Zhanna Alexanian

The government seeks to restrict the powers of Armenia’s human rights commissioner.
Official sanctioning of a group seen as alien to Armenian religious tradition gets stormy public reception.
Parliament begins to ponder president’s plan to send Armenians to Iraq.
Cool reception from Armenia’s tiny minority communities to a draft law designed to help them.
Opposition disappointed by a monitoring mission they hoped would hold the authorities to account for April violence.
A self-help group is a tentative step towards getting society to recognize homosexuals.
Four years on, the men behind the assassinations in the Armenian parliament have been sentenced but not everyone is satisfied.
Officials pleased as TV boss murder trial ends in jail terms for both hitman and the man said to have paid him - but not everyone believes it was that simple.
Many death row prisoners bemoan abolition of capital punishment.
Armenia is likely to have a new constitution next week, but few people understand what is changing.