by Journalists for Human Rights | May 6, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
In accordance with the tradition surviving from the Soviet times, the searches in Armenian prisons, in addition to finding prohibited things, objects, materials, aim to frighten the convicts. They are used as a prophylactic action and are accompanied by destruction....
by Journalists for Human Rights | May 1, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Video
18-year-old Robert Gevorgyan fatally shot himself in order not to be captured. “He was wounded in the shoulder; he tried to go to the dugout, but the sniper hit him and he was wounded in the leg. Yashma entered the position. Robert saw that he was to be...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 25, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Torture
What must the police have heard to enter the Polygraph club with the methods of anti-terror operation? At the very least, you woul have caught jihadists to act like that to show who is the master and ruler in this country. Vahe Ghazaryan will have to resign just for...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 20, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights
There is a booth in the central part of Bagratunyats Avenue, in a crowded place. An 84-year-old woman lived in the booth, whose name was Arpenik. More precisely, she did not live, but died on a self-made bed. There are many passers-by in that area. Previously, Arpenik...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 19, 2023 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Right to a Fair Trial
The deputy commander of the N military unit of the Defense Army, the colonel, does not accept the accusation made by Armenia’s Investigative Committee that during the 2020 war, he showed simulation of a disease in the period from October 10 to November 3. “They...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 18, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
Aram Arakelyan, sentenced to life, spent 30 of his 50 years in prisons: in Nubarashen, Goris, Kosh, Armavir, Sevan Aram Arakelyan became half a man in the prisons. He lost his health. A year ago, he had an acute ischemic stroke of brain, underwent brain surgeries....