by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 14, 2018 | News
The Journalists for Human Rights NGO received two special awards in the journalistic works contest award ceremony on topics “A Public Glimpse into a Closed World: ‘Human Rights Situation in Closed Institutions’” and “The Right to Be Free From Ill-Treatment”. The...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 12, 2018 | Army
Anahit Ghukasyan, the daughter of 57-year-old Julieta Ghukasyan, who was killed in the Slabodka district of the town of Gyumri early in December, is unable to admit that her mother is no more. On that day at 7 am an unknown person attacked a woman who was cleaning the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 26, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
The mother of Levon Torosyan, a soldier killed in the Mehrabner border military unit in Tavush region on May 6, cannot forget his son’s phonecall. Right before his death, he has talked to her for 4 minutes and 16 seconds. Suddenly the son screamed,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 26, 2018 | Closed Institutions
Artur Mkrtchyan, a life-term prisoner, has been in prison for nearly 23 years. On August 1, an unprecedented decision was made at the Avan residence of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction regarding his case. Judge Artush Gabrielyan has recognized the decision of...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Nov 22, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
The parents of about 10 soldier who were killed in the army and whose deaths were labeled as “suicides”, met with the acting prime minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today. The meeting was not the initiative of the authorities; yesterday, the fathers of...