Mary Aleksanyan
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After years of drafting text and consulting with officials, women’s group finds that its proposal to protect victims and punish abusers has been abandoned.
Specific legislation is nearly ready, but campaign groups say there is no political will to drive it through.
Plaintiff unhappy about comments that readers posted on newspaper’s internet site.
Five years after their neighbourhood was placed under demolition order, residents see little sign of progress.
Unable to move out because their homes are condemned, hundreds of homeowners in capital see no way forward.
Journalists say the decriminalisation of defamation has left them facing a flood of actions.
Criminals seek ways of avoiding serious charges while continuing to take women abroad for prostitution.
Authorities say number of intravenous drug users has doubled in last two years.