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Family of Armenian Soldier Do Not Believe Son Died by Suicide
[Karen] was looking forward to April 26 because his mom was to go and spend a whole day with him in Karabakh. He was very happy and very excited about this, therefore he...Read More »
Armenia’s Government to Take Decision on Paying 50 000 Euros to Soldier’s Family
Hrachik Muradyan, a native of the village of Baghramyan, had filed an appeal with the ECHR, claiming that his son had died as a result of ill-treatment by his superiors while in the...Read More »
Three Karabakh Soldiers Drown in Reservoir Near Military Unit
Three soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army were killed on May 8 when their car fell into a reservoir near the Mataghis military unit, the NKR defense ministry said in an official statement...Read More »
40-Year-Old Tsovasar Woman Killed by Husband
The village head said he was surprised to find himself cited by the press as having said that the woman was beaten to death with keys; Mkhitaryan claims that he has only told ...Read More »
Sanitek Employee Has Leg Amputated after Being Hit by Car While on Duty
“I like cleaning up the like it is my own house,” one of them claims and adds. “My heart is the people and my job is the care about them...Read More »
Armenian Conscript Sent to Border Unit Despite Serious Health Problems
The human rights defender has been provided with Kirakosyan's medical examination results, which, according to her, do not fully correspond to the soldier's current health state..Read More »
Armenian Online Broadcaster Wins Case in European Court
The European Court has now found that the first instance court has violated the international human rights standards for fair trials and decided that Armenian authorities should reopen...Read More »
Russian Soldier Jailed for Life for Killing Armenian Family May Serve Sentence in Russia
Of course, there may be complaints and emotional outbursts regarding the extradition, but that's it. This is now a problem of how the Armenian state defends...Read More »
Armenian Teachers Boycott Work to Protest Poor School Facilities
The school hasn't had a PE hall in 25 years; there are no computer labs, no library, no performance hall: all these rooms have been turned into classrooms due to the increase in student numbers...Read More »
Gaspari Dubs Armenia’s Prime Minister ‘Godfather of Plain Looting’
The demonstrator held up posters including some reading, "[Prime minister] K. Karapetyan, one does not run an economy by playing drums" and "Godfather of plain looting...Read More »