by Journalists for Human Rights | Oct 14, 2024 | Editor's Choice, Torture
Armed Azerbaijanis captured Lernik Aghajanyan from Artsakh and severely beat him. Lernik is 43 years old man, from Kichan village, Martakert region of NK. He was working as a caretaker at a livestock farm located a few kilometers away from Kichan. He came home during...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 9, 2024 | Torture
On August 8, a discussion was held at the Media Center on the subject “Tear gas and torture. Allegations and official denials about the violence of an Artsakh citizen.” The speakers were Roman Yeritsyan, lawyer; Edgar Martirosyan, head of the Human Rights...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 8, 2024 | Editor's Choice, Torture
Arman Sargsyan, a young man from Artsakh, has always participated in protests and gatherings for the salvation of Artsakh after the war. He was once arrested for three hours in 2023, during the days of the blockade, when he and other activists were blocking a road,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jul 25, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Right to a Fair Trial, Torture
The author of the noisy incident that took place in the Republic Square on February 10, the driver of the “Hummer” that attacked the square, 25-year-old Gegham Sahradyan, a resident of Ararat city, has been in detention for half a year. His family does not...
by Narek Kirakosyan | Jul 24, 2023 | Editor's Choice, Torture
Sonya Sargsyan, a resident of Spitak city of the Lori region, alerted the Journalists for Human Rights NGO, reporting that her son was abused by an officer of the Spitak police department. His son, Boris Mkrtchyan, is now detained. “On July 3, at 11:00 p.m., my...
by Հասմիկ Համբարձումյան | Jul 6, 2023 | Editor's Choice, News, Torture
54-year-old Andranik Sargsyan, who has spinal tuberculosis and weakness of the lower limbs due to it, was interrogated while unconscious state and tortured in Vagharshapat investigative department. As a result of tortures, on the basis of a petition drawn up by...
