by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2019 | Editor's Choice
The NSS Investigative Department is using cruel, unacceptable from the human-rights point of view methods in its work. On March 12, the NSS members rushed into the house of Constantine Hovhannisyan, a seriously ill, insulin-dependent diabetic, almost blind and...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 10, 2019 | Editor's Choice
On February 22, after the last court hearing on the Nork-Marash militant group case, the defendant Artur Vardanyan was transferred to the Mikayelyan Hospital in an extremely severe condition. His wife, Ashkhen Sumbulyan, told Forrights.am that her husband had been...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 10, 2019 | Army, Editor's Choice
Davit Kamalyan, a former military serviceman, a resident of Ijevan, Tavush region, and his parents are offended and indignant at the decision of the RA Investigative Committee that decided to close the criminal case filed for shooting at 19-year-old Davit. He received...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 18, 2019 | Army, Editor's Choice
The list of diseases determining the degree of suitability for military service was last revised in April 2018. The Ministry of Defense developed a large document consisting of 103 articles. The government adopted the N 404-N decision, which was one of the last...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 26, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
Today, the Defense Ministry gave explanations on the article published yesterday on Forrights.am website titled “The commander of the battalion beat the soldier with mental disorder. He is in a psychiatric hospital, in a critical situation.” There are odious...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 24, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
Yurik Broyan, a 19-year-old resident of Jrarat village, Armavir province of Yezidi origin, has a genetic mental illness. His uncle has the same illness, and his brother is epileptic. Nevertheless, in August, the Central Military Medical Commission examined the young...