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NGO published 119 Publications on Human Rights Violations in Closed Institutions, 47 of which were translated into English

  1. The mother kneeled at the gates of the military unit, but they did not let her in. The family denies the version of suicide
  2. THE THIEVES OF FUEL HAVE DESTROYED SOLDIERS FOR YEARS
  3. “If they are not able to provide housing to Karabakhgwar victimes, let them exile” “
  4. Hrant Mangasaryan’s death circumstances revealed; High ranking official is charged
  5. When you deal with the life and death of a soldier, the victory becomes more valuable
  6. General’s summer
  7. “Nothing has changed, I’m still being tortured in prison.” Arkadi Vardanyan
  8. “If you were able to stay in jail and not become a beast, that’s just enough to return to society.”
  9. “He wanted water, they gave him a bottle of water with a pond moss”. Torturing a soldier they forced him to make a false statement
  10. The prison sentence expired 3 months ago, but they are still in prison
  11. Serving in the Armenian Armed Forces endangers the life of a homosexual conscript
  12. The captain has a habit of drunkenness and shooting in the air. The assassin commander was not arrested
  13. We, 42 people who were previously sentenced to death, have fallen under the “strike” of Nairi Hunanyan and Robert Kocharyan. Armen Ter-Sahakyan
  14. Gentlemen, either put an end to the lawlessness in the penitentiary system or resign
  15. The judge and prosecutor documented the inaction of Nubarashen penetentiary
  16. The court found violations of rights of the life prisoner
  17. Artak Zeynalyan did not receive the life sentenced: he resumed his hunger strike
  18. Recruiting young people with health issues is continued
  19. Arthur has not forgotten his Golgotha. “I opened my arms, forced me to bend the head and said, ‘You’re Jesus, We have crucified you”
  20. Nor Nork police officers kidnaped 18-year-old youth for violence
  21. Hayk Mkhitaryan underent violence in the police station, was indicted instead as a culprit
  22. They tied up his feet and hands, threw him on the floor and threatened, if he did not accept the blame of the murder of a taxi driver, he would be raped.
  23. “My child is gone, like a piece of bread,” Zhorik was shot and left helples
  24. This should be the last act of amnesty. Why is amnesty delayed?
  25. 4 deaths in 2 months: Armenia is the first country by mortality rate in prison
  26. The murdered soldier is charged with sexual assault and other “deadly sins”: The silence of the deceased as a guarantee for concealment of the investigation
  27. The mysterious death of the soldier: Director Aram Shahbazyan was present at the autopsy of his operator
  28. “Grigor Grigoryan must first say how a soldier was killed on March 1, not far from him.” Member of fact-finding group
  29. The vicious practice of questioning uninformed witnesses continues in the courts. Attorney
  30. Lance-corporal Melkonyan dies because of 3 liters of vodka. The deputy commander of the battalion is under arrest
  31. Aghasik’s naked body, wrapped in rags, was sent home. The father of the deceased exposes the official lies
  32. “My son was beaten every day for two months … He was so thin that he couldn’t even hold that heavy weapon”
  33. “He has gone to the army, returned after six months with cancer” ; no one accepts the soldier’s mother
  34. “Hey, are you still here, see what we will do to you?” raped soldier in court
  35. “Every day for 24 years I remember with sadness how this happened.” a life sentence convict spoke
  36. “The state puts people in four walls and closes the door so that they die slowly”
  37. Karen Oganesyan was sentenced to life in prison
  38. Gyumri police beat man retaliation as a means of achieving justice
  39. “My son saved his life from the blast, but his deed is not appreciated.” Davit Tonoyan does not accept the mother of the soldier for 7 months
  40. The soldier is lame. The hospital sees no need for surgery and no treatment at the hospital
  41. The Dog that respects itself will Not Eat the food given in prisons:Former prisoner Arkadi Vardanyan
  42. Life prisoner alerts: court reverses sentence, but penitentiary institution fails to do react
  43. Suicide or murder? There were scratches on the hands of the “suicide bomber”, and bruises on the testicles
  44. Mystical death in Askeran military unit. The soldier’s death is re-presented as a suicide
  45. “The guy was killed, they made him sit on a stump and put the a machine gun under the jaw”
  46. Armenian Defense Ministry unaware of state of its soldiers The “Artsakh” nightmare of the raped soldier does not end there
  47. The lawyers turn the rapist’s version vice versa. Adibekyan was killed by at least two
  48. “I’m not a killer, don’t blackmail me.” Vlad Davtyan went on a hunger strike
  49. “After one shot Arthur just couldn’t survive and release a second shot”; New circumstances have emerged related the death of a soldier.
