Editor's Choice Archives - Page 15 of 59

“They write they do well. they kill, burn, slaughter։” The medieval bonfire as a means of punishing transgender people

by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 21, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Freedom of Conscience

The man who killed transgender Adriana in one of the apartments on Koghbatsi Street of Yerevan, Armenia was arrested on Sunday, August 20. He was found at the Bavra customs checkpoint while trying to cross the RA border [to Georgia]. He is a resident of Armavir...

“We searched my son in the morgues until my wife died of a heart attack”

by Narek Kirakosyan | Aug 18, 2023 | 44-Day War, Army, Editor's Choice

The family does not have any news about their son Gevorg Arabachyan, a conscript soldier who participated in the 44-day war, for almost three years. They live in the village of Vazashen, Tavush region. The father, Aghasi Arabachyan, told Forrights.am that his...

“He was killed 10 minutes after talking to me. If he hadn’t ended the conversation, I would have heard the shot:” soldier’s mother

by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 14, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice

“I finished talking to him at four past twenty. They said he died at half past four. The murder took place ten minutes after talking to me,” said Anush Petrosyan in a conversation with Forrights.am. Anush Petrosyan is the mother of soldier Murad Grigoryan,...

“My brother was 96 kilograms, became 36: you’d be scared if you saw him.” A citizen was tortured in prison and is now in the intensive care unit

by Հասմիկ Համբարձումյան | Aug 9, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice

The non-governmental organization Journalists for Human Rights receives numerous alerts about the torture of prisoners in the penitentiary institutions of Armenia. They are related to torturing, humiliating people, especially people with health problems, not providing...

“Why did you leave me alone, my son?” A young mother who lost her only child in the war is looking for ways to ease her grief

by Հասմիկ Համբարձումյան | Aug 8, 2023 | 44-Day War, Army, Editor's Choice, News

42-year-old Lali Aydoeva, a Yezidi by nationality, lost her only son, Davit, and earlier, her husband, in the 44-day war. The young woman now lives alone in a rented apartment in Yerevan. “I’m suffocating, I go back and forth in the house, I kiss and hug...

A person with mental health problems is kept in a common cell, and the “Hummer” is not returned to the owner

by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 25, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Right to a Fair Trial, Torture

The author of the noisy incident that took place in the Republic Square on February 10, the driver of the “Hummer” that attacked the square, 25-year-old Gegham Sahradyan, a resident of Ararat city, has been in detention for half a year. His family does not...