by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 6, 2020 | News, Torture
On March 30, police released a heartbreaking video showing 28-year-old Tigran Karapetyan pouring a torrent of curses on Malatya police officers, and they bravely tried to bring the drunken young man to justice. They rudgingly brought him to the police station and...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 1, 2020 | Closed Institutions, News
Doctor of Political Science, publicist Arkady Vardanyan is one of the political prisoners of Serzh Sargsyan’s regime. He was convicted in 2013 on absurd charges of poisoning his friend’s father, and was released in November 2018 through amnesty. For 4...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 1, 2020 | News
The first case of infection with coronavirus was reported in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan informed on his Facebook page. “Dear compatriots, About two hours ago we had the first confirmed case of infection with coronavirus, unfortunately. The patient is a...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 27, 2020 | Closed Institutions, News
“I have nothing to do with the incident, otherwise I wouldn’t go and sleep 20 meters away from the corpse.” Artur Mkrtumyan, a 46-year-old convict, has been talking about the case against him for four years now, but all his appeals remain unanswered....
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 25, 2020 | News
Nearly two years after resigning amid mass protests against his continued rule, Armenia’s former President Serzh Sarkisian went on trial on Tuesday on corruption charges which he rejects as politically motivated. Sarkisian stands accused of giving privileged treatment...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 12, 2020 | Army, News
The case of the murder of Private Karen Karapetyan, a soldier from Gyumri, has been in court since November, but the trial has not started yet. The excuses vary from court’s inability to provide notification, to inability of the legal successor of the victim to travel...
