The sham trial of Artsakh leaders being illegally held captive by Azerbaijan kicked off on Friday in Baku’s Military Court. A separate trial for Former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan also started on Friday in another courtroom in the same building.
Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire former banker and ex-official in Nagorno-Karabakh, is facing trial in Azerbaijan amidst accusations of terrorism. His case has sparked controversy, with his counsel labeling it as a political show trial.
Armenia reported on Thursday progress in the latest round of negotiations with Azerbaijan on delineating the long border between the two states.
It’s a pity here that Armenia’s authorities do not respond to these accusations because they are not against individuals, but they are accusations as a phenomenon that crimes have taken place in Artsakh since the [19]90s. These do not refer to these persons, but to the phenomenon itself."
The first request was to combine the criminal case against R. Vardanyan with the case of 15 persons of Armenian origin accused of committing severe crimes against the Azerbaijani people into one proceeding, while the second request was to give the defendant additional time to familiarize himself with the materials of the criminal case.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 7 called Armenia effectively a "fascist state," claiming that Baku might have no other choice but to "destroy" its neighbor's so-called "fascist ideology." Azerbaijan and Armenia are bitter rivals,
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's aggressive rhetoric towards Armenia jeopardizes the ongoing peace process and raises concerns about regional stability.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 16. The negative reaction of Armenia to statements made by Russian journalists regarding the Zangezur Corridor is puzzling, Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said during today's weekly briefing, Trend reports.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused neighbouring Armenia of posing a "fascist" threat that needs to be destroyed, in comments that Armenia's leader called a possible attempt to justify fresh conflict.
Nineteen Armenian human rights NGOs and individual advocates on Friday jointly appealed to international organizations and foreign ambassadors in Azerbaijan, urging them to oversee the trials of
Azerbaijan and Armenia's border delimitation commissions convened for their 11th meeting, state media reported Thursday. The discussions, held at
On January 17, an open trial began on the criminal case of crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, including waging an aggressive war, genocid