“The commander said, ‘Your son is in Yerevan.’ I came and found his body.” The story of Gevorg from Mokhratagh
A mother from Mokhratagh set out on a journey of evacuation, hoping to reach Armenia and find her wounded son in one of the Yerevan hospitals. 65-year-old Anahit Sargsyan's son, Gevorg, has been going up to positions with the militia every month to defend Martakert,...
“Mom, don’t let dad go.” The story of Babken Adamyan, who died on the outskirts of Martuni
“Dad, don’t go. Mom, don’t let dad go. Something might happen to him.” These were the last words that little Lilit said to her father, Babken Adamyan. On the morning of September 19, Babken returned home from the positions. As usual, he had taken his daughter to...
Women with Disabilities in Armenia Face Bias in Their Search for Happiness
Painter and mother of two, 43-year-old Narine Ghukasyan recalls how, ten years ago, when she tried to access state reproductive programs, doctors responded arrogantly: "Are you going to have a child just to make them suffer?" Ghukasyan, who has cerebral palsy (CP),...
“Many were turning to the Center to terminate their pregnancies, and we were trying to dissuade them from taking that step:” Artsakh nurse
Lilit Grigoryan worked as a district obstetrician at the Mother and Child Healthcare Center of the Republic of Artsakh until September 19, 2023. Her beloved profession for 20 years was entirely related to monitoring the health of pregnant women registered at the...
“I had a difficult pregnancy: a blockade, an explosion, a forced displacement. My husband did not see our third child.”
Anush Hayrapetyan was born in the village of Petrosashen, Hadrut region, NK. In the 90s, she was forced to leave the village because the Azerbaijanis set it on fire. She moved with her family to the village of Khtsaberd in the same region. After the high school, she...
“My father could not walk; he stayed in the forest: there was no one to inspect the forests.” The forced deportation of the population of Sznek
Robert Musayelyan’s family has not heard from him for more than a year. He is considered missing. The 83-year-old man is a resident of the village of Sznek in Artsakh. He left his residence on September 19, 2023, when the Azerbaijani army attacked the peaceful...
“He fought, he strived, he died, but the Turk is now in his home. My son fought hard; the enemy tortured him out of anger”
“He fought, he strived, he died, but the Turk is now in his home. He probably doesn’t know that the Turk is in his home,” Marine Petrosyan says about her son. The mother’s pain is inexplicable. She is a doctor: it is incalculable how many women she has helped to give...
“We recognized him by his tattoo.” The story of the murder of 88-year-old Artyusha Mikaelyan
86-year-old Yeena Mikaelyan’s husband, 88-year-old Artyusha Mikaelyan, was killed on September 19, on the way of his escape from the village of Sznek, when the residents were trying to reach the village of Khachmach through the forests. Artyusha Mikaelyan’s body...
“We saw from our position how our villagers were being removed from the village, but we did not yet realize that we were losing our home and homeland:” Artsakh soldier
Suren Shaboyan is a native of the village of Drmbon in the Martakert region of NK. In 2022, he entered the Faculty of Management of the Armenian State University of Economics and in the same year was drafted and entered service in the Artsakh Defense Army. He served...
“The authorities of the Republic of Armenia should not hinder the activities of Artsakh state bodies:” Artak Beglaryan
If we look at the position of Azerbaijan, the pressures of the international community and the position and actions of the RA authorities, it is not realistic for the people of Artsakh to return to their homes at this time. Former Minister of State of Artsakh Artak...
The truck of the father of five minor children was sent to the battlefield by the state and the state does not provide any compensation
Samvel Kotanjyan's barn in Sizavet is being emptied little by little. The father of a large family has to sell a cow and a calf every month to pay off the bank loans. Samvel, 45, who lives in the Sizavet community of the Shirak region, borrowed $8,000 from a bank and...
Life under shells was easier than this year of peace. the nurse is homeless and unemployed
Ofik Antonyan would never have imagined that, at the age of 60, she would be on the streets, relying on goodwill of her friends and relatives. Born in Kapan, she lived in Artsakh for 30 years and served in the Defense Army. Jebrail's regiment, where Ofik served, was...
“Swearing is a consequence of an extremely difficult internal political situation. the atmosphere must be changed instead of fighting against the consequences”
On the last day of termination of its powers, on July 30, the National Assembly of the 7th convocation passed the bill criminalizing swearing. According to the bill, a new article is added to the RA Criminal Code - 137.1 ("Serious insult"), that is, insulting a person...
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Captivity: After being tortured in Baku, soldiers are tortured also in Yerevan
The Journalists for Human Rights NGO summarizes the violations of the rights of 17 servicemen who were captured during the battles of September 13 and returned to Yerevan from Baku on October 4.
“I’m restraining myself; his mother and wife cannot.” The family saw David in the footage released by the Baku court
A few days ago, 65-year-old Nelson Alahverdyan watched a video sent by the son in captivity in Baku at the Armenian office of the Red Cross. In an interview with Forrights.am, he said that the video was several minutes long. "There was a video shot before the trial....
“I can’t put a flower on the grave of my child: who needs such a life?” The problem of the remains remaining in Artsakh is not being resolved
While the issue of the possibility of dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group, which is engaged in the settlement of the Artsakh issue, has come up for discussion, the humanitarian problems of the people of Artsakh remain unresolved. If Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan...
Yervand Aghabalyan, forcibly displaced from Artsakh, was detained: The family was deprived of its only breadearner
Yervand Aghabalyan, forcibly displaced from Artsakh at the end of September, was detained for one month n June 17, 2023. His lawyer Roman Yeritsyan informed Forrights.am that there is no basis for arrest. "It's just a political order. Yervand Aghabalyan is accused of...
