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“The activities of international courts will allow for the release of Armenian prisoners,” Siranush Sahakyan
“Armenia must be able to acquire legal leverage in the legal process, which can then be used for diplomatic and political purposes on platforms where Armenia is typically in a weaker position,” said Siranush Sahakyan, the head of the Center for International and Comparative Law, in response to questions from 1st News. In the human…
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Vardanyan Becomes Sick During Sham Trial in Baku
Former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan on Tuesday, February 25, became ill in a military courtroom in Baku during his sham trial. Vardanyan last week announced that he was going on a hunger strike to protest what he called a “judicial farce.” Vardanyan’s sudden worsening condition prompted the court to halt the proceedings to provide…
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Yerevan Criticizes Azeri “Trials” of Karabakh Leaders and Calls for Their Release
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Monday, 24 February, criticized for the first time the trials of former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh jailed in Azerbaijan. When speaking during High-level Segment of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mirzoyan said: “Moreover, as we speak, the mock trials against 23 Armenian individuals, who are…
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The families of two hostages held in Baku have appealed to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Siranush Sahakyan, head of the Center for International and Comparative Law, answered questions on the “Srbazan Payqar” YouTube platform regarding the trials of Armenian prisoners, Armenia’s complaints against Azerbaijan at the ECHR, political influence on legal processes, and other related topics. The human rights advocate spoke about the judges presiding over the trials of Artsakh’s…
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Azerbaijan is accountable for the lives of Armenian hostages
The sham trial of Armenian hostages, initially scheduled for February 24 in Baku, has been postponed to February 27, according to Azerbaijani media, which cited weather conditions as the reason. Earlier, they had reported that the trial would begin with the testimony of former Artsakh President Arkadi Ghukasyan. The case of former State Minister Ruben…
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Send an OSCE PA monitoring mission to Baku to observe the judicial farce against Armenian captives – Lilit Galstyan
Lilit Galstyan, a member of the Armenian National Assembly and a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) delegation, delivered a speech at the OSCE PA Winter Meeting in which she called on the OSCE PA to send a Monitoring Mission to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to observe the sham trials of Armenian POWs…
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Ex-Karabakh official held by Azerbaijan declares second hunger strike amid terrorism trial
19 February 2025 (Reuters) – Ruben Vardanyan, a former top official in the ethnic Armenian administration of Nagorno-Karabakh which Azerbaijan retook in 2023, announced a second hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against his criminal trial in Baku. “Today, I have decided to protest by declaring a hunger strike against the judicial farce being carried…
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Sham Trials in Baku Seek to Delegitimize Artsakh’s Right to Self-Determination, Legal Expert Says
New Charges Brought Against Artsakh Leaders As the sham trials of Artsakh leaders continue in two separate military courts in Baku, a legal expert said that through these trials, Azerbaijan wants to prosecute, and thus delegitimize Artsakh’s right to self-determination. “These individuals are symbolic and subject to personal vendettas, but Azerbaijan’s ultimate goal is to…
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Joint Appeal to End Azerbaijan’s Political Persecution of Armenian Humanitarian Ruben Vardanyan
To the International Community: As major Armenian diasporan organizations worldwide and NGOs working in the Republic of Armenia, we the undersigned, are writing to urge you to take immediate action to end Azerbaijan’s political persecution of Ruben Vardanyan, a globally-respected Armenian philanthropist and native of Armenia. Now 18 months into captivity, under wretched conditions and charged with committing crimes…
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“Azerbaijan is Torturing Armenian Prisoners of War”: Legal Researcher and Lawyer Maria Gevorgyan
“Seeking justice in Azerbaijan is futile for individuals of Armenian descent.” Uzay Bulut Artsakh, for millennia home to a predominantly Armenian population, declared independence in 1991 from the Soviet Union. In September 2020, Azerbaijan—with the help of Turkey—launched a 44-day war against Artsakh, followed by a 10-month blockade and military assault in 2023, leading to the…