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Armenia Members of the “Armenia” faction of the National Assembly, including Kristine Vardanyan, Anna Grigoryan, Gevorg Manukyan and Arthur Khachatryan, have jointly filed a legal complaint against the government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The […]

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Artsakh The Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office has refused to allow Jared Genser, the international lawyer representing Ruben Vardanyan, to visit his client in Baku. The Azerbaijani government stated that the International Committee of the Red Cross […]

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Artsakh An international conference dedicated to the preservation of Artsakh’s cultural heritage took place at the San Tommaso d’Aquino Pontifical University in Rome on November 18. The event, titled “Preserving Sacred Sites for Unified Christian […]

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Armenia The Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs has postponed the second reading of proposed amendments to the “Police Law” following concerns about a lack of public consensus. The amendments, aimed at enhancing public safety through […]

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Armenia Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan has congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential election. “I am sure that during your presidency, Armenia-U.S. relations will be further strengthened, and we will continue to […]

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Artsakh The Artsakh Human Rights Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan has shared footage on X stating, “The large-scale destruction of Stepanakert by Azerbaijan continues in broad daylight. Entire neighborhoods are being wiped off the map just ahead […]

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Artsakh Starting on October 18, the Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights of the People of Artsakh, which was established by the Artsakh parliament in December 2023, held a three-day meeting in Yerevan, engaging […]

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Artsakh Citizens of Artsakh are urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to investigate events since September 2020, when Azerbaijan’s military aggression forced over 150,000 Armenians to flee their ancestral lands. Reports from international organizations […]

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Azerbaijan Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev rejected a letter from U.S. lawmakers criticizing his country’s human rights record and urging the release of political prisoners ahead of the COP29 climate conference, which Azerbaijan will host. Sixty […]