The issue of releasing Armenian prisoners of war and the former leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) remains one of the most acute and complex on the international agenda, as it stands at the intersection of international law, human rights protection, and hard geopolitical interests.
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs has called on Azerbaijan to immediately release Armenian hostages by passing a relevant bill, ANCA reports. The Sherman Amendment to bill H.R. 9087 was adopted by the full committee with 44 votes in favor and 7 against.
The OSCE Chief, Feridun Sinirlioğlu of Türkiye, must stand as a barrier against violations of freedom of religion, rather than as their willing supporter. This is stated in a joint statement by the Armenian Center for Political Rights, the Helsinki Committee of Armenia, the Freedom of Religion Forum in Europe, and Christian Solidarity International (CSI).
Israel’s government decision to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide was unanimously approved at the end of June, but the vote in the Knesset never took place following political and diplomatic maneuvering behind the scenes. As the Israeli
Under pressure from Azerbaijan, Israel removed the issue of recognizing the Armenian Genocide from the Knesset agenda. As Haaretz has learned, Israeli officials assured their Azerbaijani counterparts that this issue would be removed from the Knesset agenda.
A new independent public initiative, the Commission for the Rights of Politically Persecuted Persons, has been established in Armenia. Its members presented the organization at their first press conference on July 14, stating that following the 2018 change of power, the country saw the systematic subjugation of the judicial system, the suppression of dissent,
The Knesset vote on the resolution to recognize the Armenian Genocide has been suspended, JNS reports, citing an Israeli official. In late June, the Israeli government unanimously supported the initiative
While Yerevan seeks to normalize relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan and supports a U.S.-backed transport corridor, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is trying to convince Iran that the project does not threaten its interests, Al-Monitor writes.
OSCE Secretary General, former Turkish Foreign Minister (in 2015), former Turkish Ambassador to Israel (2002-2007), and an ethnic Turk from the town of Görele (Kerasun, Armenian: Կերասուն) in the Armenian province of Hamshen, temporarily occupied by the Republic of Turkey, Feridun Sinirli oglu made a frank confession,
The 21st Century: The Era of Establishing Law and Legality Editorial of the “The Covenant of Ararat” («Ուխտ Արարատի») periodical, No. 1 (15), February – March, 2008, pp. 1-7: “The greatest responsibility for the further civilizational regression of Western
