by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 8, 2019 | Army
Yesterday, on December 6, the body of soldier Arthur Ajamyan was buried in Artashar village. The village mayor Manvel Ohanyan told Forrights.am that people from all over Armenia had come to the funeral. “There were 3,000 people present. When they heard that a soldier...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 23, 2019 | Editor's Choice, Torture
Yesterday, a video was posted on NewsMedia’s YouTube page showing police officers trying to extort testimony from a citizen, torturing him with a respirator and a baton. Ashot Aharonyan, head of the Police’s Public Relations and Information Department,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 18, 2019 | News
Three journalists of the NGO “Journalists for Human Rights” received prizes as well as letters of gratitude from the Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan at the award ceremony “A Public Look at the Closed World: “Human Rights Situation in Closed Institutions” and...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 17, 2019 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
A professional criminal Merab Kalashov is not in Armenia. He was extradited and handed over to French law enforcement bodies, but a criminal case has been filed for his illegal extradition and beating. Merab Kalashov’s lawyer Armen Melkonyan told Forrights.am:...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 15, 2019 | News
On August 1, 2018, the Yerevan District general jurisdiction Avan court made an unprecedented decision in the case of Artur Mkrtchyan, convicted to life imprisonment. Judge Artush Gabrielyan recognized the decision of the Distribution Commission to refuse to change...