“They came in the morning, took us out in our nightgowns, searched the house, took Narek away,” Narek Tevosyan’s wife from Artsakh says
A part of the recording of a telephone conversation between two Artsakh residents in the Artsakh dialect has appeared on the Internet. The RA Investigative Committee and the Public TV Company operating with the funds of the state budget present how men from Artsakh...
Artak Beglaryan calls on UN to take concrete actions to protect security, rights of Artsakh people
The blockade of Artsakh and the cutting of gas supply is a very clear manifestation of the Azerbaijani genocidal policy, which has its assessment by the international law, Advisor to the State Minister of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan told reporters while he was doing a...
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“Journalists for Human Rights” NGO was founded in 2008, after the presidential elections, when 10 RA citizens were killed and many participants of peaceful rallies were subjected to violence as a result of the post-election developments, the violent actions of the authorities.
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A charity exhibition of life convicts in Sevan Penitentiary
Yesterday, an exhibition of the works of three life convicts, Aram Arakelyan, Mikayel Martirosyan and Igor Ohanyan, was organized in the Sevan Penitentiary, in which the clay dishes and decorative items presented were donated to the "Hay Manuk" [Armenian Kid] program...
“I lived in prison for 31 years: what more do they want from me?” the Penal Code does not work for life-sentenced prisoners
The provisions of the new penal code of RA regarding the transfer of convicts to lower security zones do not work. Convicts have repeatedly expressed their protest in this regard, human rights defenders and mass media have addressed the topic, but the cart does not...
“The commander said, ‘Your son is in Yerevan.’ I came and found his body.” The story of Gevorg from Mokhratagh
A mother from Mokhratagh set out on a journey of evacuation, hoping to reach Armenia and find her wounded son in one of the Yerevan hospitals. 65-year-old Anahit Sargsyan's son, Gevorg, has been going up to positions with the militia every month to defend Martakert,...
“Many were turning to the Center to terminate their pregnancies, and we were trying to dissuade them from taking that step:” Artsakh nurse
Lilit Grigoryan worked as a district obstetrician at the Mother and Child Healthcare Center of the Republic of Artsakh until September 19, 2023. Her beloved profession for 20 years was entirely related to monitoring the health of pregnant women registered at the...
International human rights defenders scolded the Armenian government. Why didn’t any Armenians stay in Artsakh?
Freedom House, together with the International Partnership for Human Rights, the Democracy Development Fund, the Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, the Foundation for the Development and Protection of Rights, the NGO Protection of Rights without Borders,...
“Condemnation of the Illegal Actions of the Police”
The civil society and human rights activists of Armenia condemn the actions of the police on June 12, 2024. During the demonstration organized by the “Tavush for the Homeland” movement at the Baghramyan-Demirchyan streets intersection on June 12, the RA Police used...
Captive in Baku calls relatives: “He doesn’t talk much, he says, ‘Send me a warm hat; it’s cold here’”
Matad Babayan, who is in Azerbaijani captivity, called his family from Baku on October 30. “He calls once a week or once a fortnight. There are times when we wait longer for him to call,” Babayan’s grandson, Alen, told Forrights.am. According to family members, Madat...
“They kicked me and beat me with hands, with machine guns:” The days of Lernik’s captivity
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...
The behavior of the West towards Aliyev raises suspicions. Time of sanctions
Western mediation on the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and the Artsakh problem is intensifying, but the lack of practical steps, the sign of artificial equality towards Yerevan and Baku, the responsibility to make a deal with the authoritarian...
It was a pity the doctor
The yard of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Avan-Nor Nork administrative districts of Yerevan was crowded today. The court was examining the issue of detaining Armen Charchyan, a well-known doctor, director of Izmirlian Medical Center, the 20th member on the...
Women with Disabilities in Armenia Face Bias in Their Search for Happiness
Painter and mother of two, 43-year-old Narine Ghukasyan recalls how, ten years ago, when she tried to access state reproductive programs, doctors responded arrogantly: "Are you going to have a child just to make them suffer?" Ghukasyan, who has cerebral palsy (CP),...
“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
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. "I...
“The commander said, ‘Your son is in Yerevan.’ I came and found his body.” The story of Gevorg from Mokhratagh
A mother from Mokhratagh set out on a journey of evacuation, hoping to reach Armenia and find her wounded son in one of the Yerevan hospitals. 65-year-old Anahit Sargsyan's son, Gevorg, has been going up to positions with the militia every month to defend Martakert,...
“Many were turning to the Center to terminate their pregnancies, and we were trying to dissuade them from taking that step:” Artsakh nurse
Lilit Grigoryan worked as a district obstetrician at the Mother and Child Healthcare Center of the Republic of Artsakh until September 19, 2023. Her beloved profession for 20 years was entirely related to monitoring the health of pregnant women registered at the...
“He fought, he strived, he died, but the Turk is now in his home. My son fought hard; the enemy tortured him out of anger”
“He fought, he strived, he died, but the Turk is now in his home. He probably doesn’t know that the Turk is in his home,” Marine Petrosyan says about her son. The mother’s pain is inexplicable. She is a doctor: it is incalculable how many women she has helped to give...
“Mom, don’t let dad go.” The story of Babken Adamyan, who died on the outskirts of Martuni
“Dad, don’t go. Mom, don’t let dad go. Something might happen to him.” These were the last words that little Lilit said to her father, Babken Adamyan. On the morning of September 19, Babken returned home from the positions. As usual, he had taken his daughter to...
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