ArmInfo. "We were all looking forward to the revolution in the hope that after it the situation on the border would change, but that did not happen," said human rights  activist Nina Karapetyan on February 17, who organized the protest in  front of the government building.

The protesters are demanding to identify the reasons for the increase  incidence of deaths in the armed forces. Nina Karapetyan noted that  we are talking about two important issues at once – security and  children who die in peaceful conditions. Nina Karapetyan noted that  we are talking about two important issues at once – security and  children who die in peaceful conditions. According to Karapetyan,  officials should explain the reasons for the record increase in  deaths in the army over the past 40 days.

"Prosecutors and other law enforcement officials say that they  revealed 90% of deaths in the army, but this is not so. Most cases  have not been disclosed," Karapetyan emphasized. According to the  human rights activist, the Minister of Defense and the head of the  military police should go to military units where cases of murder  were recorded. "They had to go to every military unit where the  killings and suicides took place, and stay until the cases were  solved," she said.

Protesters said that after the upcoming government meeting, which  will be held on February 20, 2020, they will demand a meeting with  the Prime Minister, the Director of the National Security Service,  the Attorney General, the Minister of Defense, the head of the  military police, the head of the general staff, the head of the  Investigative Committee and the head of the Special Investigation  Service.  It should be noted that discussions on the situation in the  armed forces will take place in two parliamentary committees – on  defense and security issues and on health and social issues. Artak  Davtyan, Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, will be  invited to the meetings, which will be held in closed session. Ani  Samsonyan, a member of the Bright Armenia faction, wrote on her  Facebook page that discussions would begin on February 18 at 11:00  am. The MP did not raise issues on the agenda of the meeting,  however, with a high degree of probability, discussions will mainly  be held around the theme of the death of soldiers in the army under  unclear circumstances.

In turn, member of the Prosperous Armenia faction Naira Zohrabyan  noted that frequent deaths in Armenia pose a serious threat to the  country's security. According to her, on-duty statements about the  need to eradicate hazing cannot be dispensed with.  To recall, on  February 14, it became known about the death of the 13th soldier who  died in the Armenian army since the beginning of the year. Almost all  of these deaths occurred under unclear circumstances. This fact is  being vigorously debated in society, on social networks they demand  the resignation of Minister of Defense David Tonoyan and Chief of the  General Staff, Artak Davtyan.