by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Closed Institutions
Human rights activist Sashik Sultanyan, chairman of the Yezidi Center for Human Rights, denies the accusation. In a conversation with Forrights.am, he described ithe accusationt as groundless, noting that the RA National Security Service carried out a one-sided...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Closed Institutions, News
Karen Hovhannisyan, a former employee of the “Panther” security service, who has been accused of killing his ex-girlfriend since 2018 and has been kept in prison, has been constantly fighting against the accusation during these years. He was twice beaten...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Closed Institutions
The penitentiaries are overlooked and the torture continues there. Human rights activist Zhanna Aleksanyan, President of the “Journalists for Human Rights” NGO, stated this during today’s press conference in the “Media Center”. The press...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Army, Editor's Choice, News, Photos
Pavel Manukyan, a two-month conscript, was killed in Jrakan on the 13th day of the 44-day war. He could have survived today if, after receiving a splinter wound earlier, he did not continue to fight but agreed to be taken to hospital. The only son of the parents was...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Interviews
On the last day of termination of its powers, on July 30, the National Assembly of the 7th convocation passed the bill criminalizing swearing. According to the bill, a new article is added to the RA Criminal Code – 137.1 (“Serious insult”), that is,...