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Ruben Vardanyan Remains Defiant In Face Of Azerbaijani Life Sentence
Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian businessman and former Nagorno-Karabakh premier, has issued another defiant statement from an Azerbaijani prison as he faced a life sentence at the end of his trial in Baku. According to Vardanyan’s family in Armenia, he read out the statement to his elder son, David, in a phone call on Wednesday,
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Pashinyan seeks updates from U.S. on efforts to free Armenian captives in Azerbaijan
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday that he recently asked a U.S. official visiting Yerevan to provide updates on the Trump Administration’s efforts to secure the release of Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan following the U.S. President’s pledge to do so. Pashinyan said at a press briefing that during his meeting with U.S. Under
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Armenian prisoners are being tortured
The violence against Vicken Euljekjian led to disability “During phone conversations with the family members of Armenian captives, we continuously receive alarming information that our compatriots held in Baku prisons are being subjected to torture, and that prolonged deprivation of liberty has led to not only psychological but also serious physical consequences. Yesterday, Vicken Euljekjian’s
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The Baku court has rejected the motion to recuse R. Vardanyan’s interpreter
The Baku court has rejected the motion to recuse Islam Aghakarimov, the interpreter of Ruben Vardanyan, the former State Minister of Artsakh, who is being unlawfully held. The only media allowed to attend the “trials”, the Azerbaijan State News Agency AZERTAC today reported: “It was then noted that during one of the previous sessions, the
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The condition of Vicken Euljekjian, who is being held in a Baku prison, has sharply deteriorated
Vicken Euljekjian (Vigen Euljekchyan, Vigen Eoljekchian), who is being unlawfully held in a Baku prison, made a short phone call to his family on November 16 after a 45-day communication ban. Euljekjian said that he can no longer walk, his physical condition has sharply deteriorated, and he needs a wheelchair, which has not been provided.
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“We Must Be Vigilant and Resist This Dangerous Process,” Says Grigori Ayvazyan
Following the ongoing trial in Baku’s military court against the former military-political leadership of Artsakh and other Armenian captives, prosecutors have demanded that the court sentence one former president of Artsakh, the former speaker of the National Assembly, and a former Foreign Minister, David Babayan, to life imprisonment. For the remaining Armenian captives have requested
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Former envoy: The issue of releasing detainees held in Baku could have been resolved at the meeting with Trump — either it was not raised, or not raised properly
The issue of securing the release of Armenian detainees and hostages held in Baku could have been resolved during the August 8 meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, but it was not, said Edmond Marukyan, former Ambassador-at-Large and leader of the “Bright Armenia” party, in an interview with Pastinfo. “I believe the issue of the
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The Sentences Were Expected; All Attention Must Be Directed to Supranational Courts, Says Siranush Sahakyan
The prison sentences demanded for Armenian detainees in Azerbaijan were predictable, attorney Siranush Sahakyan told NEWS.am in an interview. Sahakyan, who represents Armenian captives before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), said the Azerbaijani side has adopted a general approach of requesting life imprisonment for all former leaders. She noted that although 20-year sentences
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MP Lilit Galstyan Voices Concern Over Trials in Baku and Captive Armenians
During a parliamentary briefing, Member of Parliament Lilit Galstyan expressed concern over what she described as fraudulent and politically motivated trials currently taking place in Baku against Armenians captured by the Azerbaijani armed forces, including former military and political leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to Armenpress, Galstyan emphasized that Azerbaijan is seeking harsh sentences against several
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Ex-Karabakh Leaders Face Life Sentences, Lengthy Prison Terms In Baku Trial
Prosecutors in Azerbaijan have requested prison terms ranging from 16 years to life for former political and military leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as other Armenian detainees, during an ongoing trial in Baku. Azerbaijani authorities captured a number of former Karabakh officials, including three former presidents of the unrecognized republic, whom Baku regards as separatists,