Topic: Human Rights
By Yousef Bardouka Armenian authorities arrested the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan for alleged money laundering. The eccentric tycoon had recently run in the June parliamentary[...]
BAKU (JAM News) — The European Court of Human Rights ruled on June 18 that Azerbaijan bore responsibility in a case involving the torture and beheading of a wounded Armenian serviceman during the[...]
By Stephan Pechdimaldji SAN FRANCISCO (Times of Israel) — The recent appointment of George Deek as Israel’s special envoy to the Christian world has been framed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian businessman jailed in Azerbaijan, has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and claimed that Armenia risks becoming a Turkish[...]
We, the undersigned, advocates for human rights across the globe, hereby announce that we have nominated the Armenian humanitarian Ruben Vardanyan for the 2026 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. This[...]
YEREVAN — On Monday, May 5, Artsakh Armenians held a peaceful protest in front of the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan, where the 8th European Political Community[...]
By Aytan Ahmadova The Belgium and Dutch parliaments adopted resolutions which also included imprisoned Armenian prisoners in Baku on April 16, resulting in condemnations from the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and[...]
By Shoghik Galstian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on March 26 that, as head of the Armenian government, he refused to pursue what he described as an[...]
WATERTOWN — Issues that on the surface appear to pertain to domestic Armenian politics have appeared frequently in international fora and media and conversely internationally known figures have become involved[...]
ISTANBUL (SCF) — Kurdish filmmaker Rojhilat Aksoy has gone on trial on charges of “publicly insulting the Turkish nation and state institutions” for screening an animated film about the Armenian[...]