, 2020, Director of the National Security Service (NSS) Argishti Kyaramyan - who had taken part in discussions on the well-known counterblow operation - was dismissed following its failure. Naturally, despite our persistent inquiries, the reasons remain undisclosed.

At a meeting with IT-sector representatives in the Choratan community of Berd town, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed dissatisfaction with local children who had painted images of Mount Ararat and the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the Armenian Genocide, rather than depictions of their immediate natural surroundings, mountains and forests

On September 27, 2020, one of the most tragic and devastating chapters in the history of the Armenian people began — the Karabakh War. The fierce fighting lasted for 44 days, reshaping the political map of the region, altering the lives of thousands of families, and profoundly impacting the national consciousness. Today, five years later, Armenians continue to reflect on that painful experience, drawing vital lessons for the future of statehood and national unity.

По прошествии 5-ти лет в армянском обществе остались много вопросов о причинах начала 44-дневной войны 2020 года, о провальных попытках остановить боевые действия, о роли отдельных политиков и военных в поражении в войне. Представляем читателю подготовленные экспертами Общественного Трибунала Армении материалы, посвященные 44-дневной войне и ее причинах.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first President of Armenia, has accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of betraying the Armenian people, saying he has earned a place on the “memorial wall of national traitors.”

“At a recent congress of the ruling Civil Contract Party, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan unveiled a deeply alarming plan for reform that could erase everything that defines Armenia as a sovereign state.