by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 14, 2022 | Army, News
Displeasures have arisen among the contract servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces due to low salaries. Risking their lives on the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact, those who guard the shrinking borders of Armenia receive a monthly salary of about 200,000 drams...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
– We are far away from the War. This is the answer Hayrapet Mikayelyan gave each time he was asked asked, “What news are there from the war?” “’What are you talking about?’ He constantly saw how his close friends, fellow students, the boys...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
One and a half years after the 44-day war in 2020, the circumstances of the death of thousands of servicemen are unknown. Amid this uncertainty, the soldiers’ parents are trying to gather information about the circumstances in which their sons died. forrights.am...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice
Liana Meliksetyan, the wife of Vahe Manukyan, a contract soldier who disappeared from Nakhichevan four months ago, was given a puzzling answer at the Ministry of Defense when she inquired yesterday about the stage of her husband’s search. Liana had arrived in...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
“On the day of my father’s birthday, the war started; on my birthday, we learned the news about my child. 40 days later the ceasefire was signed.” These are the words of Hasmik, the mother of Arsen Yeghoyan, who died in the 44-day war. The Yeghoyan...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
22-year-old kamancha player Mher Potoyan served in the army as a bassoon player. He was killed on October 27, 2020 in Askeran. Seven months later, his mother, Satenik Khalatyan, died in a tragic car accident. Mher was one of the four sons of the family. The father,...