by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army
Arman Khachatryan, one of the servicemen who returned from captivity in Azerbaijan, remains in prison in Armenia, as reported to Forrights.am by the RA Prosecutor General’s Office. Arman Khachatryan is an officer. He was captured on November 16, 2021 during the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army
Private Arthur Babayan, who returned from captivity in Baku on February 7, was transferred to compulsory military service after returning to his homeland and being detained by the military police for 10 days. The soldier’s father Seyran Babayan mentioned this in...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
“There was a very unexpected attack by the Yashma detachment, we fought in hand-to-hand combat, our position was blocked: they were much more than us. It was our shift at that moment,” Major Narek Yerimyan, Deputy Battalion Commander, recalled the incident...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Sergeant Karo Hovakimyan was born in Syria. He was two and a half years old when the family moved to Armenia. During the 44-day war, he served as a male nurse first in Jrakan and then in Hadrut. The exact date of his death is still unknown. It is unknown also what...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
– Wonderficent. This is how Samvel Gevorgyan’s mother, Hasmik, answered the question on which phrase her son often repeated. “He introduced a new word in Armenian.” – Wonderful or wonderficent? – Wonderficent. Do not think of...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, Photos, Social Rights
Avetis Avetisyan, a 30-year-old contract soldier, was from the village of Norashen in Hadrut. He died on October 10, 2020, from a drone strike. One week earlier, Azeri saboteurs had tortured and killed his father, Hmayak. The Avetisyan family had left from Gyumri to...