by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 17, 2025 | Editor's Choice
The Aghajanyan family, forcibly displaced from the city of Martuni in Artsakh, found themselves in a difficult social situation. After arriving in Armenia, another misfortune happened to them: Liana Aghajanyan’s 18 and 21-year-old children got into a car...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 17, 2025 | Editor's Choice
73-year-old Suren Shaboyan was the village head of Drmbon in the Martakert region of Artsakh [Nagorno Karabakh] for about 36 years. His two sons and grandson participated in the Artsakh wars. His grandson, Suren, who is a student in Yerevan, wrote a book about the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Feb 17, 2025 | Army, Editor's Choice
In an interview with Forrights.am, Gagik Melkonyan, father of conscript Sargis Melkonyan, raised the alarm that his son was subjected to violence by the command staff in the Kapan military unit. “On December 31, he was on duty at the checkpoint. He was talking to...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jan 29, 2025 | Editor's Choice
“Sznek was already in the hands of the enemy. We were fleeing through the forests to the village of Khachmach. On the way, I thought, no matter what, at least let’s not be captured,” recalls 55-year-old Hranush. Hranush Aghabekyan now lives in Yerevan with her two...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 23, 2024 | Editor's Choice
Reserve officer Garnik Mnatsakanyan, 50, was born in the village of Shosh, Askeran region of NK. He graduated from the local school in the early stages of the Artsakh movement and immediately joined the struggle for survival. In the 1990s, as part of the Shosh village...