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Displaced Artsakh Armenians Protest in Yerevan, Demand Action on Prisoners and Right of Return
On Monday, a group of displaced Artsakh Armenians staged a demonstration outside Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging the government to take immediate and concrete steps to ensure the release of Armenian prisoners of war, safeguard cultural heritage, and protect the rights of displaced Artsakh Armenians. They also called for the preservation of the OSCE…
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Seven axioms of Ruben Vardanyan
Ruben Vardanyan is a co-founder of Noôdome, a philanthropist, and a social entrepreneur. He is also known as someone who brought the spirit of dreaming into the corporate world — someone who, in a constantly shifting world, doesn’t search for meaning — he shapes it. Since September 2023, Ruben has been held in detention in…
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Thirty-six U.S. Representatives Ask Secretary of State Rubio to Ramp up Pressure on Azerbaijan to Release Armenian POWs and Hostages
Reps. Dina Titus and Chris Smith Lead Bipartisan Call to Sanction Azerbaijani Officials for War Crimes April 11, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Thirty-six U.S. Representatives – led by Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) – have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose Global Magnitsky sanctions on Azerbaijani officials responsible for grave…
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Armenian captives in Baku face real threat to their lives, says human rights lawyer
Representative of the interests of Armenian prisoners of war at the ECHR, Siranush Sahakyan, believes that Armenian POWs held in Azerbaijani prisons are being tortured and are being tried on sham, fabricated charges. During the meeting-discussion held on April 10, Siranush Sahakyan touched upon the issue of Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku prisons…
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Judge Me Fairly’: Former Nagorno-Karabakh Leader on Trial in Azerbaijan
By Hrair Balian Hrair Balian, who has worked for more than three decades in international conflict resolution, writes that the presence of diplomatic observers could restrain unfair practices underway in the prosecution of political prisoners from the Central Asian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was overrun by Azerbaijani forces in 2023. Hrair Balian, former director of…
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Witnesses do not know Ruben Vardanyan, yet they still demand maximum punishment
Interview with Siranush Sahakyan, the lawyer representing the Armenian prisoners’ interests at the European Court of Human Rights. Ms. Sahakyan, it will soon be three months since the so-called “trials” of the leaders of Artsakh and other Armenian prisoners began. Although Azerbaijani media initially “threatened” that it would become a “Nuremberg trial,” we are now…
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CoE Human Rights Commissioner O’Flaherty highlights plight of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan
By Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning 8 April 2025 While addressing members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty stated that the situation of Nagorno-Karabakh prisoners in Azerbaijan had to be ‘a matter of very high priority’. The statement came as part of a…
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Bipartisan Letter to Rubio and Waltz Urges U.S. Action to Free Armenian Captives and Safeguard Sovereignty amid Escalating Azerbaijani Threats
WASHINGTON, DC – A powerful bipartisan letter by twenty-five members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to secure the release of Armenian prisoners illegally held in Azerbaijan and strengthen U.S. policy safeguarding Armenia’s sovereignty and security as part of expanded engagement in the South…
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Billionaire on trial in Azerbaijan who risks being left behind by peace deal
Rayhan DemytrieBBC South Caucasus correspondent Ruben Vardanyan is one of Armenia’s richest men, but his millions are of little use now that he is facing a possible life term in jail in neighbouring Azerbaijan. The two neighbouring Caucasus countries have agreed the text of a historic peace deal to end decades long conflict over the…
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Armenian Prisoners Trapped in Azerbaijan’s Judicial Machinery
On March 28, 2025, France 24 published a Spanish-language article on Armenian prisoners held in Baku. The article by Beatriz Arslanian discusses the ongoing detention of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijani jails, highlighting the judicial irregularities and human rights violations they face. Many prisoners, including political and military leaders, are charged with terrorism and separatism despite…