Armenian Bar Association Member Ruben Melikyan Elected NKR Human Rights Defender

The hashtag #ArstsakhStrong was recently spread far and shared widely when the sons and citizens of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh Republic/NKR) defended bravely against Azerbaijan’s violent incursion onto Armenian sovereign territory in April. With the National Assembly’s May 5, appointment of Ruben Melikyan as the Republic of Artsakh’s new Ombudsman/Human Rights Defender, Artsakh has now become even stronger. For many years, Melikyan has anchored the Armenian Bar Association’