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Jared Genser: Charges Against Former Artsakh Officials Are Clearly Politically Motivated
The charges against former State Minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan and other former officials are clearly politically motivated, Ruben Vardanyan’s lawyer, Jared Genser, stated in an interview with Azatutyun (RFE/RL’s Armenian Service). The interview has been conducted in English, translated into Armenian by Azatutyun, and then translated back to English by the FreeArmenianHostages.net site. Azatutyun:…
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Interagency Commission on POWs, Hostages, and Missing Persons Holds Regular Meeting
Under the leadership of the Director of the National Security Service of Armenia, Armen Abazyan, a regular session of the Interagency Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons (whose whereabouts are unknown) was held on June 11. As reported to Armenpress by the National Security Service of Armenia, the session began with opening…
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Armenia Urges Council of Europe to Address POWs Issue
PanARMENIAN.Net – On June 11, Ruben Rubinyan, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia and head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), met with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, alongside other delegation members. During the meeting, Rubinyan raised the issue of Armenian…
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Baku Military Court Again Rejects Ruben Vardanyan’s Legal Motions
Prosecution Overlooks Core Criminal Law Principles—Again As reported by the only news source of the “trials” of Armenian hostages in Baku, the Azerbaijan state news agency, Azertac, during the 10 June 2025 “open court session” of former Artsakh state minister Ruben Vardanyan’s “trial”, the defendant “submitted another motion to the court regarding the presentation of…
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“A remarkable episode involving Davit Ishkhanyan during the fake trial in Azerbaijan”: Abrahamyan
A remarkable episode took place during the ongoing fake trial in Azerbaijan, involving Davit Ishkhanyan, writes Armenian National Assembly member Tigran Abrahamyan on social media. “During the ‘trial,’ Ishkhanyan reminded that during one of the previous ‘trials,’ he had expressed a desire to familiarize himself with the records of the May 24 and 26 ‘court…
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“The ‘Trials’ in Baku Is a Condemnation of Artsakh’s Right to Self-Determination” – Siranush Sahakyan
The staged judicial farce in Baku against the political and military leadership of Artsakh and other captives continues. The goal is clear: to portray the existential struggle of the people of Artsakh—aimed at resisting Azerbaijani genocidal actions and living safely in their ancestral homeland for millennia—as acts of terrorism. Not only are the current Armenian…
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The Armenian Government Can Do More for the Release of Armenian Prisoners, Says Jonathan Spangenberg
The Armenian government can do more to secure the release of Armenian prisoners. This was stated by Jonathan Spangenberg, the President of the Central Council of German Armenians, in an interview with NEWS.am. “My personal view is that the government is not taking this issue seriously, meaning they would rather let it be forgotten. There…
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“For the ‘Crimes’ Ruben Vardanyan Is Accused Of, We Could All Be Charged” – Sahakyan
Interview with Siranush Sahakyan, Legal Representative of Armenian Prisoners’ Interests at the European Court of Human Rights = Ms. Sahakyan, yesterday, a statement was released by Ruben Vardanyan’s local lawyer, Avraam Bermani, regarding the indictment against Vardanyan. Since this is the first time such a statement has been made, how would you assess this phenomenon…
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Simonyan Raises Issue of Armenian Prisoners with Matviyenko
President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alen Simonyan, presented the issue of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, including those being unlawfully detained and considered missing, to Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Valentina Matviyenko. This was reported by the press office of the Armenian Parliament. During their meeting on…
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The Azerbaijani false manipulation has been exposed: no statement was made against Armenian prisoners.
On March 6, 2025, several Azerbaijani media outlets [source one, source two] circulated reports claiming that members of the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia had issued a statement in February regarding individuals captured as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including political and military prisoners such as Ruben Vardanyan — a citizen of…