by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
On March 8, 1995, a convict of Nubarashen penitentiary Samvel Shahgeldyan, born in 1959, had his veins cut, and, on March 7, he swallowed a few needles. Today, he contacted us from the prison and told that he had swallowed a razor blade. The demand is one: to force...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
22-year-old kamancha player Mher Potoyan served in the army as a bassoon player. He was killed on October 27, 2020 in Askeran. Seven months later, his mother, Satenik Khalatyan, died in a tragic car accident. Mher was one of the four sons of the family. The father,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Army
Arman Khachatryan, one of the servicemen who returned from captivity in Azerbaijan, remains in prison in Armenia, as reported to Forrights.am by the RA Prosecutor General’s Office. Arman Khachatryan is an officer. He was captured on November 16, 2021 during the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army
Private Arthur Babayan, who returned from captivity in Baku on February 7, was transferred to compulsory military service after returning to his homeland and being detained by the military police for 10 days. The soldier’s father Seyran Babayan mentioned this in...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 14, 2022 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
“There was a very unexpected attack by the Yashma detachment, we fought in hand-to-hand combat, our position was blocked: they were much more than us. It was our shift at that moment,” Major Narek Yerimyan, Deputy Battalion Commander, recalled the incident...
