Nagorno-Karabakh

December 29, 2025 12:54

• Facebook* users debated the fairness of Avanesyan's sentence.

  Armenian social media users suggested that Karen Avanesyan, who remained in Khankendi, was convicted of a fabricated terrorist attack, while Azerbaijani users considered the verdict fair. Details of the case are known only from Azerbaijani sources, according to lawyer Ara Kazaryan.

December 26, 2025 21:42

• Ishkhanyan's final statement concludes the trial of former Karabakh leaders

  During a hearing at the Baku Military Court, former Nagorno-Karabakh Parliament Speaker David Ishkhanyan delivered his closing statement, denying the charges. The verdict will be announced at the next hearing.

December 26, 2025 12:00

• Red Cross workers visited Armenian prisoners in Baku

  Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited all Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan. The visit focused on the prisoners' conditions of detention and their health.

December 26, 2025 02:51

• Three former Karabakh officials denied charges in a Baku court.

  Former commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Levon Mnatsakanyan told the Baku Military Court that he disagrees with the charges brought against him. Two other defendants expressed a similar position.

December 25, 2025 17:53

• Karen Avanesyan was sentenced to a lengthy prison term in the terrorist attack case.

  Karen Avanesyan, who remained in Khankendi after the exodus of Karabakh residents to Armenia, was sentenced by an Azerbaijani court to 16 years in prison on charges of attempting a terrorist attack.

December 22, 2025 18:25

• Babayan and Mnatsakanyan denied the charges in a Baku court.

  Former Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Minister David Babayan and former Defense Army Commander Levon Mnatsakanyan delivered their closing statements at a Baku court hearing today. Before them, former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan delivered his closing statement, sparking a debate between Armenian and Azerbaijani Facebook users*.

December 20, 2025 23:53

• Refugees from Karabakh called obtaining Armenian citizenship a forced step.

  More than 26,000 refugees from Karabakh have received Armenian citizenship. The displaced persons themselves described the decision as forced; they needed to obtain an Armenian passport to find work and participate in a housing program. Karabakh human rights activists believe that accepting Armenian citizenship does not deprive the refugees of their right to return.

December 19, 2025 22:30

• Karabakh leaders denied the accusations in their final statements

  Former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan stated that he first heard about a number of war crimes he is accused of in court and refused to admit guilt. Two other defendants expressed a similar position. Ruben Vardanyan's international lawyer, commenting on the requested life sentence, called the charges fabricated.

December 18, 2025 13:30

• The prosecution requested a life sentence for Vardanyan

  At a hearing in the Baku Military Court, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Vardanyan stated that the trial did not meet the requirements of a fair trial.

December 17, 2025 09:55

• 57 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone

  More than 230 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to Lachin, Hadrut, and two other settlements today.

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