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Ombudsperson welcomes UN human rights chief’s call for release of Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan
Human Rights Defender of Armenia Anahit Manasyan has welcomed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk’s recent statement calling for the release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan, including ethnic Armenians. Manasyan underscored that all actors vested with the respective mandate, including international actors, must takes swift and proper steps to resolve the
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Ex-Artsakh ombudsman urges Armenian leadership to secure release of prisoners held in Baku
Former Artsakh Human Rights Defender Artak Beglaryan expressed deep concern over the torture and degrading treatment of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan at a protest outside the ICRC office in Yerevan on Monday, March 3. “International law is on trial in Baku, but first and foremost, we are the ones on trial,” he declared. “The rights, dignity and
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ANP: Armenian prisoners exposed to abuse and psychological torture in Baku
The Armenian National Platform (ANP) of the EaP Civil Society Forum on Monday, March 3, issued the following statement on the need to restore the rights of Armenian prisoners tortured during illegal trials in Azerbaijan. “Following the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh in 2020, numerous prisoners of war, both citizens of the
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Attorneys Work Remotely to Help Armenian Prisoners on Trial in Baku
WATERTOWN — The fate of the Armenian leadership of Karabakh (Artsakh), who were arrested in September 2023, after Azerbaijani forces staged a brutal attack on the enclave, taking it over entirely, remains bleak as their trials in Baku are underway. Recently, two attorneys who are working on the cases of the eight spoke about the
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37 organizations call on ICRC President to visit Armenians illegally detained in Baku
An action was held near the Yerevan office of the Red Cross on March 3 to demand that the ICRC immediately visit Ruben Vardanyan, who is illegally held in a Baku prison, has been on a hunger strike for the last 14 days, and whose life is in danger. According to the “We Are Our
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan
GENEVA – As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to Ukraine, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday, March 3, urged the international community to step up to defend fundamental freedoms and the institutions founded to promote them – not least from “unelected
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Former Artsakh Leader Bako Sahakyan Reaffirms Artsakh’s Right To Self-Determination In Sham Baku Court
In Baku, the fabricated trial of the Artsakh leaders continued on February 27. Azerbaijani media reported this. During the sham trial in Baku, former Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan rejected the charges against him and his fellow compatriots, reaffirming that the Artsakh movement and the right to self-determination are the legal rights of the people of
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Mane Tandilyan launches hunger strike in support of Ruben Vardanyan jailed in Baku
Two more people joined Mane Tandilyan’s hunger strike Mane Tandilyan, the leader of the Country of Living party, has launched a huger strike at Yerevan’s central Liberty Square to express support for Armenian humanitarian Ruben Vardanyan jailed in Azerbaijan. Her full statement is provided below. “It has been twelve days since Ruben Vardanyan initiated his hunger strike. With each passing
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ECHR notified of violations in Ruben Vardanyan’s trial
PanARMENIAN.Net – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been notified of procedural violations in the trial of former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who is currently detained in Baku, as well as the deterioration of his health, according to Armenia’s Office of the Representative on International Legal Matters. The statement said that in January
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“Armenia” faction calls on OSCE PA to monitor trials of Armenians illegally detained in Baku
The opposition “Hayastan” (Armenia) Faction of the Armenian Parliament has sent letters to the President of the OSCE PA, the rapporteurs on human rights and South Caucasus issues, demanding immediate steps to organize a fact-finding mission to monitor the trials of Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku and the military-political leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh, faction