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Rights Groups Accuse Armenian Government of Failing Released POWs
A coalition of Armenian and international civil society organizations, including the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security, has signed an open letter denouncing the Armenian government’s failure to provide adequate rehabilitation, psychological and physical medical care, housing, and social support to former Armenian POWs released from Azerbaijani captivity. The appeal focuses on former…
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Statement by Veronika Zonabend
On August 8, in his Address, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia stated that “we are all very concerned and worried about the imprisonment of our compatriots in Azerbaijan.” I fully share this assessment and was glad to read these words. I also welcome media reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…
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“Our Goal Is to Reach an International Court”: Davit Ishkhanyan Sends Message from Baku
Davit Ishkhanyan has issued a new message from prison in Baku following the conclusion of the latest stage of the criminal proceedings against the former military and political leadership of Artsakh at the Baku Court of Appeal. The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh argues that the Court of Appeal’s decision…
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Baku “Court” Rejects Appeals of Armenian Hostages, Leaves Illegal Sentences Unchanged
An Azerbaijani appeals court on August 6 upheld lengthy prison sentences against seven former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh captured by Baku in 2023. Five of them were sentenced to life imprisonment and the two others received 20-year jail terms in February at the end of what Armenian lawyers and human rights activists see as a sham…
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Sahakyan: Strong Grounds for Positive ECHR Outcome as Armenian Hostages Remain Isolated in Azerbaijan
In separate interviews with News.am and Sputnik Armenia, human rights lawyer Siranush Sahakyan outlined the legal action being pursued before the European Court of Human Rights over the imprisonment of Armenians in Azerbaijan, while warning that the detainees remain almost entirely isolated from independent international oversight. Sahakyan, who heads the Center for International and Comparative…
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Speaker says efforts to secure the release of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan continue daily
Newly elected Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan said on Monday that the government’s efforts to secure the release of the remaining Armenian POWs held in Azerbaijan continue on a daily basis. “As you know, issues related to prisoners of war and other detainees are part of our daily work,” Rubinyan, a member of the ruling…
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Statement in Support of the International Women’s Humanitarian Delegation to Baku
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention welcomes and fully supports the initiative announced by Veronika Zonabend, the wife of imprisoned humanitarian Ruben Vardanyan, to organize an international women’s humanitarian delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan in order to meet with the Armenian hostages there, including her husband. Ruben Vardanyan is the former State Minister of the Republic…
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Best-Selling Author Nassim Taleb Refuses To Lecture In Azerbaijan While Ruben Vardanyan Is Held As A Political Prisoner in Baku
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, and best-selling author of The Black Swan and Antifragile, has publicly refused an invitation to lecture in Azerbaijan, citing the continued unjust imprisonment of Armenian philanthropist and former Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Taleb announced the decision on his X account, saying he turned down the…
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Corsican Assembly Calls for Immediate Release of 19 Armenian Hostages Held in Azerbaijan
During its 3031 July 2026 sitting, the Corsican Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for the immediate release of 19 Armenian prisoners unlawfully held in Azerbaijan, according to the Artsakh Support Association (ASA). The resolution also reaffirms the right of displaced Armenians from Artsakh to return safely, with dignity, and without obstruction to their homeland,…
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Another stage of Armenian prisoners’ sham trial concludes in Baku
Another stage of a sham trial against Armenian prisoners unlawfully held in Azerbaijan concluded on Friday at the Baku Court of Appeals, where the court examined the prisoners’ appeals. According to Azerbaijani media reports, each Armenian prisoner of war was provided with an interpreter and legal counsel. At the beginning of the hearing, the court…