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ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
BREAKING: 100+ Members of Congress demand:
- Banning US aid to Azerbaijan
- Releasing Armenian hostages
- Ending Azerbaijani occupation
26 Senators join 75 Representatives in co-signing ANCA backed, bipartisan, bicameral letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
Armenian MP Lilit Galstyan has called on the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to organize an urgent humanitarian mission to Baku to visit Armenian POWs and other detainees illegally held in Azerbaijan.
Galstyan warned that Armenian prisoners have been tried behind closed doors, while their families remain unable to visit them. She also noted that the ICRC has been denied access for roughly a year and that no international monitoring body or neutral third party has been allowed to assess their condition.
She said she is prepared to travel to Baku personally, even alone, stressing that the initiative is humanitarian and aimed at protecting the rights and safety of Armenian detainees.
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
ARTSAKH REMAINS ON THE AGENDA AT THE UNITED NATIONS. The rights exist. The tools exist. The people exist. What’s missing is the political will of the international community to compel Azerbaijan to sit down at the table and face the people whose very existence it is trying so feverishly to destroy.
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
There is an increasingly hostile relationship between the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and supporters of the Karabakh cause. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/02…
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
Located just 50 miles south of Yerevan on Armenia’s vital North-South highway, Tigranashen sits along a key lifeline connecting Armenia to Iran. Surrendering this strategic village means severing crucial trade routes and handing over recognized Armenian territory.
Azerbaijan continues to demand more land while acting with total impunity. We cannot remain silent while sovereign Armenian villages and communities are placed on the chopping block.
👉 Take action now: Visit ANCA.org to contact your Congressional representatives and demand accountability for Azerbaijani aggression.
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
Livestream at the UN: "Human Rights in Azerbaijan: Three Years Since the Ethnic Cleansing of Nagorno Karabakh”, co-sponsored by @ECLJ_Official.
On September 29th, Christian Solidarity International hosted a side event at the 63rd session of the @UN Human Rights Council to mark the third anniversary of Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of #NagornoKarabakh.
The event examined ways in which the international community can uphold the rights of the displaced Christians of Nagorno Karabakh / Artsakh.
Our distinguished panel included:
- Armine Aleksanyan: Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Artsakh & @NK_Committee
- Siranush Sahakyan: President, International and Comparative Law Center (ICLaw) Armenia
- Lorena Lopez de Lacalle: President, @EFAparty
- Karnig Kerkonian: International Lawyer, Armenian Legal Defense Front and the Nagorno Karabakh Committee, @kerkonian
- Thibault van den Bossche: Advocacy Officer, European Centre for Law and Justice (Presenting the ECLJ’s new investigative report)
- Dr. Joel Veldkamp: Director for Public Advocacy, Christian Solidarity International (Moderator)
Watch it on Youtube:
👉 youtube.com/live/UI4vIjl2oEQ…
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
Representatives from ANC International recently held a high-level meeting with the Artsakh government in Yerevan to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to justice.
ANC’s collective advocacy campaign focuses on critical priorities:
🔹 Unconditional Release of all Artsakh hostages and political prisoners
🔹 Right of Return for displaced Artsakhis to their ancestral homeland
🔹 Stopping Military Aid to Azerbaijan
🔹 Protecting Cultural & Religious Heritage across the region
We stand united to deliver one clear message: Artsakh Lives.
At a Burbank town hall, ALC Executive Director Siranush Sahakyan detailed the legal fight for Armenian hostages held in Baku and the rights of Artsakh’s displaced people. A Q&A followed, and Archbishop Barkev Martirosyan offered concluding blessing remarks.
#BringThemHome
ALC’s Siranush Sahakyan met with Glendale Mayor @ArdyKassakhian and addressed the @MyGlendale City Council on Armenian hostages held in Baku. Mayor Kassakhian and Councilmembers Gharpetian and Asatryan voiced support for their release and Artsakh Armenians’ right of return.
ALC Executive Director Siranush Sahakyan met with Rep. Laura Friedman (CA-30), joined by @ANCA_WR Board Member Lara Yeretsian, Esq., Executive Director Ruben Karabetian, and Antranik Aboyan, to discuss Armenian hostages held in Baku, Artsakh rights, and accountability.
The Armenian Relief Society, in partnership with the Armenian Legal Center, will convene a side event during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, advancing refugee justice and the right of return for the Armenian women and children of Artsakh.
Join us Sept. 24 at #UCLA Law for an insider’s legal analysis of Azerbaijan’s cases against Armenian civilian leadership in Artsakh.
AlC’s executive director Siranush Sahakyan examines the sham Baku trials, individual responsibility & international law.
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Join us this Tuesday for an important Town Hall on Artsakh, justice, accountability, and the path forward
Let’s keep the conversation alive. Let’s keep demanding justice.
#Artsakh #HumanRights #righttoreturn #Justice #Accountability
LIVE from Capitol Hill — Accountability | 2026 — Artsakh: Justice. Freedom. Right of Return. Keynote: Armenian Legal Center Executive Director Siranush Sahakyan. anca.org/priorities #ANCAdvocacy #Accountability2026 xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1qKDzWwZO…
Armenian Legal Center Executive Director, Siranush Sahakyan, has filed a group complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over Azerbaijan's sham trial of 15 Armenian hostages.
Full Coverage: iclaw.am/media/news-feed/248…
Sahakyan, who represents Armenian hostages before the ECtHR, filed the complaint on August 21, 2026, on behalf of 15 Armenians held in Azerbaijan — among them former Artsakh Presidents Bako Sahakyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, and Arayik Harutyunyan, former National Assembly President Davit Ishkhanyan, and former Defense Minister Levon Mnatsakanyan.
The Baku Military Court had no jurisdiction to try civilians. 422 volumes and roughly 105,000 pages of case materials were withheld from the defense without adequate translation. Ilham Aliyev and other Azerbaijani officials branded the defendants "terrorists" and "separatists" before any verdict was rendered.
The "judgment" carried no seal or authentication. Neither the families nor Azerbaijan's own appointed lawyers received copies. On August 6, 2026, Baku's appellate court upheld the sentences unchanged — proof that Azerbaijan's domestic legal system offers Armenians no remedy at all.
The complaint was filed as part of public activities, in cooperation with @ICLawArmenia and the @ALC_JHR.
ArmenianLegalCenter retweeted
Forty-four to seven.
To free Armenian hostages.
That was the vote this week in the US House Foreign Affairs Committee.
To pass a bipartisan measure – pushed by Congressman Brad Sherman and backed by Chairman Brian Mast.
The good news is that a solid majority of Republicans and Democrats got it right – over 85%.
That’s a tribute to your work – educating legislators.
Because of you, Members of Congress know what a real peace requires.
That Azerbaijan releasing hostages represents a basic obligation under international law.
A core requirement, a necessary precondition, of peace
Not an Azerbaijani bargaining chip to force yet more unilateral Armenian concessions.
That’s true as well for the safe return of Armenian refugees to Artsakh
The withdrawal of Azerbaijani occupation forces from Armenian territory
And the protection of Armenian heritage and our Christian holy sites
The bad news is that seven of them got it wrong.
We’ve taken a strong step forward. But we’ve got a long road ahead.
We won’t rest until our hostages are home.
Join with the ANCA in holding Azerbaijan accountable and strengthening Armenian security – online, in your communities, and in Washington, DC.
What does the TRIPP Framework Agreement actually commit Armenia to?
This latest analysis examines the legal implications, strategic risks, and long-term consequences embedded in the agreement. Written by @kevorkhagopjian, this piece cuts through political slogans and focuses on the legal realities. asbarez.com/what-tripp-actua…
