by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 9, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Conscript Ashot Khomov-Sargsyan was a talented sniper. On September 22, he participated in a competition and won, for which he was granted a ten-day vacation. Due to Covid-19, however, the holiday was cancelled. If it had not been cancelled, he would have been at...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 9, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
“They killed my child. What had my child done to deserve to be killed? I don’t believe that he committed suicide,” says Armen Manukyan, the father of Arsen Manukyan, who was fatally wounded by gunfire in the Sisian positions 15 days ago. The...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 21, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
During the 44-day war, Karo Antonyan destroyed more than a dozen enemy tanks, saving the lives of his fellow soldiers. The first tank was hit in the first days of the war, on September 29. After destroying several tanks, he was awarded the “Combat Cross of 1st...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 21, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Gevorg Karchikyan, a participant in the 44-day war from Gyumri, considers the lack of anti-aircraft defense one of the key reasons for the defeat of the Armenian side. “On October 2, 15 people were killed by an Bayraktar [combat aerial vehicle] and there were...
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...