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...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has completed the bureaucratic preparations required to launch direct trade with Armenia, lifting a longstanding restriction that for three decades had forced Turkish goods bound...
The Cilicia Analytical Platform convened an extraordinary online meeting on the evening of March 5, 2026, presided over by His Holiness Aram I. The sole agenda of the meeting was the war in the...
Strasbourg, 26.01.2026 – Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC) has been elected today President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for a one-year term of office, which may be renewed once. She obtained an...
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan meets with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Jan. 13 Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a joint statement on the implementation of...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Turkey’s persecution and systematic violation of human rights of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, and Jews did not end in 1915. A century after the Genocide, the Turkish government continues to enforce...
According to Armenian media, the amnesty draft is expected to affect over 20,000 people, including those who participated in military operations defending Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, their relatives, and vulnerable groups. Over 5,000...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Over the years, I have been following many polls that tracked the views of Armenia’s population on key social and political issues. All of them have indicated a precipitous decline...
A further consignment of Czech humanitarian and medical assistance destined for the operation of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip arrived in Jordan today. The shipment includes medical instruments, protective equipment, bandage materials, medicines, and other...
An expert opinion from the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, reveals a conflict of interest that invalidates the outcome of a UN decision into the detention of former Nagorno-Karabakh...
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...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has completed the bureaucratic preparations required to launch direct trade with Armenia, lifting a longstanding restriction that for three decades had forced Turkish goods bound for Armenia to be routed through a third country and re-exported, effectively erasing Armenia from...
The Cilicia Analytical Platform convened an extraordinary online meeting on the evening of March 5, 2026, presided over by His Holiness Aram I. The sole agenda of the meeting was the war in the Middle East and its consequences. His Holiness briefed participants on his recent telephone consultations with...
Strasbourg, 26.01.2026 – Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC) has been elected today President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for a one-year term of office, which may be renewed once. She obtained an absolute majority in the first round of voting with 164 votes to 50 for the other candidate,...
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan meets with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Jan. 13 Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a joint statement on the implementation of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, known as TRIPP, after their meeting in...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Turkey’s persecution and systematic violation of human rights of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, and Jews did not end in 1915. A century after the Genocide, the Turkish government continues to enforce racist, exclusionary, and discriminatory policies against these minority groups. In recent months, some pro-Pashinyan Armenians...
According to Armenian media, the amnesty draft is expected to affect over 20,000 people, including those who participated in military operations defending Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, their relatives, and vulnerable groups. Over 5,000 prisoners are expected to be released, the sentences of more than 3,000 reduced, and nearly...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Over the years, I have been following many polls that tracked the views of Armenia’s population on key social and political issues. All of them have indicated a precipitous decline in Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s popularity from 82% in 2018, when he first ascended to...
A further consignment of Czech humanitarian and medical assistance destined for the operation of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip arrived in Jordan today. The shipment includes medical instruments, protective equipment, bandage materials, medicines, and other supplies. The handover in Jordan was attended by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to...
An expert opinion from the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, reveals a conflict of interest that invalidates the outcome of a UN decision into the detention of former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister, Ruben Vardanyan, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD)...
