by Ani Gevorgyan | Nov 13, 2023 | Editor's Choice
Meline Balayan, the mother of four children, regrets the most that she did not manage to visit her husband’s grave for the last time when she left Artsakh. The displaced woman from the Gishi village of Martuni region of NK became a single mother in the summer of...
by Ani Gevorgyan | Oct 30, 2023 | Editor's Choice
Alyosha Harutyunyan, who spent his whole life in the Sarushen village of Askeran, cannot imagine his life away from his homeland. He says, “My heart is saddened.” The Harutyunyans now live in one of the temporary shelters in the city of Masis, and...
by Ani Gevorgyan | Oct 30, 2023 | Editor's Choice
Samvel Sargsyan from Artsakh had never come to Armenia before, he says that he came for the first time, after being forcibly displaced. Leaving his house in Stepanakert, Samvel only managed to pick up his samovar, after which he set fire to his house and left. The...
by Ani Gevorgyan | Oct 26, 2023 | Editor's Choice
Emma Yeremyan shows photos on her phone. “This is my living room, this is my kitchen, this is my yard, these are my son’s medals… I do not care about the loss of anything. The most precious thing I left in Artsakh are the graves of my husband and...
by Ani Gevorgyan | Oct 13, 2023 | Editor's Choice
“I am the mother of five children,” says the forcibly displaced woman from Stepanakert, then she corrects herself, “but now, I have four.” 41-year-old Narine Sahakyan lost her eldest son, 19-year-old Samvel, on September 19, but still...
