{"id":1604,"date":"2025-11-11T16:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:31:06","slug":"five-years-is-far-too-long-it-is-time-for-vicken-euljekjian-to-return-home-from-captivity-in-azerbaijan-the-lawyer-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFive years is far too long. It is time for Vicken Euljekjian to return home from captivity in Azerbaijan,\u201d the lawyer said."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vicken Euljeckjian&#8217;s lawyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MariaLucianaMinassian?__cft__[0]=AZUMjGFPyc2z_7SV2rtHw9MLJ5kBAA0X_U8wyLrWm4ncT6cYw3BBsi0j2mSE3yfk4aBwVz4pczY-TLgFw_xCpvPAe1dg7PiE88ViORWNtmWzOFaqB7Zx_w9aO0lwfQSl2ZwUzTRWZpcOEzav9siBMNy-BK5rmXx0AsnBBCRU2dJ4Ww&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mar\u00eda Luciana Minassian<\/a>, posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today marks five long years since Vicken Euljekjian was unjustly detained and sentenced in Azerbaijan \u2014 five years of suffering, resilience, and unwavering hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During these years behind bars, Vicken has endured unimaginable hardship. He has gone on three hunger strikes, risking his health and his life in a desperate plea for justice and dignity. He has been denied even the smallest of comforts \u2014 not even a simple packet of cigarettes \u2014 as his captors seek to break his spirit through cruelty and deprivation. Yet every day, Vicken endures. Every day, he holds on to the hope that he will one day see his loved ones again, breathe freely, and live the life that was stolen from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vicken\u2019s suffering stands as a stark reminder of the deep injustice still faced by all Armenian prisoners unlawfully held in Azerbaijan \u2014 innocent men punished simply for who they are. His strength, however, is proof that even in the darkest places, the human spirit cannot be silenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five years is far too long. It is time for Vicken to come home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will not stop speaking his name, sharing his story, and demanding his freedom \u2014 until the day he walks free.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vicken Euljeckjian&#8217;s lawyer, Mar\u00eda Luciana Minassian, posted: &#8220;Today marks five long years since Vicken Euljekjian was unjustly detained and sentenced in Azerbaijan \u2014 five years of suffering, resilience, and unwavering hope. During these years behind bars, Vicken has endured unimaginable hardship. He has gone on three hunger strikes, risking his health and his life in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-english","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}