Region – CIVILNET Baku & Artsakh Meeting: Negotiations at the Barrel of a Gun Sep 21, 2023 Hosts Eric Hacopian and Patrick Elliott discuss the negotiations in Yevlakh between the representatives of Artsakh and Baku,… 20 Sep Karabakh agrees to ceasefire 24 hours after 20 Sep Artsakh Surrenders: What Comes Next? 19 Sep BREAKING: At least 2 dead as Azerbaijan 19 Sep The results of Azerbaijani shelling Ending the Nagorno-Karabakh Siege, lessons from Syria Sep 14, 2023 By David Akopyan and Hrair Balian The conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria have distinct root… Richard Giragosian: United States in the Caucasus Sep 13, 2023 Richard Giragosian, the head of Yerevan-based Regional Studies Center, spoke about the United States’ policy in the South… Russia has ‘no problems’ with Armenia, Putin insists Sep 12, 2023 A Russian truck with desperately needed humanitarian aid reached Karabakh after an unexplained delay while transiting through… 07 Sep A new low in Armenia-Russia relations 06 Sep Azerbaijan moves troops, escalating fear of new war in 23 Aug Viacheslav Morozov: “Postcolonial Unevenness: Thinking and Writing about Imperial 18 Aug Georgia՚s ban on car re-exports to Russia raises concern Newsfeed Farewell to Home for Karabakh Armenians September 25, 2023 Region – CIVILNET CivilNet Artsakh reporter Hayk Ghazaryan is walking through the streets of Stepanakert, Karabakh to retrieve gasoline for his family. Unwilling to live under Azerbaijan’s violent dictatorship, residents are packing what they can and fleeing to Armenia. Ethnic Cleansing in Artsakh September 25, 2023 Region – CIVILNET Hosts Eric Hacopian and Patrick Elliott cover the ongoing humanitarian situation in Artsakh as well as the first convoys of displaced persons that arrived in Armenia. They also reveal the first of the confirmed massacres that have taken place in 4 villages. On September 19, almost three years to the day of the launch of the 2020 Karabakh war, Azerbaijan initiated a large-scale military attack along the contact line and into civilian areas of Artsakh. First displaced people from Karabakh arrive in Armenia en masse September 25, 2023 Region – CIVILNET As of early Monday afternoon, more than 4,800 displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, even as the Nagorno-Karabakh government urged people to temporarily refrain from traveling to Armenia, citing the need to first evacuate people injured in last week’s fighting. “All citizens who wish to move from Artsakh to Armenia will have that opportunity,” Stepanakert said. USAID chief Samantha Power visits Armenia amid mass exodus of September 25, 2023 Region – CIVILNET By Mane Berikyan Senior Biden Administration officials, including U.S. Agency for International Development chief Samantha Power, arrived in Armenia for a historic visit on Monday. This marks the first-ever visit by a USAID chief to Armenia. Power will reportedly meet with top Armenian officials to “discuss measures to address the humanitarian crisis” in Nagorno-Karabakh. Read more: With ethnic cleansing underway, Armenians begin leaving Karabakh The other senior U.S. official visiting Armenia alongside Power is Acting Assistant Secretary of State Yuri Kim. In a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh earlier this […] With ethnic cleansing underway, Armenians begin leaving Karabakh September 24, 2023 Region – CIVILNET The first group of displaced Nagorno-Karabakh citizens has arrived in Syunik, Armenia on Sunday, CivilNet’s Armine Simonyan reports from the southern Armenian region. The group of about 40 people is being registered at a humanitarian station and a special needs assessment is being conducted for medical and housing care. Those displayed told CivilNet that no checks were carried out by Azerbaijan at the Lachin Corridor as they passed through the checkpoint. Syunik Governor Robert Ghukasyan told CivilNet that the region, which now borders Azerbaijan, has set up mobile medical centers as well as ambulances, ready to provide […] Protecting Human Rights in the Line of Fire: Nagorno-Karabakh and September 22, 2023 Region – CIVILNET In this conversation with CivilNet’s Patrick Elliott, UN human rights lawyer Sheila Paylan discusses how international human rights law and UN resolutions can help address the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Paylan explores the concrete steps the UN and international community can take to promote a peaceful and just resolution through political and diplomatic means in accordance with established international norms and principles. ‘A bankruptcy of EU and US diplomacy’: What the Karabakh September 22, 2023 Region – CIVILNET Stefan Meister of the German Council on Foreign Relations, joins CivilNet to talk about the implications of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh this week, and what it all means for the future of European involvement in the South Caucasus. He also discusses how the crisis unfolding in Nagorno-Karabakh sets a “dangerous precedent” that shows the “bankruptcy of EU and U.S. diplomacy” in the region. Hikmet Hajiyev distorts Nikol Pashinyan’s words September 22, 2023 Region – CIVILNET Ani Grigoryan, #CivilNetCheck Hikmet Hajiyev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s foreign policy advisor said at a September 22 meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross’s Baku office that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said there were no civilian casualties in Nagorno-Karabakh. “As the Prime Minister of Armenia himself admitted, civilians were not harmed. In this regard, unverified and unserious statements by EU, French, and German officials remain incomprehensible,” Hajiyev wrote on X, formerly Twitter. However, Hajiyev is manipulating Pashinyan’s words. On September 21, Pashinyan posted a video message, referring to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and widespread […] Read more