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Azerbaijan’s Ongoing Persecution of Christian Armenians: The Case of Vicken Euljekjian
17 February 2025 – The Center for Truth and Justice has published a new report titled Azerbaijan’s Ongoing Persecution of Christian Armenians: The Case of Vicken Euljekjian.” Who is Vicken?Vicken Euljekjian is a 44-year-old Christian Armenian and a descendant of survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. He is a citizen of Lebanon and Armenia. In 2020,
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Upcoming Trials of Sixteen Armenian Hostages in Baku
Trial Date Set for Armenian Hostages Held in Baku As the victims of the 1990 January 13 state-sponsored pogroms[1] in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, are being commemorated, a news item in an Azerbaijani outlet reports that the trial of fifteen Armenian hostages[2] —POWs and political prisoners— held in Baku is scheduled for 17 January
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The Armenian hostages —POWs, civilians and political prisoners— still illegally detained by Azerbaijan
During its genocidal attacks on the Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) in 2020 and 2023, Azerbaijan abducted many Armenian soldiers, civilians, and political leaders. Azerbaijan is currently confirmed to be holding at least 23 Armenian hostages. The true figure may be as high as 100. Read here for more info. Of the twenty-three, seven have
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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
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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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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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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