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We strongly condemn the initiation of prosecution of the Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijan, as stated by the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan.

12:41, 30 December, 2020 YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has commented on the post-armistice incident which happened in Nagorno Karabakh, when on December 13 the Azerbaijani military violated the ceasefire and attacked two villages – Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd, in the Republic of Artsakh.   In an interview to TASS, Lavrov said the incident had taken place in a location where at that time Russian peacekeepers were not deployed. “There haven’t been any provocative actions against Russian peacekeepers so far,” Lavrov said. “The only no...

Artsakh Human Rights Defender Artak Beglaryan Azerbaijan is concealing the actual number of captured Armenias, said Artak Beglaryan, Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender during a farewell press conference on Wednesday in Stepanakert. Beglaryan announced his resignation from the post and, on Thursday, he was named chief advisor to Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan. According to him, Azerbaijan has so far returned 53 Armenian prisoners of war. This number includes women, two elderly Armenian men who died in Azerbaijani prisons, with evidence of brutal violence against them. Beglaryan said the v...

December 22, 2020 - 18:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Court of Human Rights has approved an interim measure requested by Armenia against Azerbaijan on behalf of dozens of servicemen captured by Azeri troops in Karabakh. "On 18 December, immediately after the meeting of the Representative of the Republic of Armenia before the ECHR Yeghishe Kirakosyan with the relatives of 62 servicemen captured in Khtsaberd, which took place in Gyumri, another request for indication of interim measure against Azerbaijan on behalf of 53 servicemen was prepared and lodged by the Office of the Represent...

Defense Ministry Loses Contact with Soldiers Azeris Blockade Russian Peacekeepers, Claims Pashinyan Tensions Mount for Residents of Shushi-Adjacent Villages The fate of more than 70 Artsakh Armed Forces soldiers is unknown after Azerbaijani forces continue an armed standoff in Artsakh’s Hadrut district, which began late last week when they attacked the Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd villages in an effort to seize them. Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan on Wednesday, in an address to the nation, confirmed that “several doze” Artsakh soldiers were taken captive by Azerbaijani soldiers around...