by Narek Kirakosyan | Jan 29, 2025 | 44-Day War, Editor's Choice
“Mom, dad, I love you, forgive me:” these are the words written by soldier Narek Grigoryan on a small piece of paper from a cigarette pack before his alleged suicide. His mother, Varsik Hovhannisyan, told Forrights.am. The last words written by the boy are still in...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 17, 2024 | 44-Day War, Army, Editor's Choice
The former ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan and the ombudsman of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan issued a joint statement calling to stop the hate campaign against the people of Artsakh. This campaign has been intensified since the moment the “Tavush for the...
by Narek Kirakosyan | Dec 8, 2023 | 44-Day War, Editor's Choice
“The return of the captives should take place in the near future: it’s a matter of hours or days,” Sargis Khandanyan, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly, announced this in a briefing with journalists at the National...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 4, 2023 | 44-Day War, Editor's Choice
On Friday, September 1, Defense Minister Suren Papikyan finally received the parents of the soldiers who disappeared in the 44-day war. According to eyewitnesses, upon entering the Ministry of Defense, they were subjected to a thorough and humiliating inspection. They...
by Narek Kirakosyan | Aug 18, 2023 | 44-Day War, Army, Editor's Choice
The family does not have any news about their son Gevorg Arabachyan, a conscript soldier who participated in the 44-day war, for almost three years. They live in the village of Vazashen, Tavush region. The father, Aghasi Arabachyan, told Forrights.am that his...
by Հասմիկ Համբարձումյան | Aug 8, 2023 | 44-Day War, Army, Editor's Choice, News
42-year-old Lali Aydoeva, a Yezidi by nationality, lost her only son, Davit, and earlier, her husband, in the 44-day war. The young woman now lives alone in a rented apartment in Yerevan. “I’m suffocating, I go back and forth in the house, I kiss and hug...