by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 21, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice, Photos
These are the words of Yuri Sargsyan, who has been sentenced to life since 1994. He says that a lot has changed in his life during these 28 years. Yuri divided those years into phases: before he was in a prison made by his brain; now this is a different prison for...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 15, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
After a long delay, the Penitentiary Medicine Center finally responded to lifer Aram Arakelyan. The interdepartmental medical commission recognized his illness – ischemic stroke of the brain – as compatible with detention. “According to the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 15, 2022 | Editor's Choice
The Investigative Committee of Armenia has initiated a new criminal case regarding the disappearance of contract soldier Vahe Manukyan. IC received information that the contract soldier was killed by an unknown person. Forrights.am learns about this from the materials...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 11, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos, Social Rights
“Both of my legs are amputated, I only have one finger on my hands, and that finger is wounded because I can’t drive the wheelchair, I hit the sides of the wheelchair, my finger becomes wounded. But I am not allowed to have wounds: as soon as there is a...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 30, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
In the case of 45-year-old Artur Mkrtchyan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 5 co-servicemen almost 25 years ago, there are still many dark points, questions, the answers to which neither the prosecutor nor the investigators gave. Although he...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 30, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Ovsanna Gasparyan found out about her husband’s death in the 44-day war from the “Telegram” when the militants of the hostile state posted a photo of Samvel Gasparyan on the social network. Samvel was a lieutenant; he served in the Artsakh National...