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US Capitol Hill Observance Highlights Calls for POW Release and the Right of Return for Artsakh Armenians
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional leaders joined with Armenian Americans and allies from across the country on April 2nd for the annual Capitol Hill observance of the Armenian Genocide, issuing bipartisan calls for Azerbaijan’s immediate release of Armenian prisoners, the right of return for displaced Artsakh Armenians, and U.S. sanctions on both the Aliyev and Erdogan regimes…
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Armenian Church Catholicos asks German President to call for POWs release in Azerbaijan
Catholicos Karekin II met on April 1 with visiting President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Karekin II presented the “great role of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Holy Etchmiadzin in shaping the national and Christian identity of the Armenian people, and its important mission…
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“UK has consistently called for the release of all the remaining prisoners of war”
Jessica Morden, Labour MP for Newport East and Chairperson of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) for Armenia, asked a question in the House of Commons on April 1st: “This is clearly a critical time for peace in the region. The offensive by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh resulted in the forced displacement of up to 120,000 Armenians…
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UK All-Party Group (APPG) calls for release of 23 Armenian prisoners in Baku
The officers of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Armenia in the UK Parliament condemn the “continuing detention and trials of the 23 Armenian prisoners in Baku” and call on UK Government Ministers to “put pressure on Azerbaijan to help achieve their release”. In a letter signed by Jessica Morden MP, Chris Law MP, John…
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Concerns over Armenian POWs Conveyed to Relevant UN Bodies – Mane Tandilyan
The UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia, Françoise Jacob, has responded to a letter delivered to the UN office in Yerevan during a protest action regarding Armenian prisoners of war, announced Mane Tandilyan, co-founder of the Country to Live party, on Facebook. “We have received a response from UN Resident Coordinator Françoise Jacob regarding the letter…
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Will Consular Access Be Provided for the Armenian Hostages?
Responses from the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Switzerland The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation has responded to a letter from about 40 Armenian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) addressed to the President of the Swiss Confederation, Karin Keller-Sutter. Representatives of the NGOs that signed the letter informed NEWS.am about this development. In…
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Armenia and int’l community call on Azerbaijan to end mock trials of POWs
Armenia and the international community have called on Azerbaijan to release the Armenian POWs and other detainees, Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan has said. Commenting on statements by Azeri officials calling for punishing participants of the Nagorno-Karabakh wars, Kostanyan said Baku is making such statements to overshadow the fake judicial process against Armenian prisoners. “It’s…
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Armenian MFA calls for the release of Armenian prisoners in Baku
In an interview with Correio Braziliense, one of the major daily newspapers published in the capital, Brasília, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, touched upon ongoing processes with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Regarding negotiations with Azerbaijan, Mirzoyan stated: “I can assure you, the entire world, and Azerbaijan that Armenia is fully committed to the peace…
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Belgian legislators call for sanctions against Aliyev regime, release of Armenian captives
A resolution calling for sanctions against Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime and urgent actions to free the unlawfully held Armenian prisoners will be debated by Belgian legislators next week. The hearing will be held on April 2 at the initiative of the foreign relations committee of the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of Belgium’s federal parliament. …
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The situation of Armenian hostages detained in Baku is a subject of concern in the United Kingdom
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Armenia held a meeting on the 17th of March that was attended by the Armenian National Committee UK, MPs, Primate of the UK Armenian Diocese, and members of the British Armenian community. The meeting hosted the Former Minister of State for Nagorno-Karabakh and Human Rights Defender of Artsakh…