  50. Investigators play ugly game with dead soldier’s honor. Frauds in Narek Adibekyan’s murder case .
  51. Penitentiary Department fails to execute court decision; Deputy Minister promised to deal with the problem.
  52. Failure to provide proper medical care by the state resulted in the death of the convict.
  53. “Until My Son is healed, I will not let him go to service”. soldier’s mother .
  54. Тхе battalion commander beat the mentally seak soldier; He is in a psychiatric hospital in serious condition
  55. The soldier was taken to the military police. MOD vs. Soldier .
  56. The lame soldier was discharged from the hospital without surgery and sent to service .
  57. Relatives of killed serviceman demand retrial .
  58. If my son had not miraculously survived or remembered what had happened, he would have been shot. soldier’s mother.
  59. The younger brother is urgently being  recruited: between life and death; the “humanitarian” face of our army .
  60. “This is torture”. Defenders of Mher Yeghiazaryan, who died in a 44-day hunger strike, will apply to the European Court.
  61. The Court of Cassation has found a violation of Vardan Geravetyan’s right to personal freedom
  62. The convict of Vanadzor Penitentiary has stopped the hunger strike after the prosecutor’s visit .
  63. “Gevorg Haroyan did not commit suicid. He was tortured and killed . ”
  64. Yezidi soldier’s lawyer will appeal to Prosecutor’s Office against Defense Minister Tonoyan’s official inaction
  65. The court is considering the suit of a soldier with “behavioral disorders” .
  66. The lawyer of the serviceman presented a report about the crime
  67. The soldier declared a simulator by the Ministry of Defense was able to speak only under the sedative, telling what happened to him
  68. “My trousers were so bloody that it “stands”” Former Ombudsman’s brother conducted Vagharshak Avetisyan’s case
  69. Was the letter about the Suicide false? The ice on the death of Captain Andranik Mkrtchyan has broken
  70. Rejecting the “lifelong prisoners”, the prime minister and the president have avoided inflaming passions
  71. “What is this called, it’s been 1.5 months now, hasn’t it?” Deceased serviceman’s widow confronts David Tonoyan
  72. Бed-wettingas a stigma for a soldier
  73. Hunger Strike in Nubarashen PrisonVictims of Judge Gagik Poghosyan, SJC does not respond to complaints
  74. “I am corrected, exhibited good behavior, I go to the library”. Court rejects conditional release
  75. The case of Hovsep Grigoryan’s death was investigated within six months and the “official” murderer was released under amnesty .
  76. The soldier accused of false betrayal was recognized as the victim, and the lawyer was the victim’s representative
  77. “If they don’t protect a sick man, Leav him to die in prison, How do they differ from their ancestors?”
  78. “My client Yurik Broyan has been subjected to inhuman treatment during his military service.”
  79. A thorough investigation into the case of serviceman Yurik Broyan is being conducted as a result of public control.
  80. Psychiatrists of the hospital and psychiatric clinic  will be summoned to court over the case of a soldier declared a “simulator” by the MOD.
  81. Mher Yerznkyan, victim of unannounced sabotage? from the Military Prosecutor’s Office’s “non-disclosure” series .
  82. Arrest or Torture? The NSS employs inadmissible methods against a blind accused .
  83. Judges can’t say “No” to NSS: the seriously ill patient is not released.
  84. The tortured soldier does not want to see a person in military uniform .
  85. Defense Ministry won’t be called to responsibility for hiding soldier’s death for about 1.5 months “No one has mais a failure to be punished .”
