by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 8, 2020 | News, Torture
The acting police chief of Sisian has beaten a 60-year-old citizen for not taking over the theft. The incident took place on April 6. The citizen was detained at three o’clock AM. “They took me for theft, the Sisian police chief beat me. I was in that...
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 22, 2020 | Army
The trial of Artur Mkrtchyan, a life-sentenced convict, is continuing at the Shengavit Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan. On August 1, 2018, the court, under the presidency of Judge Artush Gabrielyan, made an unprecedented ruling on the case of Arthur...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 20, 2020 | Closed Institutions
Former YVU (Yerkrapah Volunteer Union) President Manvel Grigoryan’s health condition does not inspire optimism. His lawyer Arsen Mkrtchyan’s statement of last week that the fact that Grigoryan is still alive is very good news, quite credibly describes his...