I was watering the garden outside, I saw that they were shooting. As soon as I turned around, I saw that six Azerbaijani soldiers with machine guns, putting their weapons by their side, opened the gate with their feet. They entered, tied my hands, and threw me into the car. They took me directly to …

Ruben Vardanyan’s children made a statement, which is presented below: As the four children of Ruben Vardanyan we respectfully call upon the world leaders, advocates for human rights, and the media to urgent help to free our father from illegal detention in Azerbaijan. We are concerned about his health and arbitrary treatment and have not …

The recent arrest by the government of Azerbaijan of philanthropist, businessman, Armenian citizen and co-founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, Ruben Vardanyan, is both outrageous and politically motivated. As members of the global humanitarian and human rights community we call for his immediate release. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, to which Ruben has given so much, …

September 27 marks the 3rd anniversary of the 44-day war. Currently there are 412 families with 4 or more children forcibly evicted from Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of the 44-day war and settled in Armenia. Each of the families received a financial support of 300 thousand drams from benefactor Karen Vardanyan. The total budget of …

In light of the ongoing developments related to science policy and discussions surrounding the “Academic City” project, the “Gituzh” initiative issues the following statement: Over the past two and a half years, the responsible ministries within the Armenian government (Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports; High Tech Industry Ministry; Ministry of Economy) have failed …

“It has been challenging for me as I hadn’t been studying for 10 years and my previous education was in a completely different field,” says Oleksandra Lysa from Ukraine, who graduated this year at the College of Europe in Natolin (Warsaw), Poland, thanks to the EU4Youth programme. Oleksandra is one of about 40 scholarship holders …

From February to June 2023, our “Region” Research Center conducted a series of interviews with 20 foreign experts from 12 countries (USA, Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Greece) on issues related to the degree of impact of the Armenian-Azerbaijani post-war developments on foreign policy interests of these countries and …

We, the undersigned organizations, have no questions to the leadership of Azerbaijan – the country, which holds one of the lowest places in international freedom of expression rankings but is hosting yet another pompous media forum on July 22-23. Similarly, we have no questions to Azerbaijan’s Media Development Agency, the event organizer, which endorses all …

The undersigned civil society organizations in Armenia express their alarm over the press statement of July 15 made by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, following the latest trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Aliyev. Specifically, we are concerned that the announcement equates the Lachin Corridor and Aghdam as options to address …

In an interview with Factor TV, the head of the European Union delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin talked about the solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, ensuring the rights and security of the Armenian population, the need for direct contact between Stepanakert and Baku. The Ambassador spoke about strengthening of democracy in Armenia and …