  86. The soldier was taken to the same military unit where he was sexually assaulted .
  87. The criminal case against the sergeant who fired 15 bullets at a soldier was dropped. Father thinks that “money has played a role”
  88. Arthur Vardanyan is sent to hospital; to be healed or to die? philanthropy as a failed area.
  89. The child has been beatenviolently, and the case is dismissed? David’s parents, who became 1st category disabled in the army, were unaware that the case had been dropped.
  90. Prisoner convicted to 13 years in prison released from court The war of Alaverdi authorities continues .
  91. Parents of soldiers who died in peace conditions were received by the National Human Rights Committee .
  92. “These people have taken away all my possibilities from me”: Former soldier starts hunger strike in front of MOD .
  93. The army needs civilian control .
  94. The Court of Cassation granted Hasmik Sargsyan a probation term of two years .
  95. Why are deaths of servicemen with obvious facts classified as suicide instead of murder ? Meeting in the National Assembly.
  96. “If S. Sargsyan’s nephew is being released, and my husband who stands against that regime is under arrest, so there was no revolution.”
  97. “The wrists were completely bloodthirsty, they were beaten so much, they were wrapped with a tie to prevent the wounds from appearing.”
  98. The Court of Appeal recognized the violation of Hasmik Sargsyan’s rights and freedoms .
  99. The Ministry of Defense punishes a sick serviceman without any grounds and holding in the military police .
  100. Sexually abused servicemen have to choose whether to continue their service or not .
  101. Defense Ministry looks at army with closed eyes. The facts of sexual abuse are ignored .
  102. “Being a homosexual in the criminal world is a kind of ‘label’ in which a person is sentenced to double punishment .”
  103. “It was the children’s war.” Nvard Sloyan .
  104. The information about the preparation of Azerbaijan to April War came from the intelligence of the Artsakh army. Seyran Ohanyan
  105. “We didn’t understand how they became innocent.” The parents of the deceased soldier have appealed the doctors’ acquittal .
  106. Captain Andranik Mkrtchyan’s “posthumous” letter is fake; the lawyer demands the investigator’s challenge
  107. Captain Andranik Mkrtchyan was beaten to death: facts that the prosecution avoids to clarify
  108. There has been some debate over the incident for several days. Suicide or special operation against April war hero? The shadow of Vladimir Gasparyan.
  109. “I’m not going to hide this case.” The Investigative Committee did not properly inform the relatives of the late Edgar Chatinyan about opening a criminal case.
  110. Investigation into Tortured Soldier’s Case Completed: the case was examined by the same section that was terminated it four years ago
  111. The RA Investigative Committee “overturned” the Court of Cassation’s precedent ruling on a violation of the right to be free from torture of a soldier.
  112. “You will regret, just try to say something.” The police threatened the relatives of the tortured citizen.
  113. “Military serviceman Yurik Broyan is not a simulator, In addition his actions were not simulated,” the forensic examination confirms.
  114. “This is the first time that the investigator has been tried as a resault if re-qualification.” Shushanyan’s trial took place in a tense atmosphere.
  115. The arbitrariness of the penitentiary service; a life inmate is deprived of the opportunity to see relatives .
  116. The court interrogates the witnesses in the case of Tatul Shushanyan.
  117. The Tosunyan family is ready to testify against Vahagn Harutyunyan and David Grigoryan .
  118. Kado’s situation is extremely grave: the former zone watcher rebels against protracted trials.
  119. “I would be stupid not to do that.” Seyran Ohanyan has left a deep and closed study on the April war in the Ministry of Defense .

