by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 11, 2021 | Torture
Karen Hovhannisyan, a former employee of the Panther Security Service, has been in custody for about three years. He is accused of brutal killing of 28-year-old Marine Danielyan on August 30, 2018, in one of the houses on Araratyan Street in Yerevan. Karen...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 22, 2021 | Torture
On March 1, an extraordinary case of violence took place in the Tumanyan department of the Lori Regional Police Department. The head of the department, police colonel Artak Gyurjanyan, beat the detained citizen, Hrayr Lukyanchikov, a resident of Alaverdi. It was...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 4, 2020 | Army, News, Torture
The Office of the Human Rights Defender of Artsakh is clarifying the identity of the civilian Armenian person who was beheaded by the Azerbaijani soldiers in the village of Togh. “One of the villagers of Togh told an international reporter that they are aware of the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 28, 2020 | Army, News, Torture
The United States is closely monitoring the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, and will see if it can stop the violence, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday. “We are looking at it very strongly. We have a lot of good relationships in that area. We...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 20, 2020 | Editor's Choice, Torture
The residents of Sisian are excited. After 64-year-old Garnik Muradyan turned to the law enforcement bodies and a criminal case was filed with the Special Investigation Service under the article “Torture”, new individuals appeared, who assured that the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 10, 2020 | News, Torture
In Sisian, the passions are inflamed, a riot is brewing against the acting head of the police, Garik Muradyan, which has become a real scourge on the city. On April 6 and 7, two extraordinary incidents took place with his participation: 60-year-old Grandpa Garnik was...