Topic: Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan
NEW YORK — This week the Aurora Humanitarian Foundation and its CEO Armine Afeyan released a statement deploring the conviction of co-founder Ruben Vardanyan. “We strongly condemn the unjust conviction[...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Armenian prisoners sentenced in Azerbaijan plan to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) without exhausting all domestic legal remedies in Azerbaijan, lawyer Siranush Sahakyan[...]
During a phone conversation with his family, Ruben Vardanyan conveyed the content of his final statement at his trial in Baku, on February 10. Refusing to participate in an imitation[...]
BAKU (Reuters) — Azerbaijan issued a strong protest to Russia on Friday, February 6, after a Russian lawmaker condemned the sentencing of 13 ethnic Armenians who had held senior positions[...]
By Ruzanna Stepanian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Five former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh were sentenced to life imprisonment and two others received 20-year jail terms on Thursday, February 5, at the end[...]
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The French National Assembly will soon consider a resolution calling for the immediate release of the political leaders of the Republic of Artsakh currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.[...]
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The health of Vicken Euljekjian, recently returned from Azerbaijani captivity, has deteriorated, while his family faces severe social hardship, his wife Linda Euljekjian said on February 3.[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — In what amounted to a prisoner exchange, four Armenians were released from an Azerbaijani prison and repatriated on Wednesday, January 14, just as Armenia sent home two[...]
BAKU (Caucasian Knot) — On December 26, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited all Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan. The visit focused on the conditions of detention[...]
BAKU (Caucasian Knot) — During a hearing at the Baku Military Court at the end of December, former speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh parliament, David Ishkhanyan, delivered his closing statement, denying[...]