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“If he stayed for a couple of days, he would become a Turk.” The actor from Stepanakert remained all alone for 13 days, was beaten by Azerbaijanis

by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 21, 2024 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights

60-year-old Kamo Arakelyan from Stepanakert, NK was one of the actors of the Drama Theater named after V. Papazyan. Now he is bedridden, one of his kidneys does not work after many operations, tubes are hanging from his body, his legs are swollen, he cannot walk....

“As refugees, how can we leave the country? emigrate or wait for the government?”

by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 3, 2024 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights

“Friends, as refugees, how can we leave the country? Which country accepts us? Who knows for sure? Please give us some details.” There are sentiments of leaving Armenia among groups of forcibly displaced Artsakh citizens on social networks and people with...

“Perhaps, the Turks have stolen it:” Converse Bank does not return the gold pledged by the citizens of Artsakh: it says they are lost

by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 25, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights

These days, more than a dozen people from Artsakh received information from Converse Bank that the gold they pledged in the bank was lost. The information provided by the bank to the citizens who pledged the gold is conflicting: some were told that it was lost, while...

“We live in fear and panic.” Security and work are demanded in Vardenis

by Narek Kirakosyan | Jul 4, 2023 | Editor's Choice, News, Social Rights

“It has become a mmorgue, don’t you see? Five or six people are visible,” says one of the taxi drivers gathered in the center of Vardenis, stressing that the day is ending, but he hasn’t had at least one customer: he will have to go home in the...

“Do not forget me”

by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 20, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights

There is a booth in the central part of Bagratunyats Avenue, in a crowded place. An 84-year-old woman lived in the booth, whose name was Arpenik. More precisely, she did not live, but died on a self-made bed. There are many passers-by in that area. Previously, Arpenik...

The state has forgotten Arpenik: The 84-year-old woman has been living in a commercial stall for eight years without the right of access to water or a bath

by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 10, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Social Rights

Arpenik Beglaryan. She does not walk. She talks to me lying in down. A little girl’s toy, a plastic kettle, is placed next to it. She drinks water from it. She says it is lightwighted. Only one eye has vision. Even with that, she has to lift the eyelid with her...