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“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...

“If you and I were alone, I would throw you out of the window.” The other reports violence in the police station

by Narek Kirakosyan | Jul 24, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Torture

Sonya Sargsyan, a resident of Spitak city of the Lori region, alerted the Journalists for Human Rights NGO, reporting that her son was abused by an officer of the Spitak police department. His son, Boris Mkrtchyan, is now detained. “On July 3, at 11:00 p.m., my...

Artsakh [the Armenian name of Nagorno Karabakh] residents attempted to cross the Hakari bridge

by Narek Kirakosyan | Jul 21, 2023 | Editor's Choice, News

On July 21, the citizens of the Republic of Artsakh [NK] tried to cross the Hakari bridge and go to their homes. Armenian and international journalists covered their return to Artsakh. Margarita Karamyan, one of the initiators, a resident of Artsakh, the...