YEREVAN. – “For years on end 2,500-3,000 drams ($7-$8 US) were kept from our salaries, supposedly for activities of the School’s trade union, but it became clear that we did not have a trade union,” Armenian capital Yerevan’s Monte Melkonian School’s English-language teacher Lilia Margaryan told Yerkir daily, the latter writes.   

“She could not ‘swallow’ the injustice, and, together with the School’s literature teacher, Margarit Ispiryan, filed a lawsuit against the School’s principal, Ruzanna Azizyan. In the meantime, Margaryan was dismissed and this was approved by the court. Finding that their right for a fair trial—envisioned by Armenia’s international agreement—was violated, the teachers filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights, and the case was accepted,” Yerkir writes.