Statement on Continued Police Violence

Together with a group of civil society organizations, [it/they] have published a joint opinion on the proposed amendments to the RA Law “On Alienation of Property for the Purpose of Ensuring Overriding Public Interest” and other related laws.

Civic organizations highlight that the EBRD’s continued involvement in the Amulsar mining project threatens its reputation and call on the Bank to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment, ensure transparency in addressing the issue, and, if necessary, suspend its partnership with Ameriabank to comply with its environmental and social commitments.

Civic society organizations express their concern over the contradictory actions of the Government of Armenia in the field of environmental protection and stress the urgency, ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Armenia’s Presidency, to review its approaches and align state actions with international obligations.

Armenia declares former ANIF Director David Papazian internationally wanted.