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Voice | ‘Every afternoon I came home from school broken’

by Veronica Tonyan

•5 min read

Narek, 29, from Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, describes how he was tormented at school, while teachers often protected the abusers. ‘In fifth grade, a maths teacher began being unnecessarily hostile towards me. In almost every lesson she gave me the lowest marks. As a result, I failed the year badly. I still hate maths.’ ‘I repeated the year but was forced to move to another class.’ ‘Some tough guys there took an immediate dislike to me. No matter what I did, no matter

Azerbaijan

Opinion | A suicide that shook Azerbaijan

by Arzu Geybulla

•5 min read

The suicide of 14-year-old Elina Hajiyeva has raised an issue long present but little talked about in Azerbaijani society — bullying. While outrage at the school and the government’s handling of her death has led to a criminal investigation, it is yet to be seen if real changes will be made to tackle the roots of the problem. There is an old Soviet drama film called Scarecrow (Chuchelo) that tells the story of a young girl, Lena, and the trauma of bullying she endures at her school. Set in a p

Analysis

Murders, suicides, and fatal accidents plague the Armenian military [Analysis]

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•4 min read

Human rights in the military is an issue of concern to rights groups around the world. In Armenia, reports by local and international organisations and the US Department of State suggest a concerning situation in the the country’s armed forces. Reports of physical abuse and suicides in the Armenian army are not new. Such incidents are in part connected to a tradition of hazing, known as dedovshchina, which was practiced in the Soviet Army before Armenia regained independence in 1991. Re