Armenialiberty.org reports on the plight of the 3 Armenian army conscripts accused last year of murdering two fellow soldiers in Karabagh. Whilst the military prosecutors charged the soldiers with murder,one of the conscripts claimed he was forced into confession through torture, and subsequently withdrew his “confession”
Human rights groups have been criticising the trial for […]
Opposition protest the outcome of the 2003 Presidential Election, Armenian National Assembly, Baghramian Avenue, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2003
Well, as reported in the last 2007 Parliamentary Election Monitor on this blog, there is renewed speculation that Kocharian will seek to retain control over the country as Prime Minister after […]
While most observers are not expecting any breakthough in continuing negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, RFE/RL carries what some might consider to be surprising news. That is, progress has been made after Kocharian and Aliyev yesterday met in Minsk on the sidelines of a CIS summit.
“I can […]
RFE/RL reports that the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met on the tense border between their two countries in an attempt to ease tensions. Both countries are in a defacto state of war over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh even if hostilities were not formerly declared. Dozens of conscript soldiers die on […]
Suarassy, Kashatagh Region, Armenian controlled Republic of Azerbaijan / Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Eurasianet 2006
Eurasianet has published my article on the demographic crisis in and around Lachin, the strategic main artery connecting the Republic of Armenia with the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. The article is part of an ongoing project […]
Following on from Friday’s news that opposition newspaper editor Arman Babajanian has been jailed for four years for avoiding military service in Armenia, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has issued an alert. First, the news as reported by RFE/RL’s ArmeniaLiberty.
The court backed prosecutors’ claim that Arman Babajanian of “Zhamanak Yerevan†used fake documents […]
Suarassy, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
According to military maps 8 anti-tank mines were laid on this 500 meter road. One detonated when a truck passed over it and as a result HALO Trust won’t drive their vehicles along this road until it’s been thoroughly checked. Local settlers, […]
Meghvadzor, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Another minefield close to Meghvadzor, but this time being cleared. Again, the mines were anti-personnel. However, not as large as the minefield we were later to visit. Anyway, HALO Trust is based in Stepanakert, capital of the self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh […]
Meghvadzor, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
One of the main purposes of my return visit to Lachin was to look at the work of the HALO Trust in the region. The international mine clearance charity have been working in what is now known as the Kashatagh region for […]
Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
