Azerbaijan, Karabakh

Azerbaijan Begins Trials of Karabakh Ex-Separatists Including Billionaire
Nagorno-Karabakh escaped Baku's control in fighting around the time of the Soviet collapse when hundreds of thousands of ethnic Azeris fled their homes. Baku casts Vardanyan and other former separatist officials as leaders of an illegal armed entity who tried to stop Azerbaijan from reclaiming the territory.
Azerbaijan Puts Armenian Ex-Leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh on Trial
Ex-Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan and 15 other Armenian leaders of the formerly contested Nagorno-Karabakh region went on trial in Azerbaijan on Friday.
Yerevan Silent As Former Karabakh Leaders Go On Trial In Azerbaijan
Armenia’s government pointedly declined to react on Friday to the start of the trials in Azerbaijan of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and eight other Karabakh Armenian prisoners which human rights activists in Yerevan condemned as a travesty of justice.
Azerbaijan Opens War Crimes Trial Of Armenian Separatists
Azerbaijan on Friday opened war crimes trials against Armenian separatists who led the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region before it was recaptured by Baku in a lightning offensive in 2023.
Former Karabakh official protests on eve of trial in Azerbaijan
A former top official in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh protested on the eve of his trial before an Azerbaijani military court on Friday that he had not been given enough time to prepare his defence on 42 charges including terrorism.
Former Karabakh Official Faces Trial Amidst Allegations and Controversy
Karabakh, protests his trial in Azerbaijan, claiming insufficient preparation time. Accused of 42 charges, including terrorism, he maintains his innocence and calls the case politically motivated. Arrested during an exodus,
Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenians Struggle to Cling to Their Identity
For decades, Donara Gasparyan baked Zhingyalov hats — a type of flatbread stuffed with finely diced herbs, which is  a symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh culture […]
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Video with body of captured Australian volunteer turns out to be 4-year-old Karabakh recording, Slidstvo.info investigation says
Slidstvo.info, a team of independent professional journalists, found out that a video with the alleged body of Australian ...
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The High-Profile Trial of Ruben Vardanyan: A Tense Legal Drama in Baku
Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire former banker and ex-official in Nagorno-Karabakh, is facing trial in Azerbaijan amidst ...
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Ocampo Compares Aliyev to Stalin Ahead of Sham Trial of Artsakh Leaders Illegally Held Captive in Baku
Human Rights advocate Luis Moreno Ocampo published a new blog post comparing political tactics being used by President Ilham ...
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Former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan faces life in prison
By Ani Avetisyan in Yerevan Ruben Vardanyan, the former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh and a prominent Russian-Armenian ...
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Armenia Forges Strategic Partnership with US, Deepening Western Ties
Armenia is deepening ties with the West through a strategic partnership with the US and an EU accession bid, signaling a ...
Howitzers in autumn consider: the Transcaucasian "dwarf" is approaching the South Asian giant
Armenia continues to make active efforts to achieve military parity with Azerbaijan. The imbalance of forces following the 44 ...
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Azerbaijan Cuts Ties with USAID Amid Political Accusations
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov announced the halt of the agreement with USAID, accusing it of pursuing a ...
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Armenia Advocates For Abolition Of OSCE Minsk Group
The Minsk Group was established in 1992 from among the OSCE member countries with the aim of finding ways to peacefully ...