Lazare Eloundou Assomo UNESCO World Heritage Centre Director Dear Mr. Eloundou Assomo, We wish to draw your attention to a serious and urgent issue concerning the preservation of Armenian cultural and religious heritage in the...
Several diaspora and Artsakh representatives were excluded from the inauguration of Armenia’s new embassy in Paris, prompting strong criticism from the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France. In a statement issued on April...
International lawyers representing the families of seven Armenian hostages currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan have filed a formal petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), calling for their immediate and unconditional...
On March 31, 2026, Armenia rejected Azerbaijan’s latest fabricated claims that so-called “Armenian groups” committed “genocide” against Azerbaijanis in 1918, after Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement repeating the false accusation. The statement was...
I could not believe it. Armenians experienced a new genocide. In 2023 Azerbaijan removed the entire Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh from its ancestral homeland and, as in 1915, imprisoned its leaders. On September 22,...
March 12, 2026 The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention expresses grave concern over recent remarks by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in which he compared Armenian political detainees and prisoners of war to Nazi leaders...
We strongly condemn the unjust conviction and 20-year prison sentence imposed on Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Co-Founder Ruben Vardanyan. We call for Ruben’s immediate release and urge the international community to stand firm in defending...
STATEMENT Europe, February 17, 2026 We, the members of the “Europeans for Artsakh” movement, are following with deep concern and indignation the overt persecution carried out by the current authorities of the Republic of...
What did Ruben Vardanyan actually say during the farcical court proceedings in Baku? During a phone call with his family, Ruben Vardanyan conveyed the content of his final statement at the February 10 hearing....
Exactly 20 days ago, the latest group of Armenian hostages was released by Azerbaijan without any prior notice to families: Vicken Euljekjian (now age 46), Gevork Sujyan (age 36), Davit Davtyan (age 32) and...
Lazare Eloundou Assomo UNESCO World Heritage Centre Director Dear Mr. Eloundou Assomo, We wish to draw your attention to a serious and urgent issue concerning the preservation of Armenian cultural and religious heritage in the region of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Following the events of September 2023, when the entire population of...
Several diaspora and Artsakh representatives were excluded from the inauguration of Armenia’s new embassy in Paris, prompting strong criticism from the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France. In a statement issued on April 28, 2026, the CCAF said those excluded from the official ceremony included its co-chairs Ara...
International lawyers representing the families of seven Armenian hostages currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan have filed a formal petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), calling for their immediate and unconditional release. Dated 24 April—the annual day of remembrance for the victims of the 1915 Armenian...
On March 31, 2026, Armenia rejected Azerbaijan’s latest fabricated claims that so-called “Armenian groups” committed “genocide” against Azerbaijanis in 1918, after Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement repeating the false accusation. The statement was accompanied by a call from Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman, Sabina Aliyeva, urging international organizations and the United...
I could not believe it. Armenians experienced a new genocide. In 2023 Azerbaijan removed the entire Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh from its ancestral homeland and, as in 1915, imprisoned its leaders. On September 22, 2023, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide warned of “the risk of...
March 12, 2026 The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention expresses grave concern over recent remarks by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in which he compared Armenian political detainees and prisoners of war to Nazi leaders convicted at the Nuremberg trials. During a 13 February interview with France 24 TV channel,...
We strongly condemn the unjust conviction and 20-year prison sentence imposed on Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Co-Founder Ruben Vardanyan. We call for Ruben’s immediate release and urge the international community to stand firm in defending the principles of justice, human rights, and due process. The charges against Ruben, tied to...
STATEMENT Europe, February 17, 2026 We, the members of the “Europeans for Artsakh” movement, are following with deep concern and indignation the overt persecution carried out by the current authorities of the Republic of Armenia against the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and...
What did Ruben Vardanyan actually say during the farcical court proceedings in Baku? During a phone call with his family, Ruben Vardanyan conveyed the content of his final statement at the February 10 hearing. Refusing to participate in what he described as an imitation of justice, Vardanyan spoke about...
Exactly 20 days ago, the latest group of Armenian hostages was released by Azerbaijan without any prior notice to families: Vicken Euljekjian (now age 46), Gevork Sujyan (age 36), Davit Davtyan (age 32) and Vagif Khatchatryan (age 70). All four Armenians were not prisoners of war, but post-war hostages,...
