Under Siege: Struggle amidst bread shortages in Artsakh
Bread bakery in Artsakh (Photo: David Ghahramanyan) One night on Tumanyan Street in Stepanakert, as a long queue forms outside of a bakery, a man’s voice can be heard, announcing his position as the...
View ArticleUN Security Council convenes emergency meeting on Artsakh blockade
Ararat Mirzoyan addresses U.N. Security Council (Armenia Foreign Ministry, August 16) Armenia called on the United Nations to prevent genocide in blockaded Artsakh during an emergency meeting convened...
View ArticleStudents escorted from blockaded Artsakh to Armenian universities
Artsakh residents at Azerbaijan’s border checkpoint (Azerbaijan Public TV) Several dozen Armenians from Artsakh were among those permitted to cross the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor this week, for the...
View Article“SOS Artsakh!”
A march and protest will be held Friday, Sept. 1 during the 89th AYF-YOARF Olympics weekend in Washington, D.C. The protest will kick off “SOS Artsakh!” demonstrations around the world led by the...
View Article“SOS Artsakh!” protests to be held in Washington, D.C. and globally this weekend
Armenians around the world will be protesting Azerbaijan’s genocidal blockade and demanding justice for Artsakh this weekend on the occasion of Artsakh’s Sept. 2 independence anniversary under the...
View ArticleThree Artsakh students arrested by Azerbaijan, charged with “violating”...
Azerbaijan’s checkpoint on the Berdzor Corridor (NKR InfoCenter, August 28) Three young men from Artsakh arrested by Azerbaijani authorities while traveling along the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor have...
View ArticleArayik Harutyunyan resigns as president of Artsakh
Arayik Harutyunyan Arayik Harutyunyan has announced his decision to resign as the president of the Republic of Artsakh. Harutyunyan said the global “unstable geopolitical situation” and “Artsakh’s...
View ArticleArtsakh parliament nominates new president
A session of the Artsakh parliament (Artsakh Republic National Assembly, August 7) The latest bloodshed in Armenia comes amidst a major political and military shake-up in Artsakh. Following weeks of...
View ArticleRoad of Death vs. Road of Life: Aghdam open to aid, Berdzor remains closed
Russian aid truck in Stepanakert (Photo: Former State Minister and Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan, Twitter) YEREVAN – The Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor has not been...
View ArticleBREAKING: Azerbaijan launches full-scale attack on Artsakh
Civilian homes in Stepanakert, Artsakh damaged by Azerbaijani shelling (Photo: Siranush Sargsyan) In the early afternoon of September 19, Azerbaijan’s armed forces launched a large-scale military...
View ArticleArtsakh falls to Azerbaijan, agrees to Russian-brokered ceasefire
Artsakh, September 19, 2023 (Photo: Ashot Gabriel, Instagram) YEREVAN – Through the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Artsakh, Artsakh and Azerbaijan reached...
View ArticleAzerbaijan continues ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s Armenians
Fuel storage facility near Stepanakert explodes (NKR InfoCenter, September 25) YEREVAN—Amidst the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh and Azerbaijan’s national policy of the ethnic cleansing of its Armenian...
View ArticleFormer state and military officials of Artsakh detained by Azerbaijan
YEREVAN—Azerbaijan has illegally detained eight state and military figures of Artsakh, including four former presidents and the current chairman of the National Assembly. As of the morning of September...
View ArticleArmenia warns of imminent attack by Azerbaijan
The road from Goris to Vorotan in the Syunik province of Armenia (Photo: Former Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan, Aug. 26, 2021) YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has...
View Article“We’re dead, and there’s no one to bury us”: Armenians displaced from Artsakh...
This article is the first in a series about the fall of Artsakh, its humanitarian consequences and relief efforts, based on Lillian Avedian’s on-the-ground reporting from Armenia in October 2023....
View ArticleFailed peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan
YEREVAN—A planned meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and European Council President Charles Michel has been canceled, the latest sign of the...
View ArticlePashinyan presents “Crossroads of Peace,” pursuing regional connectivity
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan’s speech during the Silk Road International Conference in Tbilisi (Photo: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia) YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol...
View ArticleArtsakh refugees not granted Armenian citizenship, generating controversy
YEREVAN—Following the mass displacement of Artsakh’s Armenian population to Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s administration has opted to confer “temporary protection status” on the refugees,...
View ArticleFrench weapons arrive in Armenia through Georgia
French President Emmauel Macron and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan meet in Paris before the transfer of weapons (Photo: RA Office of the Prime Minister) YEREVAN—France’s government has initiated the...
View ArticleSenate unanimously adopts bill blocking US military aid to Azerbaijan
With the passage of “Armenian Protection Act of 2023,” the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to stop all U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan in FY2024 and FY2025 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Michigan Senator Gary Peters...
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