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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
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“Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev is using a Stalin tactic, show trials to eliminate his enemies”
Luis Moreno Ocampo: “Azerbaijan’s bogus charges are a cover-up of the crimes committed against the Nagorno-Karabakh people including the prisoners. Their incarceration is a message to 120.000 Armenians not to return to their ancestral land in Nagorno-Karabakh.” Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev uses a Stalin tactic to show trials to eliminate his enemies. During the 1930´Stalin tortured,
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Թշնամու դատարանում դատվողը ոչ միայն պատանդառվածներն են, այլեւ յուրաքանչյուր հայ, ով ցանկանում է Հայրենիք ունենալ
Հայտարարություն. Հունվարի 17-ից մեկնարկելու է Ադրբեջանում պահվող 23-ից 16 հայ պատանդների, ներառյալ՝ Արցախի ռազմական եւ քաղաքական ղեկավարների ապօրինի դատավարությունը։ Բոլորի համար պարզ է, որ այդ շինծու դատավարության հիմնական նպատակը քաղաքական է, որի միջոցով Ադրբեջանի բռնակալ պետությունը փորձելու է ճնշում բանեցնել Հայաստանի Հանրապետության վրա, վարկաբեկել Արցախի պետականությունը։ Դատավարության ապօրինի ընթացքը եւ մարդու տարրական իրավունքների խախտումն ու անտեսումը
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Azerbaijan announces trial date for Armenian hostages held in Baku
The preparatory court hearing is set for January 17 The date for the trial of the Armenian hostages currently in detention in Baku has been announced in the Azerbaijani media. According to the information, the preparatory hearing for the criminal case has been scheduled for January 17. The indictment for the criminal case against the fifteen
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Australian Elected Officials Call for Release of Illegally Held Armenian Hostages in Baku
#FreeArmenianHostages: Michael Sukkar MP Sponsors Armenian Political Prisoner Bako Sahakyan Sunday, 05 January 2025 CANBERRA: The Hon. Michael Sukkar MP – Federal Member for Deakin has written to Azerbaijan’s Chargé d’Affaires, Mr Vagif Jafarov, calling for the immediate release of Armenian political prisoner and former President of the Republic of Artsakh, Bako Sahakyan, reported the
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Political processes and release processes have direct links
Siranush Sahakyan, head of the “International and Comparative Law Center” responded to the questions of a journalist from “Euromedia24.” Speaking about the connection between the failures of COP29 and the judicial proceedings against Armenian prisoners of war, Siranush Sahakyan emphasized that political processes and release processes have direct links and have mutual effects. “During COP29,
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Bipartisan Peters-Cassidy Resolution Aims to Condemn Azerbaijan’s Ethnic Cleansing of Artsakh Armenians
ANCA Welcomes New Measure Calling for Sanctions on Azerbaijan, Release of Armenian Hostages, Affirmation of Artsakh Armenians’ Right to Return WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced a comprehensive bipartisan Senate resolution today condemning Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), calling for targeted sanctions against President Aliyev’s genocidal regime, demanding
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Opinion: For 23 Armenian Prisoners, COP29 Offers a Last Chance at Freedom
Disclaimer: This article was submitted to the LSE Undergraduate Political Review by a non-organisational author. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily endorsed by and/or reflective of the position of the LSEUPR. COP29 in Azerbaijan is drawing to a close, and with it, a fleeting opportunity to free twenty-three Armenian hostages and prisoners of war