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CSI event at UN highlights Azerbaijan’s Armenian hostages
At the Human Rights Council in Geneva, human rights experts call for the release of all Armenian detainees. The lives of dozens of ethnic Armenians unlawfully detained by Azerbaijan are in mortal danger, a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council has heard. The livestream is available to view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0xJz7JNJek Speakers at the…
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Former Karabakh leaders languish in Azerbaijani jails awaiting trial
Son of one high-profile political detainee alleges mistreatment. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev doesn’t want anything to draw attention away from the annual UN climate summit, COP29, which will take place in Baku in November. Accordingly, he’s pushed up parliamentary elections to September, so they won’t coincide with COP29. But there’s another potential distraction that Baku hasn’t yet fully…
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Kalfayan: Release of Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan Is a Matter of National Dignity
PARIS (News.am) — On July 31, news.am published the following interview with Philippe Raffi Kalfayan, PhD in International Law, Associate-Researcher at Paris Pantheon-Assas University, Legal Counsel to Governments. He is also a regular columnist for the Mirror-Spectator. News.am: Azerbaijan continues to illegally keep 23 Armenians in Baku prisons. From the application sent by Ruben Vardanyan’s legal team to the United Nations…
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Statement on the Continued Imprisonment of Armenian Officials and Civilians of the Republic of the Artsakh by the Republic of Azerbaijan
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (Lemkin Institute) energetically condemns the continued and unlawful imprisonment of Armenian officials and civilians of the Republic of Artsakh (Artsakh) by the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan). Given the high risk of serious violations of human rights against these individuals, including the loss of life, the need for a strong…
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European Parliament hosts conference on Armenian POWs
Conference on “Armenian Prisoners of War in Azerbaijan: the situation three years after the adoption of the European Parliament resolution on the topic” was held in the European Parliament at the initiative of the AFET Standing Rapporteur on Armenia, MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP Group). At the conference, Mr Andrey Kovatchev and the Ambassador of Armenia…
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Armenian Detainees and What Happens to the Left-Behind in Baku
On December 7, 2023, the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia and the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan announced a deal pertaining to the exchange of prisoners of war (PoWs): 32 Armenians were released in exchange for two Azerbaijani detainees. The majority of the Armenian detainees released in December 2023 had been…