by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 18, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
Seda Manukyan, a resident of Gyumri, tells Forrights that her son is serving in the Jabrail military unit, which was bombed by Azerbaijan, that soldiers were under siege and fled in panic. His son, Misha Yerkanyan, a conscript, was left alone in the forest for two...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 18, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case on the death of soldier Arthur Gasparyan has revealed a sensational document – a forensic conclusion, in which, in fact, the expert stated that it cannot be claimed that Gasparyan committed suicide. According to the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 9, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News
When the war started, 20-year-old Vahagn Hovakimyan was serving in the army for one year and three months. During that time, he went home once, last spring. On September 17, his parents saw him in the Mataghis military unit. Visits were banned due to the COVID-19...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 9, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
“My Max called me on the night of the war, made me wake everyone up to talk to the whole family. His voice was sound, loud, he excitedly was telling us that he was cleaning and preparing his weapon. Everyone was surprised by this urgency. I understood that if my...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 4, 2021 | Editor's Choice, Freedom of Assembly, Human Rights Defenders at Risk
In the response to the urgent written question sent to the European Commission by the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Loucas Fourlas (Cyprus, EPP), the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell states on behalf of the European Commission that the latter...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 2, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
“I talked to him on the 6th of the month, after 10:30. He said, ‘I am in Hadrut, I can’t talk long’. Then we learned that my child had been taken to the village of Khndrstan in Aghdam, then taken to the outskirts of Shushi, to the cemetery street....
