by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 19, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
Levon Stepanyan, who died in a rocket strike on September 30, would have turned 20 on July 3. “I was kissing him then, now I am kissing his tombstone,” says Heghine Asatryan, the mother of the killed soldier. Levon, the only child of his parents, was a...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 19, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Yurik Sargsyan, 36, was killed by a sniper on November 6 in the town of Shushi. He was married and had two daughters, aged 8 and 11. The girls already know what happened to their father, but they do not talk about it. “When he heard about the war, he volunteered...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 7, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
The body of Vitalik Ionanov, 30, an Assyrian, was being looked for for eight months. Only a DNA test revealed her remains and handed them over to her mother on May 19, 2021. Vitalik did not serve in the army because he had kidney problems, but, after learning about...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 7, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
19-year-old Torgom Sayadyan died in Mataghis at the hands of his older brother. Arthur Sayadyan, who suffered a concussion after Torgom’s death, was treated in a psychiatric hospital and then returned to service. Torgom and Arthur grew up in a large Assyrian family...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 6, 2021 | Army
Fifteen Armenian prisoners returned home from Azerbaijan today with the mediation of the Russian side, the Armenian Government informs. As a goodwill gesture, the Armenian side provided Azerbaijan with maps of minefields in the Fizuli and Zangelan regions. The names...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 25, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
Captain Andrey Avagyan, 30, was killed on October 13 in Hadrut, in Fizuli. He was from the village of Tumi in Hadrut [Nagorno Karabakh], which came under Azerbaijani control as a result of the war. The captain’s entire family – grandfather, mother, wife,...
