To qualify for an old age pension, two conditions must be met: one must be at least 63 years old, and they must have a minimum of 10 years of work experience, Lawyer Tigran Grigoryan said during the p...
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Clashes continue in Turkey as protests have escalated into confrontations with police, who have used tear gas and water cannons. Special measures and force have been employed against protesters, inclu...
This month, a court in Azerbaijan convicted the country’s prominent opposition leader Tofig Yagublu on fabricated forgery and fraud charges, sentencing him to nine years in prison. Yagublu’s prosecuti...
Azerbaijan will not sign a peace agreement with Armenia not because its peace aspirations are, to put it mildly, questionable, nor because it has no appetite for Lake Sevan, Syunik, or Tavush, but bec...
Azerbaijani authorities have recently revoked the accreditation of several journalists from foreign outlets, citing a false argument of “reciprocity.” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this arb...
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged Azerbaijan to protect journalists from attacks, threats and harassment linked to their work. The Committee of Ministers adopted an interim reso...
Azerbaijan continues to pursue its long-held objectives. Once the fear of Azerbaijanis, military-political leaders of Artsakh, now held hostage in Baku, are facing trials in enemy courts. Most of thes...
The “trial” farce of Ruben Vardanyan, the former state minister of Artsakh, who is being unlawfully held in Baku, is under way. Vardanyan has expressed his complaint to the panel of judges overseeing ...
The representative of the Armenian Government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Yeghishe Kirakosyan, has submitted a resignation request. Why is Kirakosyan leaving after approximately six ...
Tigran Grigoryan, Director of Hayts law firm and host of the program “Orenachap”, has addressed questions regarding personal searches and inspections conducted by patrol officers. Grigoryan clarified ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned Azerbaijan’s Feb. 20 arrest of Nurlan Gahramanli and Feb. 28 arrest of Fatima Mövlamli—both freelance reporters for Germany-based outlet Meydan TV—on...
While a human rights defender speaks of improved conditions, Baku continues to stage sham trials against Armenian prisoners. From behind prison, the prisoners call all this a farce and try to fight ag...
