Investigative Body Covering Up Armenian Conscripts’ Murder, Expert Claims
Avetisyan and Aramyan were killed on the night of April 6, 2016. At the time of the incident, the soldiers were located on Armenia’s eastern border, on the second defensive line...
Defense Ministry Not Providing Any Help to Serviceman Injured in ‘Four-Day War’
Ministry officials have refused to assist Martoyan with his housing problem even though he’s legally entitled to an apartment. Martoyan, who can no longer work, let alone walk...
Yerevan Court Denies Petition for Exhumation of Soldier’s Corpse
The bullet hole on Manucharyan’s trousers, the expert added, definitely testifies that his death was a premeditated murder, since Manucharyan would have been unable to commit...
Armenia’s Defense Minister Talks Big While Soldiers Are Slaughtered in the Army, Parents of Dead Conscript Say
The Mkhitaryans recall that when their son was only drafted into the army, he “ended up in a bad troop,” and the family tried their best to transfer Arsen to a different unit...
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...
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...
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..
Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Denounce Defense Ministry's New Service Option
They offer the soldiers 5 million drams to serve for 3 years. Who would take them up on this offer? Children from poverty-stricken families, of course, who'll want to...
Nagorno-Karabakh Conscript Found Dead in Alleged Suicide
According to the preliminary information gathered, 19-year-old Avetisyan's fatal wound was self-inflicted; a criminal case has been launched under article 110.1 of Armenia's ...
No Armenian Defense Official Held Responsible for Negligence During 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes
People were killed, and the compensation for their deaths should not just be paid out in medals; there should be a criminal investigation...
Russian Soldier Found Dead in Gyumri; Suspect Arrested
In 2016, [Armen J.] was committed to the psychiatric ward of the Central Clinical Military Hospital in Yerevan for multiple episodes of self-harm. He then underwent comprehensive...
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...