- Armenian and Russian Foreign Ministers meet for talks.
- Pashinyan and Putin are due to meet on April 7.
- Five years on and the commission investigating the 2016 April War, still has not published its findings.
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OSCE Minsk Group Calls for
By Emilio Luciano Cricchio The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have released a statement calling for the release of all POWs and for high level talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The OSCE Minsk Group was founded in 1992, to encourage a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and consists of three co-chair countries, France, the US and Russia. The statement outlined several unresolved issues which according to the Co-Chairs are necessary to establish the environment needed for a long-lasting peace. This included the release of POWs, the exchange of intel regarding existing minefields that have yet to be dismantled, lifting restrictions […]
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Artsakh’s Former Primate on, Faith,
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, the Primate of the Diocese of Artsakh from 1989 to 2021, speaks to CivilNet on Artsakh’s situation. His Grace also gives his take on losing faith, hope, possible peace with Azerbaijanis, the situation regarding religious heritage, and the mistakes that were made by Armenians collectively.
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Baku’s New Museum Complete with
The Military Trophies Museum in Baku, has been visited by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The museum’s displays include injured Armenian soldiers, chained captives, and exaggerated caricatures, provoking outrage online and a sense of dwindling hope for reconciliation. Credits: Ruptly
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French Public Figures Call for
In an opinion column, French politicians, artists, actors and intellectuals are demanding the French government act to push for the release of Armenian captives who are detained in Azerbaijan. An estimated 200 Armenians are still captive and according to the Human Rights Watch, they are facing abuse in custody. The report states that Armenian POWs are tortured by Azerbaijani authorities and described these incidents as “war crimes.” Actors Simon Abkarian, and Ariane Ascaride, Senator Valérie Boyer, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, and philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy are among the signatories. Find the translation of the opinion column below: OPINION – Four […]
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Care Providers in Armenia Need
Nayiri Nahabedian is a member of the Glendale Unified School District Board of Education and a professor of social studies at California State University Los Angeles. She is currently in Armenia and had the chance to observe how psychologists, social workers and professors deal with the post-war situation in the country. Nayiri talks to CivilNet’s Ani Paitjan about the urgent need to support the work of care providers, or in her words, to heal the healers who themselves have gone through trauma.
