Defence minister pledges to clean up poor practice, but conscripts say corruption and violence are still rife.
According to Zhanna Aleksanian, a journalist and human rights activist who has extensively researched abuses in the military, "Bribery is commonplace in the army. Beatings and violence meted out by officers are not even discussed. Parents prefer to remain silent on this issue, as they do not want to harm their sons even more."
Full story by Institute for War and Peace Reporting - here
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