by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
On March 8, 1995, a convict of Nubarashen penitentiary Samvel Shahgeldyan, born in 1959, had his veins cut, and, on March 7, he swallowed a few needles. Today, he contacted us from the prison and told that he had swallowed a razor blade. The demand is one: to force...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
22-year-old kamancha player Mher Potoyan served in the army as a bassoon player. He was killed on October 27, 2020 in Askeran. Seven months later, his mother, Satenik Khalatyan, died in a tragic car accident. Mher was one of the four sons of the family. The father,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
“There was a very unexpected attack by the Yashma detachment, we fought in hand-to-hand combat, our position was blocked: they were much more than us. It was our shift at that moment,” Major Narek Yerimyan, Deputy Battalion Commander, recalled the incident...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Sergeant Karo Hovakimyan was born in Syria. He was two and a half years old when the family moved to Armenia. During the 44-day war, he served as a male nurse first in Jrakan and then in Hadrut. The exact date of his death is still unknown. It is unknown also what...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
– Wonderficent. This is how Samvel Gevorgyan’s mother, Hasmik, answered the question on which phrase her son often repeated. “He introduced a new word in Armenian.” – Wonderful or wonderficent? – Wonderficent. Do not think of...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, Photos, Social Rights
Avetis Avetisyan, a 30-year-old contract soldier, was from the village of Norashen in Hadrut. He died on October 10, 2020, from a drone strike. One week earlier, Azeri saboteurs had tortured and killed his father, Hmayak. The Avetisyan family had left from Gyumri to...
