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Trials of 16 Armenian Hostages —Including Former Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Leaders— Begin in Baku
BAKU, Jan 17 (Combined sources) – The trials —in de facto closed-door proceedings— of 16 Armenian hostages, including former leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic, have begun at the Baku Military Court after the defendants spent more than a year in pretrial detention. Fifteen defendants —including former leaders and other civilian and military figures of
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Armenian Human Rights Defender: Baku Trial of Armenians Violates International Legal Standards
Armenia’s Human Rights Office issued the following statement today regarding the start of the trial in Baku of former Artsakh government officials and Armenian civilian detainees. Human Rights Defender Ms. Anahit Manasyan continues to monitor, within the scope of her mandate, issues related to the rights of all ethnic Armenians unlawfully deprived of liberty in
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Amnesty International: Azerbaijan Authorities must ensure fair trial rights of Ruben Vardanyan and investigate claims of rights violations
Reacting to the start of a trial of Ruben Vardanyan, a former de facto State Minister in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region which Azerbaijan brought back under its full control in 2023, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The Azerbaijani authorities claim they have put Ruben Vardanyan on trial to ensure accountability for
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Protesters Urge United Nations, Armenian Government to Facilitate Release of Baku Detainees
YEREVAN (Combined source) 17 January – Armenia’s government pointedly declined to react on Friday to the start of the trials in Azerbaijan of eight former leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic and eight other Karabakh Armenian prisoners which human rights activists in Yerevan condemned as a travesty of justice. All 16 defendants were captured by
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ARF Western U.S. Central Committee Statement
The sham and sensationalized trial of Armenian political prisoners and hostages, who have been illegally held captive by Azerbaijan’s dictatorial regime for nearly 16 months and 500 days, began on Friday in a bootlegged military court in what can only be described as an indisputable violation of their basic human and civil rights. Azerbaijan has
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The Sham Trial in Baku: A Betrayal of Justice and Humanity
Op-ed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s former foreign minister (1998-2008) and coordinator of the Committee for the Defense of the Fundamental Rights of the People of Nagorno Karabakh, appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh on 2 December 2023 Today, Azerbaijan has once again demonstrated its disdain for justice, human rights, and international
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Human rights defenders calling for international monitoring of trials of Armenian hostages in Baku
Over two dozen Armenian human rights NGOs and individual defenders have issued a joint appeal to international organizations and foreign ambassadors in Azerbaijan, urging them to monitor the trials of 16 Armenian detainees, which began behind closed doors in the Military Court of Baku, Azerbaijan on January 17. The next session of the hearing is
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Football Star Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Billionaire Noubar Afeyan & Tennis Star Karen Khachanov Call For Release Of Ruben Vardanyan & All Armenian Prisoners in Baku, Urge Vigilance Ahead of Sham Trial in Azerbaijan
By ZARTONK MEDIA Armenian football star Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Canadian-Armenian billionaire Noubar Afeyan, and tennis star Karen Khachanov have taken to social media to share Ruben Vardanyan’s statement and make public appeals regarding his case. Mkhitaryan and Khachanov demanded the release of Vardanyan and all other detainees unlawfully incarcerated in Azerbaijan, tagging international human rights organizations
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Artsakh parliament condemns sham trial of Armenian hostages in Baku
The Artsakh National Assembly has expressed deep concern and indignation over the upcoming sham trial of 16 Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan. “This is yet another attempt to undermine their fundamental rights and indicates Azerbaijan’s growing policy of Armenophobia,” they said in a joint statement on Thursday. “The so-called “trial,” conducted under inhumane conditions, is based
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Diaspora groups request Azerbaijan allow international lawyers/observers to observe trials of Armenian prisoners
The Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ) has requested the government of Azerbaijan allow a team of distinguished international lawyers to travel to Baku to attend and monitor the upcoming trials of Armenian prisoners, set to begin on January 17, 2025. “These prisoners have been illegally held in pretrial detention with fabricated accusations, without access