Pressure on freedoms of expression and assembly continues to grow.

Displaced Artsakh resident Arthur Osipyan was detained and prosecuted following a heated exchange with the PM. He is currently on hunger strike, the civil society's prison monitoring group has been unable to visit him.

Draft amendments to the Tax Code can strengthen financial sustainability and public accountability of CSOs and media by enabling reimbursable citizen donations; the effectiveness will depend on secondary regulation and implementation details.