by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 26, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
Today, the Defense Ministry gave explanations on the article published yesterday on Forrights.am website titled “The commander of the battalion beat the soldier with mental disorder. He is in a psychiatric hospital, in a critical situation.” There are odious...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 24, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
Yurik Broyan, a 19-year-old resident of Jrarat village, Armavir province of Yezidi origin, has a genetic mental illness. His uncle has the same illness, and his brother is epileptic. Nevertheless, in August, the Central Military Medical Commission examined the young...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 12, 2018 | Army
Anahit Ghukasyan, the daughter of 57-year-old Julieta Ghukasyan, who was killed in the Slabodka district of the town of Gyumri early in December, is unable to admit that her mother is no more. On that day at 7 am an unknown person attacked a woman who was cleaning the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 26, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
The mother of Levon Torosyan, a soldier killed in the Mehrabner border military unit in Tavush region on May 6, cannot forget his son’s phonecall. Right before his death, he has talked to her for 4 minutes and 16 seconds. Suddenly the son screamed,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 22, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
The parents of about 10 soldier who were killed in the army and whose deaths were labeled as “suicides”, met with the acting prime minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today. The meeting was not the initiative of the authorities; yesterday, the fathers of...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 11, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
In the village of Proshyan, near the entrance to the big house of the Azatyans, the family lineage tree is displayed. The root is written in capital letters, AZAT (a masculine name, which translates as FREE). On the names of several men following Azat are black...