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Rights Groups Accuse Armenian Government of Failing Released POWs
A coalition of Armenian and international civil society organizations, including the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security, has signed an open letter denouncing the Armenian government’s failure to provide adequate rehabilitation, psychological and physical medical care, housing, and social support to former Armenian POWs released from Azerbaijani captivity. The appeal focuses on former…
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“Our Goal Is to Reach an International Court”: Davit Ishkhanyan Sends Message from Baku
Davit Ishkhanyan has issued a new message from prison in Baku following the conclusion of the latest stage of the criminal proceedings against the former military and political leadership of Artsakh at the Baku Court of Appeal. The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh argues that the Court of Appeal’s decision…
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Sahakyan: Strong Grounds for Positive ECHR Outcome as Armenian Hostages Remain Isolated in Azerbaijan
In separate interviews with News.am and Sputnik Armenia, human rights lawyer Siranush Sahakyan outlined the legal action being pursued before the European Court of Human Rights over the imprisonment of Armenians in Azerbaijan, while warning that the detainees remain almost entirely isolated from independent international oversight. Sahakyan, who heads the Center for International and Comparative…
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Urgent Call Needed Now
The lawyer of 56-year-old Lyudvig Mkrtchyan, who has already been held in an Azerbaijani prison for six years, Luciana Minasian, has appealed to the President of Azerbaijan, demanding that Mkrtchyan be immediately allowed to call his wife. Lyudvig Mkrtchyan has not spoken to his wife in over a month.The last time Hranush Shahbazyan heard her…
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Serious Injury Reports Raise New Alarm Over Conditions of Armenian Hostages Held in Azerbaijan
Families report fractures, severe health deterioration, and lack of medical care as human rights lawyer urges urgent international intervention Fresh reports of serious injuries and rapidly deteriorating health among Armenian hostages held in Azerbaijani prisons have intensified concerns over their treatment and underscored the urgent need for independent international monitoring. Siranush Sahakyan, the legal representative…
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“During Our Call, He Said His Condition Had Deteriorated So Severely That He Lost Consciousness”: Hranush Shahbazyan
The health of 56-year-old Lyudvig Mkrtchyan, who has been held captive in Azerbaijan since October 2020, continues to cause serious concern for his lawyers and family. On July 15, Luciana Minasian, an attorney and head of the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR), raised the alarm that Armenian prisoner of war Lyudvig Mkrtchyan, who was…
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Another Armenian Prisoner In Azerbaijan Rebukes Yerevan
Yet another former leader of Nagorno-Karabakh jailed in Azerbaijan has accused Armenia’s leadership of being indifferent to the fate of Armenian prisoners and hostages. Major-General Davit Manukyan, who had served as a deputy commander of Karabakh’s Armenia-backed army, challenged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to publicly comment on “fabricated and false” accusations leveled against himself and…
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Armenian prisoner in Azerbaijan ‘fighting for his life’ as health concerns mount
The family of an Armenian prisoner held in Azerbaijan, Ludwig Mkrtchyan, has warned that his health had significantly deteriorated while in detention, amidst a lack of adequate medical care. Mkrtchyan was captured by Azerbaijan in the 2020 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to RFE/RL, he was a volunteer fighter. The concerns were first raised by lawyer Luciana…
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‘This Is a Politically Motivated Trial,’ Says Jailed Artsakh Leader
Artsakh’s former Parliament Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan, who is serving a life sentence in a Baku prison, issued a new message that circulated on Thursday through his family. Ishkhanyan is one of the former Artsakh leaders who was on trial in Azerbaijan on sham charges. They were given long sentences ranging from 20 years to life…
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Václav Havel Prize Nominee Ruben Vardanyan Suffers in an Azerbaijani Prison
Below is an English translation of an article originally published in Czech by iDNES.cz, focusing on Ruben Vardanyan, the trials of former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders in Baku, and concerns raised by international human rights organizations. Former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, including Ruben Vardanyan, a potential laureate of the Václav Havel Prize, received draconian sentences in Baku, with some sentenced…