Armenian Soldier With Foot Problems Forced to Serve in Slippers
Petrosyan, as HCAV reported, was conscripted into army service despite having serious disqualifying health conditions, including third degree flat feet, heel bursitis, which made him unable to wear standard military boots...
Armenian Military Authorities Report Third Soldier Death in Five Days
Note, another 19-year-old Defense Army soldier, Arayik Ordubekyan, had died on September 2 “when carrying out combat duties,” according to NKR military authorities. ..
Armenian Serviceman Found Dead at Bottom of Cliff
Gegham A Yeghiazaryan, a serviceman of a southwestern military unit of Armenia's Armed Forces, was found dead Monday afternoon at the bottom of a cliff on the road leading to combat positions, the Armenian...
Heroized Armenian Colonel Would Beat Soldiers with ‘Particular Cruelty’
At the start of the “Four Day War,” division deputy commander Melkumyan was wounded in the leg, and this is how the editor of “168 Zham” newspaper [ARM], who visited the serviceman at the Jabrail military ...
Anonymous Feminists: “They Make Money Through Our Dead Bodies”
We believe that this patriarchal act of war can be stopped by the collective action and demand for institutional demilitarization and end of state oppression across the region...
Hatred and Hostility Only Serves Interests of Armenian, Azerbaijani 'Criminal Clans'
The conflict has brought a lot of misery to our peoples, has taken away a number of our loved ones and belongings. 17 thousand dead and 20 thousand wounded in Azerbaijan; 6 thousand killed and over 10 wounded in...
‘People Are Not Born Nationalists:’ Who Benefits From the Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
[Mass media] feeds the people daily with what seems to have become usual and essential hatred, xenophobia and militarism in both an obvious and concealed manner. As a result, ..
Defense Lawyers in Armenian Cadet Murder Case Do Not Trust Forensic Evidence
According to the forensic medical examination of Barseghyan's corpse, the cause of death has been ruled as asphyxia by compression of the neck with a blunt object. Experts also found ...
Hearing Into Armenian Cadet's Murder Postponed Again
Recall, cadet Haykaz Barseghyan's body was found on January 29 hanging from a chin-up bar in the sports ground of the Vazgen Sargsyan Institute. Four cadets of the same military institute, Vache Sahakyan...
First Court Hearing Into Armenian Cadet's Murder Postponed
As the hearing proceeded, judge Harutyunyan announced his decision to adjourn the hearing until December 1; however, the attorney of one of the accused protested, claiming he had a “busy schedule that day...
Preliminary Findings Show Armenian Cadet Killed With 'Extreme Cruelty'
“There was an attempt to imitate suicide. While [Barseghyan] was in bed, a few other soldiers held him from his arms and legs, covered his mouth, depriving him of the chance to call for help. They used a sharp cutting tool...
Father Says Armenian Cadet's Suicide Note Is Forgery
“The accused say they were my son's friends, they write us letters. That is not true. Haykaz was a loner. My brother's son asked him if there were boys at the Institute who “'felt too comfortable.' Haykaz said...