The company’s revenue woes did not prevent executives from authorizing millions of dollars in donations to a charitable organization chaired by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
No opposition or non-governmental organization representative has joined the body, due primarily to widespread skepticism about its ability to catalyze reforms.
“If one accepts that what happened [in recent decades] in Bosnia and Africa were genocides, it is impossible not to call what happened to Armenians in 1915 genocide, too.”
Despite years of public-awareness campaigns, discrimination against Armenians with either HIV or AIDS is widespread, according to advocates and infected individuals.
Official data indicates that about 45 children are born with Down syndrome in Armenia each year — and 22 of these children were given to orphanages in 2014.