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In 2022, at least 50 cases of servicemens’ deaths (in non-combat conditions) were registered in the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Karabakh Defense Army, writes the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly. According to the official versions, the causes of death are as follows: Health issues; 17 cases …Read More »

- Deaths resulted by accidents continue to rise in the armed forces. This gives reason to believe that either soldiers are not properly instructed over safety measures, or they simply do not follow them...Read More »

Mikayelyan was shot by the adversary sniper during his duty at the military post in the North-Eastern part of Armenia. "Ministry of Defense expresses its deep condolences and support to the family․․․Read More »

The precondition of the Prime Minister is that parents must accept the results of the final conclusions regardless of findings. If at the end of the first case review...Read More »

Armenia's Investigative Committee reports that on June 3, at 13:50, a military vehicle transporting soldiers from military exercises in Nagorno Karabakh, ran into an accident. The vehicle turned around...Read More »

Armenia's Investigative Committee reports that 20-year-old conscript , Henrik Aramyan on duty in NK received a gunshot in his head on May 19, 2020 incompatible with life.․․Read More »

In the territory near N military unit of Karabakh Defense Army, conscript, private Sasun Suren Margaryan died from a gunshot around his chest. A criminal investigation is underway according...Read More »

Of the 16 military servicemen died in the first quarter of 2020, 5 were mandatory conscripts, 7 were contract soldiers, and 4 were lieutenants. Overall, the conscripts are reported to have died due to suicide...Read More »

Within one day, the Investigative Committee of Armenia reported two different criminal accounts based on which investigation was underway: first, "negligibly driving someone to suicide", then "violation of rules of combat duty...Read More »

This is the 11th case of death in the army since the beginning of the year. None of them is a combat-related casualty. Investigative bodies characterized 4 of them as suicides. Read More »