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Belgian politicians and parliamentarians address a statement to the Azerbaijan Government and the Belgian Government as COP29 unfolds
Brussels, 20 November 2024 – In the backdrop of the COP29 currently taking place in Baku 20 members of the Belgian Federal Parliament, the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament, and the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital-Region address the Azerbaijani Government and the Belgian government’s delegation to COP29, with three main demands: liberation of the Armenian prisoners of
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Appeal for the release of Armenian prisoners and detainees
Appeal by some Italian parliamentarians for the government to commit itself to Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a peace agreement in the region and to release those still in Azerbaijani prisons Parliamentary Appeal Whereas from 11 to 22 November 2024 Azerbaijan will host COP29, the United Nations conference on climate change; Considering that Italy has
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The prisoners and the peace deal
As COP29 draws near, families of Armenians jailed in Azerbaijan ‘live in hope’ for their release Nearly a year has passed since the last Armenia-Azerbaijan prisoner swap, which came just months after Azerbaijani forces captured Nagorno-Karabakh and drove more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians from the disputed region. According to human rights lawyers, at least 23 Armenian prisoners of war
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Written Questions & Responses on Azerbaijan: Political Prisoners / Hostage Taking
Question for U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford in the U.K. House of Commons in a written question to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 4 October 2024 asked: “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his
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Dutch Parliament panel calls for release of Armenian prisoners, protection of cultural heritage in Nagorno Karabakh
The Dutch Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee has adopted two important resolutions to support the Republic of Armenia and promote cultural preservation in Artsakh. Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp participated in the sitting. During the session, the first resolution, authored by MPs Isa Kahraman (NSC) and Don Ceder (ChristenUnie), emphasizes the urgent need to protect the
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CSI event at UN highlights Azerbaijan’s Armenian hostages
At the Human Rights Council in Geneva, human rights experts call for the release of all Armenian detainees. The lives of dozens of ethnic Armenians unlawfully detained by Azerbaijan are in mortal danger, a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council has heard. The livestream is available to view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0xJz7JNJek Speakers at the
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Former Karabakh leaders languish in Azerbaijani jails awaiting trial
Son of one high-profile political detainee alleges mistreatment. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev doesn’t want anything to draw attention away from the annual UN climate summit, COP29, which will take place in Baku in November. Accordingly, he’s pushed up parliamentary elections to September, so they won’t coincide with COP29. But there’s another potential distraction that Baku hasn’t yet fully
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Kalfayan: Release of Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan Is a Matter of National Dignity
PARIS (News.am) — On July 31, news.am published the following interview with Philippe Raffi Kalfayan, PhD in International Law, Associate-Researcher at Paris Pantheon-Assas University, Legal Counsel to Governments. He is also a regular columnist for the Mirror-Spectator. News.am: Azerbaijan continues to illegally keep 23 Armenians in Baku prisons. From the application sent by Ruben Vardanyan’s legal team to the United Nations
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European Parliament hosts conference on Armenian POWs
Conference on “Armenian Prisoners of War in Azerbaijan: the situation three years after the adoption of the European Parliament resolution on the topic” was held in the European Parliament at the initiative of the AFET Standing Rapporteur on Armenia, MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP Group). At the conference, Mr Andrey Kovatchev and the Ambassador of Armenia
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Armenian Detainees and What Happens to the Left-Behind in Baku
On December 7, 2023, the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia and the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan announced a deal pertaining to the exchange of prisoners of war (PoWs): 32 Armenians were released in exchange for two Azerbaijani detainees. The majority of the Armenian detainees released in December 2023 had been