The issue of releasing Armenian prisoners of war and the former leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) remains one of the most acute and complex on the international agenda, as it stands at the intersection of international law, human rights protection, and hard geopolitical interests.
The OSCE Chief, Feridun Sinirlioğlu of Türkiye, must stand as a barrier against violations of freedom of religion, rather than as their willing supporter. This is stated in a joint statement by the Armenian Center for Political Rights, the Helsinki Committee of Armenia, the Freedom of Religion Forum in Europe, and Christian Solidarity International (CSI).
A new independent public initiative, the Commission for the Rights of Politically Persecuted Persons, has been established in Armenia. Its members presented the organization at their first press conference on July 14, stating that following the 2018 change of power, the country saw the systematic subjugation of the judicial system, the suppression of dissent,
The Knesset vote on the resolution to recognize the Armenian Genocide has been suspended, JNS reports, citing an Israeli official. In late June, the Israeli government unanimously supported the initiative
While Yerevan seeks to normalize relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan and supports a U.S.-backed transport corridor, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is trying to convince Iran that the project does not threaten its interests, Al-Monitor writes.
OSCE Secretary General, former Turkish Foreign Minister (in 2015), former Turkish Ambassador to Israel (2002-2007), and an ethnic Turk from the town of Görele (Kerasun, Armenian: Կերասուն) in the Armenian province of Hamshen, temporarily occupied by the Republic of Turkey, Feridun Sinirli oglu made a frank confession,
The 21st Century: The Era of Establishing Law and Legality Editorial of the “The Covenant of Ararat” («Ուխտ Արարատի») periodical, No. 1 (15), February – March, 2008, pp. 1-7: “The greatest responsibility for the further civilizational regression of Western
Modern genetics today makes it possible not only to study the origins of peoples but also to reconstruct events that just a few decades ago seemed permanently lost to science. Ancient DNA analysis opens up the opportunity to explore the history of entire regions, establish the origin of populations,
Armenia celebrates Constitution Day on July 5. On this day in 1995, the draft of the country’s Basic Law was submitted to a nationwide referendum. The opposition at the time considered the referendum results falsified, but according to official data, the Constitution was adopted
Modern genetics is increasingly becoming one of the key tools for studying the ancient history of nations. While written sources allow us to look back only a few millennia, DNA analysis makes it possible to trace the origin of a population much deeper and answer questions that have long remained
