'Army Is the Horror of the Nation;' Graffiti in Yerevan Against Military Benefits Tax
We could talk at length about how disastrous war is; but people in both Armenia and Azerbaijan already know that. Rightless and oppressed people are closely acquainted with war, and we could hardly find anyone who would say they “want war...
Armenia Soldier Demobilized Because of Army-Acquired Diseases Not Given Disability Status
The draw showed that the young man was to serve in a Jabrayil military unit; however, a week after the draft, Sargis’ parents were informed that the soldier had been transferred to the hospital. “His health deteriorated within a month...
Armenian Contract Soldier Found Dead With Gunshot Wounds to Head
Armenian contract serviceman Ivan D Hayrapetyan was found dead inside the passport control building of one of Defense Ministry's military units at around 10 pm on Thursday, Armenia's Investigative Committee reports. The...
Armenian Soldiers' Families Not Provided Full Information About Their Sons' Deaths
In the period May-June, the human rights organization conducted surveys among 61 Armenia-based families of servicemen who died in April in NKR military units and found out that the relatives had not been properly informed about the...
Republican MP Convinced ‘God Will Punish’ Army Plunderers
God forbid we try and do some good for the people, everyone immediately starts talking about the looting, the plunder going on in the army and what not… Those who steal from the army will answer for it. I’d rather they be punished...
Former Armenian Serviceman Promised Treatment Abroad, Sent to Jail Instead
“They dragged the issue for over a year and finally said that there was not enough money in the state budget to send Davit to Germany,” Sergey Hakobyan said. Officials' failure to carry out their promise, the father added...
Armenian Government's New Military Benefits Tax Aims to Rip Off Citizens, Protesters Claim
Several opposition lawmakers, in turn, spoke against the bill from the parliament floor. Heritage faction representative Zaruhi Postanjan, namely, urged her colleagues to vote against the discussion of the bill because...
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...
Yerevan Prisoner on Hunger Strike Over Continued Detention
“Narek insists that he should be released on his own recognizance. The preliminary investigation has already been completed, and he has no way of interfering with the proceedings. Sargsyan's wife and two young...
Armenian Women Protest Against Judicial Executors’ Failure to Carry Out Custody Rulings
After standing in front of the building for nearly an hour and waiting to no avail for JACES officials to come out and hear their demands, the women finally decided to walk into the building in an attempt to get the officials’ attention. ..
Armenian Soldier Killed in Karabakh
Gurgen Ayvazyan, a 20-year-old soldier of a northeastern military unit of Nagorno-Karabakh's Defense Army, was fatally wounded at around 5 pm on Wednesday as a result of a a ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani armed...
PM Will Not Respond to Corruption Allegations Against Armenian Army Chief, Veteran Says
- I don't want us to turn every vicious phenomenon in our army into a subject of speculation. The army is the only source of our safety; it protects us from Turkey and Azerbaijan...