by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 25, 2024 | Editor's Choice
Elza Grigoryan, 77, a Stepanakert native, had two sons who were martyred in the Artsakh wars. She has 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Elza had been working in her Alyona shop in the central market of Stepanakert for years and enjoyed great fame. “I am...
by Narek Kirakosyan | Nov 25, 2024 | Editor's Choice
Marine Atabekyan from Martakert, NK went under Azerbaijani fire to find her children aged 6, 8, 14, 15, 17. The mother of five children was at home when the Azerbaijani armed forces attacked the peaceful residents of the Republic of Artsakh on September 19, 2023. “As...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 25, 2024 | Editor's Choice
Naira Aghajanyan, a native of Stepanakert, has worked in cultural centers for 33 years, and for the last 10 years she was the director of the H. Tumanyan Republican Children’s Library of Artsakh. The library met modern standards, had 13 employees, and all the...
by Ani Gevorgyan | Nov 25, 2024 | Editor's Choice
Maria Gharibyan, a 62-year-old resident of the village of Karmir Shuka in the Martuni region of Artsakh, was a teacher for 39 years. Another year, and she was supposed to retire and enjoy her well-earned rest, but the most terrible thing happened to her family. On the...
by Narek Kirakosyan | Nov 25, 2024 | Army, Editor's Choice
A week after seeing her soldier son in high spirits, the mother heard about his death. 21-year-old Vahe Harutyunyan had been in the army for two months and seven days. He was serving in the Vardenis military unit. “I visited him on September 29. That day, he was very...
by Narek Kirakosyan | Nov 25, 2024 | Editor's Choice
Mrs. Naira takes out a passport from her small purse, with burnt edges and completely covered in ash. The coat of arms of Armenia and the inscription “Republic of Armenia” on the front page are faintly visible on the blue passport. “They handed it to me like this:...
