Artur Osipyan is being prosecuted by the Armenian authorities following a verbal confrontation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. FIDH and its Armenian member organisation Civil Society Institute (CSI) call for his release and the...
The Ruben Vardanyan story A Czech journalist’s perspective on his decision to move to Nagorno-Karabakh and its consequences In an article published by Lidové noviny, Czech journalist Tomáš Vlach examines the case of Ruben...
Reports of Fear, Intimidation and Political Reprisals; Allegations of Foreign Interference (Yerevan, June 1, 2026): The Armenian government has expanded its arrests of government critics for alleged speech-based offenses ahead of the June 7...
To: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights International organizations and diplomatic missions in Armenia 29 May, 2026 We, representatives of the undersigned organizations, would like to draw your urgent attention to the detention...
Prague, 26 May 2026 | On Wednesday 27 May, the historic building of the National Theatre will host a performance of Jules Massenet’s grand vocal-instrumental drama Marie-Magdeleine at the Prague Spring, almost exactly thirty...
On June 26, a discussion dedicated to the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia took place at the Civil Society Center in Prague. The discussion was attended by a journalist, former Deputy of the National...
On the occasion of the Vatican visit of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, the Vatican officially and publicly announced its decision to include St. Nerses Shnorhali among the...
Prague, 24 May 2026 | The third week at the Prague Spring International Music Festival will be marked by large-scale vocal-instrumental works featuring outstanding casts of soloists. On 25 May, Hector Berlioz’s “légende dramatique”...
In a new report released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) found that the independence of the legal profession in Azerbaijan remains compromised by executive control and influence over the Bar Association, discriminatory...
On the morning of Sunday, May 17, 2026, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I arrived at the Vatican, commencing an official four-day visit. Immediately following his arrival, His Holiness held meetings with Vatican officials to...
Artur Osipyan is being prosecuted by the Armenian authorities following a verbal confrontation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. FIDH and its Armenian member organisation Civil Society Institute (CSI) call for his release and the termination of all legal proceedings against him. Paris, Yerevan, 1 June 2026. On 18 May 2026,...
The Ruben Vardanyan story A Czech journalist’s perspective on his decision to move to Nagorno-Karabakh and its consequences In an article published by Lidové noviny, Czech journalist Tomáš Vlach examines the case of Ruben Vardanyan and the broader issue of Armenian detainees held in Azerbaijan. The article explores both...
Reports of Fear, Intimidation and Political Reprisals; Allegations of Foreign Interference (Yerevan, June 1, 2026): The Armenian government has expanded its arrests of government critics for alleged speech-based offenses ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections, said the International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA). During its second fact-finding...
To: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights International organizations and diplomatic missions in Armenia 29 May, 2026 We, representatives of the undersigned organizations, would like to draw your urgent attention to the detention and ongoing criminal prosecution of Armenian civic-political activist Artur Osipyan in the Republic of Armenia....
Prague, 26 May 2026 | On Wednesday 27 May, the historic building of the National Theatre will host a performance of Jules Massenet’s grand vocal-instrumental drama Marie-Magdeleine at the Prague Spring, almost exactly thirty years after it was last heard at the festival. Appearing in the leading roles of...
On June 26, a discussion dedicated to the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia took place at the Civil Society Center in Prague. The discussion was attended by a journalist, former Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, and founder of the NGO For Equal Rights Gayane Abrahamyan, a member...
On the occasion of the Vatican visit of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, the Vatican officially and publicly announced its decision to include St. Nerses Shnorhali among the saints commemorated by the Catholic Church. In accordance with this decision, August 13 has been...
Prague, 24 May 2026 | The third week at the Prague Spring International Music Festival will be marked by large-scale vocal-instrumental works featuring outstanding casts of soloists. On 25 May, Hector Berlioz’s “légende dramatique” La Damnation de Faust will be performed at the festival for only the second time...
In a new report released today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) found that the independence of the legal profession in Azerbaijan remains compromised by executive control and influence over the Bar Association, discriminatory admission practices, the punitive use of disciplinary proceedings, and the harassment and prosecution of independent...
On the morning of Sunday, May 17, 2026, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I arrived at the Vatican, commencing an official four-day visit. Immediately following his arrival, His Holiness held meetings with Vatican officials to discuss the forthcoming program of events.On Monday, May 18, His Holiness will meet with Pope...
