by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 27, 2020 | Closed Institutions, News
“I have nothing to do with the incident, otherwise I wouldn’t go and sleep 20 meters away from the corpse.” Artur Mkrtumyan, a 46-year-old convict, has been talking about the case against him for four years now, but all his appeals remain unanswered....
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jan 24, 2020 | Closed Institutions
Ashot Manukyan Ashot Manukyan, already 24 years in prison, was released on parole. The Criminal Court of Appeal Judge Mnatsakan Harutyunyan made an unprecedented decision and quashed the decision of the Court of First Instance. The court set a 10-year probation...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 10, 2019 | Closed Institutions
The trial of Artur Mkrtchyan, a life-sentenced convict, is continuing at the Shengavit Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan. On August 1, 2018, the court, under the presidency of Judge Artush Gabrielyan, made an unprecedented ruling on the case of Arthur...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 17, 2019 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
A professional criminal Merab Kalashov is not in Armenia. He was extradited and handed over to French law enforcement bodies, but a criminal case has been filed for his illegal extradition and beating. Merab Kalashov’s lawyer Armen Melkonyan told Forrights.am:...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 2, 2019 | Closed Institutions
“The probation service, which is supposed to have a reconciliation function, did the opposite in my case. They went to the victim’s family and told them “how you could forgive Ashot, how is it possible to forgive him?” Well, do we have such cruel leaders, and do...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 24, 2019 | Closed Institutions
“Let the word ‘lifer’ be removed from us; if they do not want to release us, at least let’s get rid of the word. In many ways, the words “sentenced to life” cut lots of things; they do not let us go towards freedom, they take us to the darkness, no...
