The families of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan have been unable to see their loved ones for more than two years. They are deeply concerned about the detainees’ state of health. The last to have had independent access to them were representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross — the only organization that visited them at their places of detention.
On 13 March, during a phone call with his family, Ruben Vardanyan attempted to deliver a public address to Azerbaijan’s Ombudsperson, Sabina Aliyeva. The call was forcibly terminated.
Dr. Artur Khachikyan, a PhD in Political Science from Stanford University, interviewed Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired US Army Colonel, military analyst, and former Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
American human rights activist and former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth is simply shocked why Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is so afraid of free and fair elections.
Aram Hamparian,, the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) says a recently leaked communication from Apollo Strategic Communications offers a rare glimpse into what he describes as long-running efforts to undermine Armenian advocacy in Washington.
Dr. Arthur Khachikian, Stanford PhD in Political Science had an interview with Arta Moeini, Research Director, Institute of Peace and Diplomacy and James W. Carden, editor and columnist at The American Conservative, former U.S. State Department adviser, and a senior advisor to the American Committee on the US-Russia Accord (ACURA).
This is a travesty. It is ludicrous.
On February 17, the military court in Baku sentenced Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years of imprisonment. This verdict was not the product of an independent and impartial judicial process. It was the foreseeable outcome of proceedings driven by political considerations and fundamentally incompatible with the standards of a fair trial.
During 168TV’s program “Review,” we spoke with international relations expert, lecturer, and PhD, Ehsan Movahedian.