by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Yervand Hovhannisyan, 35, was one of the first victims of the 44-day war. He died during the first minutes of the war in Mataghis. Before that, he managed to call his wife and tell her to take the children and leave the village. Yervand’s family, his wife and...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 25, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
– Mom dear, there will be a war. Even if I am demobilized and return [home], one day the war will start, it is inevitable, I will come back here regardless of everything. And, if I am killed suddenly, do not cry: one must die like Robert Abajyan. Artashes...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 25, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
One month after the ceasefire in 2020, on December 13, the two remaining villages in the Hadrut region, Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd, were handed over to the Azerbaijani side. On that day, 62 volunteers who had left Shirak to defend the positions were captured. There is...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 25, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
“Pavel, will they take you to the army too?” “Mom, I am not better than anybody else. Every one of them has a mother. Do n ot worry; if I go, you still have two loving and devoted sons.” Pavel Sahakyan assured his mother that if he did not call, it would mean that...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 25, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Rafael Khachatryan was only a 12-day-soldier when the 44-day war began. Ignoring that fact, he was transferred from Stepanakert to Hadrut on September 27. The recruit went through the whole war, took part in many heavy battles, and died in the hospital on November 25....
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 10, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
Narek Katanyan was the youngest of the family’s three sons. His remains were found by his brother David, digging a hole where the enemy had filled and burned the bodies of not only Narek but also 19 other soldiers. Narek was born and raised in the village of...