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International law and Armenian prisoners in Baku
CIVILNET – Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, lecturer at Friedrich-Alexander-University and chairman of the German-Armenian Lawyers’ Association, talks to CivilNet about the uncertain future of Armenia’s cases at international courts, at a time when Armenian prisoners are suffering in Baku. He says the torture and dehumanization currently being inflicted upon them by the Azerbaijani state as they…
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Pakistani human rights activist intends to attend Ruben Vardanyan’s trial in Baku
Syeda Ghulam Fatima, 2016 Aurora Prize Finalist and Pakistani human rights activist has announced that she intends to travel to Baku to personally attend the trial of former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan’s hearings. The announcement has been made on the Free Armenian Prisoners X microblog. “It’s easy to condemn injustice from afar, but real…
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The Assessments of Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman Can not be Impartial
Azerbaijani media outlets have published photographs of Armenian prisoners held in Baku, stating that Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva visited them and reported that the captives are satisfied with the conditions of their detention. Only the photo of Ruben Vardanyan was taken outside, where the businessman appears emaciated. According to Siranush Sahakyan, head of the Center…
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Ruben Vardanyan’s Health Drastically Deteriorates in Azerbaijani Detention as His Hunger Strike Reaches Day 15
Ruben Vardanyan remains in very critical condition as his hunger strike enters its 15th day, with his health rapidly failing in Azerbaijani detention. Yet, Azerbaijan continues to forcibly take him to court, raising alarm over his life-or-death situation, reports Zartonk Media. Despite the severity of his state—marked by a dramatic loss of weight and no…
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Baku expels International Committee of the Red Cross, isolating Armenian prisoners
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been ordered to leave Azerbaijan. In response to an inquiry from CivilNet, an ICRC spokesperson said Wednesday: “We have been made aware of the Azerbaijani government’s intentions for the ICRC to close our delegation in Azerbaijan. We are currently in contact with authorities, and these conversations…
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IUSY denounces the sham trials in Baku and demands the immediate release of all Armenian hostages
Since January 17th, the sham trials in Baku, Azerbaijan, have been ongoing, targeting 16 Armenian hostages, including high-profile Armenian political and military leaders from the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. The charges against them, ranging from terrorism to the formation of illegal armed groups are baseless and politically motivated. These sham trials serve as yet another blatant violation of…
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Jared Genser’s Step-by-Step Plan for Pashinyan to Free Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan
The Armenian Report – Jared Genser, an international human rights lawyer and legal advisor to the family of former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, has shared a detailed plan on how the Armenian government can work to secure the release of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and political captives held in Azerbaijan. His recommendations come…
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Ombudsperson welcomes UN human rights chief’s call for release of Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan
Human Rights Defender of Armenia Anahit Manasyan has welcomed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk’s recent statement calling for the release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan, including ethnic Armenians. Manasyan underscored that all actors vested with the respective mandate, including international actors, must takes swift and proper steps to resolve the…
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Ex-Artsakh ombudsman urges Armenian leadership to secure release of prisoners held in Baku
Former Artsakh Human Rights Defender Artak Beglaryan expressed deep concern over the torture and degrading treatment of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan at a protest outside the ICRC office in Yerevan on Monday, March 3. “International law is on trial in Baku, but first and foremost, we are the ones on trial,” he declared. “The rights, dignity and…
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ANP: Armenian prisoners exposed to abuse and psychological torture in Baku
The Armenian National Platform (ANP) of the EaP Civil Society Forum on Monday, March 3, issued the following statement on the need to restore the rights of Armenian prisoners tortured during illegal trials in Azerbaijan. “Following the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh in 2020, numerous prisoners of war, both citizens of the…