by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 26, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
In one of the last houses of the village of Getamej is mourning. Neighbors and friends do not leave Arthur Gevorgyan and his wife Alvard alone. A few days ago, Arthur and Alvard buried their son, the private Vanik Gevorgyan, and now they are in shock. “It seems...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 20, 2018 | News
Artist Arayik Petrosyan, who got concussion and was treated for three months in hospital as a result of a severe beatings on March 1, 2008, is convinced that police operations on March 1 were organized “at the highest level”. “To say that Kocharyan...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Sep 13, 2018 | Army, Editor's Choice
“We have lost a treasure, and no one can fill his place. All the Nor Hajn mourns his death. This loss, this pain is something else, you cannot imagine … Tell me how can I survive?” weeps the mother of the deceased soldier Artur Gasparyan, Marine...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 25, 2018 | Army
Sofik Ghevondyan does not know how to open up in front of strangers – the journalists who arrived from Yerevan to the remote village of Gogavan in the Lori region. She has lost her self-control only on July 24. She was feeding the livestock when the police with the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 18, 2018 | Closed Institutions, Interviews, Torture
For three months, Goris police officers have turned Vagharshak Avetisyan`s life into a real hell, beating and torturing him one after another. Vagharshak Avetisyan, 20, had nothing else left to do than confess the crime he did not commit before a video camera. 10...