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“They sat on a chair and began cursing, insulting, and beating me in whatever way they could.” Police violence at the “Ban” club

by Journalists for Human Rights and Narek Kirakosyan | Jun 27, 2023 | Editor's Choice, News, Torture

Another sensational incident took place with the participation of police officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With the intention of looking for drugs, they broke into the Ban club operating on Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan, where they subjected the citizens to...

“Let them pass over my dead body and destroy it”. There was a tense situation in X Military Unit; some parts have already been destroyed

by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 27, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice, News

The parents of the soldiers who died in the 44-day war continue to fight against the dismantling of the X Military Unit museum. Forrighst.am reported earlier that the symbolic museum on Ulnetsi Street is in danger of demolition, as it is located on private land. The...

“The nation is not broken, guys… My blood is not redder than theirs, who died.” Who was Mgro of Special Squad who died in Tegh village?

by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 16, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice

“The nation is not broken, guys… My blood is not redder than theirs, who died. May God not let that spilled blood be in vain, guys,” with these words, Major Mkrtich Harutyunyan, Mgro of Special Squad, encouraged the squad under his command. According...

“They told him to throw away his militari ID so that they didn’t know he was a Yezidi.” One son of the Yazidi Kotoyans is missing, the other is in the village cemetery

by Հասմիկ Համբարձումյան | Jun 14, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice

The house of the Kotoyans is located almost in the center of the village of Kaniashir, or as the Yezidis themselves call it, Sangyar of the Aragatsotn region. The shack house with a sod roof has no fence and is guarded by a giant shepherd dog. This Yazidi family,...

“He said: Even if you get a Russian passport for me, it won’t matter: I will serve in the Armenian army.” The heroic path of Arthur, who died in the village of Tegh

by Narek Kirakosyan | Jun 13, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice

“Arthur loved the military uniform, the lieutenant’s shoulder straps. He probably has 10 uniforms,” Varsik Harutyunyan begins her memories of her son’s patriotism with these words. She is the mother of Lieutenant Artur Sahakyan. Arthur is one...

“He remained wounded in the positions for a long time. If they had taken him out, maybe he could have been saved”

by Narek Kirakosyan | Jun 7, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice

“He looked taller, became handsomer. I used to say: Dear Vakhtang, how did you become so handsome? He was happy to hear us saying nice words to him,” Mrs. Heghine remembers some episodes of the last meeting with her son Vakhtang. Last year, in July, the...