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Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s office confirmed in an Instagram post on Saturday that they had detained Vagif Khachatryan, a 68-year-old who was traveling from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia for medical care. Khachatryan will be charged with committing massacres and forced deportations during the first Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1991. Local leaders in Azerbaijan reported stopping the transfer of [...]

Several thousand Armenians have rallied on Saturday near the bordering country of Azerbaijan to protest the blockade of the Lachin corridor, only road to the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh. Footage of the rally shows thousands of Armenians gathering to demand the lifting of the blockade. A series of meetings were held in Moscow on Friday [...]

A group of human rights organizations on Saturday, wrote an open letter urging top Armenian officals to oppose a proposed law that would restrict access to internet services, thus limiting the population’s freedom of expression. The letter, addressed to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, states: Nations across Eastern Europe and [...]

UN experts Monday welcomed Armenia’s commitment to combat the use of mercenaries and private security companies. The Armenian government made the commitment during an eight-day visit by UN experts to the country. UN experts aimed to investigate legal frameworks in Armenia after the ratification of the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled that the Republic of Azerbaijan violated several human rights after convicting an activist and university student of “hooliganism.” The ECHR passed the decision following Ilkin Bakir oglu Rustamzade’s claim that he was arrested and subject to criminal proceedings in contravention of the Convention for the Protection [...]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday urged Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to immediately reopen the Lachin Corridor to commercial traffic in an effort to reach a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijani protestors since December 12, 2022. During a phone call with Aliyev, Blinken pressed that the [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ordered Russia to recognize same-sex unions. The ruling came in response to an appeal by three gay couples who were denied the ability to marry by Russian authorities. It remains to be seen whether Russia will implement the court’s ruling. A bench of 17 judges presided over [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday held that Armenia violated its duty to prevent a soldier from taking his own life. The case centered on the 2010 suicide death of Artak Nazaryan, then 30, who is believed to have taken his own life with his military-issued rifle following months of hazing and [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Here Luisa Gambs, a German law student at the University of Augsburg, reports on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s recent State of the Union address to the European Parliament.  This [...]

Multiple police officers and protestors were injured in Armenia’s capital city Friday during protests over the Armenian government’s handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh border dispute with Azerbaijan. Thirty-four police officers and 16 protestors were hurt during the Yerevan demonstrations. The Armenian Ministry of Health confirmed that four people are still hospitalized for their injuries but all [...]