by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 10, 2019 | Editor's Choice
On February 22, after the last court hearing on the Nork-Marash militant group case, the defendant Artur Vardanyan was transferred to the Mikayelyan Hospital in an extremely severe condition. His wife, Ashkhen Sumbulyan, told Forrights.am that her husband had been...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 10, 2019 | Army, Editor's Choice
Davit Kamalyan, a former military serviceman, a resident of Ijevan, Tavush region, and his parents are offended and indignant at the decision of the RA Investigative Committee that decided to close the criminal case filed for shooting at 19-year-old Davit. He received...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 4, 2019 | News
Parents of Karen Ghazaryan, who have been captured in Azerbaijan under unclear circumstances and sentenced to 20 years by Gyanja’s court lately, are in desperate state of mind. Seeing the picture of Karen in the courtroom published by the Azerbaijani media, they...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 28, 2019 | Closed Institutions
Arthur Sakunts, a human rights activist and member of the public monitoring group in the penitentiary institutions, considers the ban on visiting Arthur Vardanyan, whose health is in extremely critical state, “an arbitrary interpretation of the law.” “This...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 27, 2019 | Freedom of Speech
Ashot Melikyan, the Chairman of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, condemns Kotayk Regional Police Department chief Arsen Arzumanyan’s acquittal verdict, who has harassed reporter Tirayr Muradyan and hindered his journalistic activities. As we have...