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Listen to an Unprofessional Ukrainian
I remember meeting my brother at the kamvolni. His face streaked with blood, one eye swollen, clothes torn...Read More »
Deputy MoD Abstains from Clarifying on Purchase of Faulty 40-mln-Worth Arms
He specified that back in the days Serj Sargsyan's government disbursed 15 billion AMD to one of his close persons to procure arms for Armenia. This person, deposited money in some turnover...Read More »
Armenia to Foot the Bill for Convicting Jehovah’s Witnesses
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has published its ruling over "Aghayan and others v. Armenia" by which it obliges Armenia to pay 242,000 EUR to 22 Jehovah's witnesses convicted in 2012 for refusing to serve in the military...Read More »
Driving Soldiers to Suicide to Be Criminalized Separately with More Severe Punishment
From 2010 to 2019 630 deaths were recorded in the army, of which 249 (around 40%) were due to violation of the ceasefire, while about 23% of the remaining 60%...Read More »
Body of a Soldier Found Hanged in Dilijan Training Center: Investigative Committee
The 6th garrison investigative department of the Military Investigative Department is investigating this case on the basis of Article 110, Part 1 of the Criminal Code (driving to suicide). Vahan Musheghyan was 19 years old...Read More »
Soldier on a AWOL Ridiculed by MoD Speaker
"False information has been disclosed by Arthur Baghdasaryan and privileged Artsrun Hovhannisyan about the conscript that had gone AWOL in order to humiliate and punish him․ They are now stating that the reason for his․․․Read More »
Conscript with Illness Discharged Early with More Severe Health Complications
Armen Tadevosyan, drafted to the army with health issues who, with the help of Vanadzor Helsinki Assembly underwent two surgeries during his military service, was discharged from the army before his term.Read More »
‘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...Read More »