Artsakh News
- Freedom House confirms progress, partly free status for ArtsakhFreedom House’s annual Freedom in the World report reiterates that even in conditions of a lengthy blockade and constant threat of repeated aggression from Azerbaijan, Artsakh remains partly free and even registers progress as a democracy.… Read more: Freedom House confirms progress, partly free status for Artsakh
- Germany’s Scholz supports the right of Artsakh citizens to self-determination“There needs to be a peaceful settlement in terms of the territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh citizens’ right to self-determination. These principles are equally applicable,” Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the March… Read more: Germany’s Scholz supports the right of Artsakh citizens to self-determination
- UN court calls on Azerbaijan to end Artsakh’s blockadeOn February 22, 2023 the United Nations’ highest court – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – ordered Azerbaijan to “take all steps at its disposal” to restore free movement of traffic of people and goods… Read more: UN court calls on Azerbaijan to end Artsakh’s blockade
- Artsakh under Blockade: Day 67thArtsakh under Blockade: Day 67th. Azerbaijan completely shuts sole gas pipeline into Artsakh only hours after partially restoring its operations.
- Azerbaijani government worker: We were taught Greece is bad and Greeks are infidelsAs means of dehumanising and maintaining hatred against Armenians, it is will established that the Azerbaijani government imposes heavy indoctrination on its population through the education system and media.
- Azeri president demands erasure of Armenian traces in occupied areasAzerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev vowed on Wednesday to wipe out all Armenian traces from territories that have come under Azeri occupation following the end of the recent conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
- Unlawful Attacks on Medical Facilities and Personnel in Nagorno-KarabakhThree unlawful attacks on medical facilities by Azerbaijani forces during the six-week armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh have come to light in recent Human Rights Watch research in the region. Human Rights Watch documented multiple unlawful strikes on a public hospital in Martakert in September through November 2020, and an unlawful strike on a military hospital in the town’s outskirts in October.
- Child of War Chronicles Horrors From a Bunker in ArtsakhJackie Abramian I cover women social entrepreneurs, peace builders and change agents. Journalist Lika Zakaryan considers herself “a child of war” born in 1994 in the capital city of Stepanakert, in the war-torn, predominantly Armenian populated,… Read more: Child of War Chronicles Horrors From a Bunker in Artsakh
- Belgian Parliament Calls for Withdrawal of Azeri Forces from ArtsakhThe Belgian House of Representatives (Federal Parliament) adopted a resolution condemning the military aggression of Azerbaijan, supported by the Turkish authorities and foreign mercenaries against the Armenian population of the Republic of Artsakh. The resolution calls… Read more: Belgian Parliament Calls for Withdrawal of Azeri Forces from Artsakh
- French Senate Recognizes ArtsakhThe French Senate recognized the independence of the Republic of Artsakh with a vote of 305 to 1, following an almost two-hour debate on the floor of the upper house of the French Parliament. The measure… Read more: French Senate Recognizes Artsakh
- Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk GroupMoscow / Paris / Washingron, D.C. – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following… Read more: Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
- Civilian population of Artsakh is under the unprovoked attackAzerbaijan launched an unprovoked attack on the civilian population of Artsakh, reaching far beyond the border areas, into the capital city of Stepanakert, shelling residential areas, schools, and hospitals, and immediately killing a woman and a… Read more: Civilian population of Artsakh is under the unprovoked attack
AfA News
- Yervand Nersisyan scholarship program for Students from Artsakh RepublicAmericans4Artsakh (AfA) is increasing its support for educational programs through the expansion of the Yervand Nersisyan scholarship program. Thanks to the generous contributions of Yervand, students from the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) who are studying at various colleges in Armenia receive monthly stipends. Launched first in 2016 with the ability to assist two students from Artsakh, the program has gradually expanded to helping 14 students by 2022. The contributions towards this program from Yervand Nersisyan have totaled 70,000 U.S. dollars to date.
- Computer Lab and Library for the Artsakh State UniversityComputer Lab and Library for the Artsakh State University The Artsakh State University has trained more than 25,000 graduates during the course of 50 plus years of its existence. Graduates work in different areas of the Artsakh Republic. The Artsakh State University has… Read more: Computer Lab and Library for the Artsakh State University
- Americans for Artsakh helps YerevaNN develop AI models for drug designSince 2016, YerevaNN, a lab focused on computer science research, has connected students and young scientists in Armenia with professors all over the world to produce high quality research papers. In 2021, Americans for Artsakh helped… Read more: Americans for Artsakh helps YerevaNN develop AI models for drug design
- Americans For Artsakh remembers the victims of the aggression against free and democratic ArtsakhOn September 27 of 2020, with the help of the Turkish Armed Forces and mercenaries from the Middle East, Azerbaijan attacked the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. Using prohibited weapons and white phosphorus, bombing cultural sites, including the… Read more: Americans For Artsakh remembers the victims of the aggression against free and democratic Artsakh
- Americans for Artsakh welcome the growing resistance to Azerbaijani propaganda on the Khojaly MassacreDuring the last week of February 2021, Azeri Turks around the world commemorated the 29th anniversary of the self-proclaimed bloodiest episode in their country’s recent history. Azerbaijan’s government claims that in one night alone, on 26… Read more: Americans for Artsakh welcome the growing resistance to Azerbaijani propaganda on the Khojaly Massacre
- Artsakhpress Providing News Before, During and After the War in ArtsakhIn 2014 a group of journalists from Armenia and the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) set up Artsakhpress to be independent Artsakh’s first news agency. International recognition and a surge of online readers took place in April 2016, during what later became known as Four Day War, when the Azerbaijani Army attacked the Armenian frontline positions in Nagorno Karabakh. Last year, during the 44 days of war, Artsakhpress staff continued to work […]
- Statement on the De-Occupation of ArtsakhStatement on the De-Occupation of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Territories Americans for Artsakh condemn Azerbaijan’s attack on Artsakh in September 2020 and call for the international community to apply all pressure on Azerbaijan to withdraw its military… Read more: Statement on the De-Occupation of Artsakh
- Americans for Artsakh calls for protection of the Christian monuments in ArtsakhDuring both the recent aggression against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) and afterwards, the government of Azerbaijan showed no respect to the Christian Armenian cultural monuments. Azerbaijan’s government’s notorious habit of destruction of the Christian Armenian cultural heritage… Read more: Americans for Artsakh calls for protection of the Christian monuments in Artsakh
- Yervand Nersisyan scholarship program is expandingAmericans4Artsakh (AfA) is increasing its support for educational programs through the expansion of the Yervand Nersisyan scholarship program. Thanks to the generous contributions of Yervand, students from the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) who are studying at… Read more: Yervand Nersisyan scholarship program is expanding