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  1. “If one was able to stay a human being in the prison, not become an animal, that fact alone is sufficient for returning to society”
  2. The mother kneeled at the gates of the military unit, but they did not let her in. The family denies the version of suicide
  3. THE THIEVES OF FUEL HAVE DESTROYED SOLDIERS FOR YEARS
  4. When you deal with the life and death of a soldier, the victory becomes more valuable
  5. Serving in Armenian Armed Forces endangers lives of homosexual conscripts
  6. “The captain has a habit to drink and shoot in the air”. The commander who committed murder has not been arrested
  7. Judge and prosecutor have proved the inactivity of Nubarashen penitentiary
  8. Artak Zeynalyan did not meet with the life prisoner: he resumed his hunger strike
  9. Nor Nork police officers kidnapped and abused an 18-years old young man from the village of Zolakar
  10. They tied up his feet and hands, threw him on the floor and threatened, if he did not accept the blame of the murder of a taxi driver, he would be raped
  11. «My son was gone like a piece of bread». They shot Zhorik and left him in a helpless condition
  12. 4 deaths in 2 months: Armenia is the first country by mortality rate in prison
  13. The murdered soldier is charged with sexual assault and other “deadly sins”: The silence of the deceased as a guarantee for concealment of the investigation
  14. The mysterious death of the soldier: Director Aram Shahbazyan was present at the autopsy of his operator
  15. Aghasik’s naked body, wrapped in rags, was sent home. The father of the deceased exposes the official lies
  16. “Hey! Are you still alive? You’ll see what we’ll do with you!”: The raped soldier before the court
  17. Karen Oganesyan, a life-sentenced prisoner, was released on parole
  18. Gyumri police officers beat a man։ Reparation as means of achieving justice
  19. “Not a self-respecting dog would eat prison food:” Former prisoner Arkadi Vardanyan
  20. The Court recognizes the decision of the Placement Committee as illegal and replaces the lifer’s imprisonment regimen
  21. Mysterious death in Askeran military unit։ The soldier’s death is again presented as suicide
  22. “The boy was killed, placed on a stamp and the machine gun was put under his jaw”
  23. “My mother was a smart, gentle, innocent woman: I cannot imagine, was the murderer born of a human being, or a monster?”
  24. The commander of the battalion beat the soldier with mental disorder. He is in a psychiatric hospital, in a critical situation
  25. The soldier with mental disorder was taken to a military police station: The Ministry of Defense against the soldier
  26. “Gevorg Haroyan did not commit suicide; He was tortured and killed “
  27. The court examines the suitability of a soldier with “behavioral disorders”
  28. Relatives of the killed serviceman demand recall of case from court
  29. “If they do not protect a sick person and let him die in prison, how are they different from the previous authorities?”
  30. Bedwetting as stigma for soldiers
  31. Was the suicide note fabricated? The ice on Captain Andranik Mkrtchyan’s death case moved on
  32. “My pants are soaked in blood so badly that they are standing.” The case of torture victim Vagharshak Avetisyan was carried out by the brother of the former Ombudsman
  33. “My sick child was already stinking.” The soldier with mental illness did not bathe for 40 days: Ombudsman records bad conditions
  34. The criminal case against the sergeant who fired 15 bullets at a soldier was dropped. Father thinks that “money has played a role”
  35. Was Artur Vardanyan sent to hospital to be cured or to die? Humanism as a failed sphere
  36. Detention or torture? NSS implements unacceptable methods against the blind accused
  37. The soldier subjected to tortures does not want to see a person in military uniform
  38. “It was Children’s War” Nvard Sloyan
  39. The Defense Ministry looks at the army with closed eyes: Facts of sexual violence are ignored
  40. “If S. Sargsyan’s nephew is released, and my husband, who was opposed to that regime, is under arrest, it means no revolution took place”
  41. Servicemen who have been subjected to sexual violence should choose whether to continue the military service or not
  42. Captain Andranik Mkrtchyan’s posthumous note is falsification: The lawyer demands the investigator to recuse himself
  43. Capitan Andranik Mkrtchyan was beaten before his death: facts that the prosecution avoids clarifying
  44. “Not only serviceman Yurik Broyan is not a cheater, but his actions did not have deceiving character at all,” the examination reaffirms
  45. “I would be foolish if I did not do that:” Seyran Ohanyan left deep and confidential study on April War in Defense Ministry
  46. Penitentiary service arbitrariness: The convict is deprived of the opportunity to see his family members
  47. The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia “washed out” The Court of Cassation’s case ruling on violation of the rights of the serviceman to avoid torture