Evelina Andryan was forcibly displaced from Nerkin Horatagh in the Martakert region. Within the framework of Iravaban.net ‘s series “Legal Issues of Artsakh Armenians in Armenia,” she said that they left the village on September 19, 2023. They came to the capital Stepanakert. Mrs. Evelina spent 5 days in a “Gazel,” [van] then moved to Yerevan.

She now lives in Meghradzor village of Tsaghkadzor community. She remembers that a two-story house collapsed, resulting in the death of a grandmother and grandchild who were inside. Shrapnel from the bombardment also hit her house. She released her domestic birds and quickly left.

“I only took my passport. I pay house rent, but there’s no bathroom, the roof leaks. If I knew that by registering in Armenia they would give me a house right away, I would do it. I’m fighting for a house. I pay rent, I pay utilities, and now we have a firewood problem,” – she noted.

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The “Strengthening Protection Mechanisms for the Rights of Forcibly Displaced Persons from Nagorno-Karabakh” project is implemented by the Armenian Lawyers Association in cooperation with the “Harmonia” Shushi Women’s NGO, within the framework of the “Monitoring Justice Sector Reforms in Armenia” (www.juremonia.am) project funded by the European Union. The overall objective of the project is to promote the integration of forcibly displaced persons from Artsakh in their new communities of residence in Armenia through strengthening mechanisms for protecting their rights, raising their level of legal awareness of rights and access to justice and protection. This publication was prepared with the financial support of the European Union. The Armenian Lawyers Association NGO is responsible for the content and it does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.