by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 25, 2021 | Army
The odyssey of former prisoners of war who were returned back to the army is finally over. Recently, they returned home from the Dilijan Rehabilitation Center on the orders of Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan. As we have already informed, the three soldiers captured...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 16, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
Haykaz Harutyunyan left for military service on July 8 and did not inform his mother that he had undergone surgery during the quarantine. He was in the post-surgery phase when the 44-day war broke out and the recruit left for the front lines. The soldier’s...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 16, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Seryozha Margaryan, a serviceman of the Special Forces, was fatally wounded in Ishkhanadzor on October 20. Two of his fellow servicemen were killed on the spot by drone strike, and Seryozha was taken to hospital where he died six days later without regaining...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 16, 2021 | Army
Samvel Alaverdyan, 38, a contract soldier and resident of the Malatia-Sebastia community of Yerevan, was killed in a shootout with Azerbaijani forces in Yeraskh on July 14. After his death, the family remains in debts and loans. Samvel’s wife, Hasmik Alaverdyan,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Pavel Manukyan, a two-month conscript, was killed in Jrakan on the 13th day of the 44-day war. He could have survived today if, after receiving a splinter wound earlier, he did not continue to fight but agreed to be taken to hospital. The only son of the parents was...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 11, 2021 | Army, News
Norayr Petrosyan was killed on October 10 in Hadrut, blowing up himself and the enemy around him with a grenade. For months, his parents searched for him as a missing person and learned what had happened from one of the soldiers who had returned from captivity. Norayr...