by Journalists for Human Rights | May 24, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
20-year-old junior sergeant Mher Elizbaryan got married before leaving for the army. He was already in the army when his son was born. The last time he talked to his wife on the phone, he said: “You kiss my son for me.” Mher was drafted from the village of...
by Journalists for Human Rights | May 24, 2021 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
“Here have not been any radical reforms in penitentiaries after the revolution,” Arthur Mkrtchyan, a prisoner to life, told Forrights. “The only difference is that the laws have started to work. In the past, before the revolution, the law did not...
by Journalists for Human Rights | May 18, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
Narek Aleksanyan, a conscript who received shrapnel wounds to his head and leg in Jrakan, Jabrayil, on the fourth day of the war, miraculously survived. He is now considered a person with 3rd degree of disability, but receives a regular pension instead of a military...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 28, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
On April 14, it was the 40th day after passing away of Norik Vardanyan, an 18-year-old participant in the 44-day war. The remains of the soldier who served only two months could be found and identified by DNA testing only about five months after the end of the war, on...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 28, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
Davit Rafayelyan died on the way to Shushi on November 7. He was a sergeant and spent a year and a half in the 5th Battalion in Hadrut. David was under siege in Hadrut for days, then escaped with the recruits under his responsibility and moved to other positions. He...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 22, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice
18-year-old Adam Grigoryan, who was drafted from the village of Lernagog in the Armavir region last summer, could not have imagined that he would take part in the war in just four months. After 20 days of heavy fighting in Jrakan (Jabrail), Adam received multiple...
