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Two Conscripts Die in NK
The press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia reports that on February 12, 2020, at around 11:30, army conscripts Tigran Manvelyan and Tigran Mkhoyan both born in 2000, died of a weapon injury inflicted...Read More »
3 Servicemen Perish, 1 Survives in Avalanche
Bodies of three of them, Karapet Nazaryan (born in 1991), Tigran Arzumanyan (born 1994) and Never Shahbazyan (born 1995) were found dead. Contract serviceman Hamlet Mirzoyan (born in 1998) was saved...Read More »
“We are Confident, It was a Murder” Conscript’s Family is Protesting in Front of the Parliament
They received a phone call from the military unit and were told that "a fight had broken out and a killing occurred." The relatives of Ajamyan, of the yezidi community...Read More »
Suicide Soldier and Real Army Stories from Former Soldiers: Anti-Militarist Action Held in Yerevan
According to Peace Dialogue NGO data, a total of 59 soldiers died in Armenia and Karabakh in 2017. Twenty-two servicemen were killed as a result of ceasefire violations, and the remaining 37...Read More »
‘Did the Army Make a Man Out of You?’ – Anonymous Action in Yerevan on Army Day
- And we, with the excitement of a baby who has just gotten the desired, rushed forward, ignoring the brutal cold wind beating us in the face...Read More »
Monetization of Soldiers’ Lives and Society’s Militarization: Discussion on ‘Nation -Army’ Concept
We need to do our best to abolish the ‘nation-army’ concept in Armenia. Armenia should be developing, combat-ready and so on, but it should not be possessed with the terrible...Read More »
Contract Soldier Dead in Vayk Military Unit
The press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan confirmed the information, noting that the circumstances and causes of Isalov's death will be reported later...Read More »
Armenia’s New Prosecutor General Promises to Resume Investigation Into Soldier’s Non-Combat Death
The soldier's family, however, have been arguing for years that their son was murdered and that investigators, namely investigator Arman Apresyan, were deliberately covering up the case...Read More »
Yerevan Court Won’t Reopen Investigation Into Soldier’s Non-Combat Death
“These people are not judges, they are minions who follow whatever orders they are given from those in power. There is no justice in this country,” Muradyan announced today after hearing the court's verdict. The aggrieved ...Read More »
Criminologist Alleges Perjury by Forensic Experts in Case of Soldier’s Death, Calls for Their Investigation
The criminologist added that forensic expert Hambardzumyan later said in court that he had not examined Manucharyan's trousers, which, according to Martirosyan, “is also a criminally punishable lie.,,Read More »