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PACE urges Azerbaijan to release former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders and other POWs
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a new resolution calling on Azerbaijan to release the detained Artsakh leadership and other Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku, according to a statement released by PACE. The relevant section of the resolution reads: “4.2 with respect to Azerbaijan, with reference to its
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Azerbaijan Continues to Illegally Hold, Torture Armenian Hostages
by Uzay BulutJanuary 24, 2025 Azerbaijan’s government authorities refuse to release the Armenian hostages whom they have illegally held and abused since they captured them in 2020 and 2023. On January 17, Azerbaijan began trials of 16 Armenian captives — including the former leaders of Artsakh (Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh) — in military courtrooms, to which international
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Human Rights Activists in Germany Call for International Observers in Baku Trial of Armenian POWs
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach January 23, 2025 BERLIN — On January 17, the trials of 23 people illegally arrested by Azerbaijan as a result of the attack on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in September 2023 began in Baku. Several German human rights organizations have warned of a politically motivated show trial and are calling for observation by German embassy
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Armenia to submit new evidence on captive trials to ECHR, ICJ
January 20, 2025 – PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia will submit additional evidence and demands to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the trials of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians kept in Baku. This was announced on the official Facebook page of Armenia’s Office of the Representative on
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Armenian Political Parties Issue Statements Abou Sham Trials in Baku
The Republican Party of Armenia: Baku is doing everything possible to cover up its illegal actions with a sham trial 17.01.2025 STATEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BODY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA Today, January 17, the trial of Armenian prisoners, who have been illegally held in Baku prisons for more than a year on false
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Trials of 16 Armenian Hostages —Including Former Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Leaders— Begin in Baku
BAKU, Jan 17 (Combined sources) – The trials —in de facto closed-door proceedings— of 16 Armenian hostages, including former leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic, have begun at the Baku Military Court after the defendants spent more than a year in pretrial detention. Fifteen defendants —including former leaders and other civilian and military figures of
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Armenian Human Rights Defender: Baku Trial of Armenians Violates International Legal Standards
Armenia’s Human Rights Office issued the following statement today regarding the start of the trial in Baku of former Artsakh government officials and Armenian civilian detainees. Human Rights Defender Ms. Anahit Manasyan continues to monitor, within the scope of her mandate, issues related to the rights of all ethnic Armenians unlawfully deprived of liberty in
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Amnesty International: Azerbaijan Authorities must ensure fair trial rights of Ruben Vardanyan and investigate claims of rights violations
Reacting to the start of a trial of Ruben Vardanyan, a former de facto State Minister in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region which Azerbaijan brought back under its full control in 2023, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The Azerbaijani authorities claim they have put Ruben Vardanyan on trial to ensure accountability for
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Protesters Urge United Nations, Armenian Government to Facilitate Release of Baku Detainees
YEREVAN (Combined source) 17 January – Armenia’s government pointedly declined to react on Friday to the start of the trials in Azerbaijan of eight former leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic and eight other Karabakh Armenian prisoners which human rights activists in Yerevan condemned as a travesty of justice. All 16 defendants were captured by
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ARF Western U.S. Central Committee Statement
The sham and sensationalized trial of Armenian political prisoners and hostages, who have been illegally held captive by Azerbaijan’s dictatorial regime for nearly 16 months and 500 days, began on Friday in a bootlegged military court in what can only be described as an indisputable violation of their basic human and civil rights. Azerbaijan has