Month: October 2021

At the today’s meeting in the Parliamentary Commission of Armenia on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, within the discussion “The rights of Artsakh migrants from the occupied regions”, Permanent Representative of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia Sergey Gazaryan has presented the updated figures concerning victims of the Karabakh war among the citizens of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic in the autumn of 2020.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on September 27, marked one year since the start of the Karabakh war in 2020.

According to the Sergey Gazaryan’s information, 742 soldiers and officers, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, were killed in the 44-day war. 45 are considered missing. According to Sergey Gazaryan, 80 civilians fell victim to the war. 38 citizens are being kept in Azerbaijan as prisoners.

More than two dozen civilians from Karabakh have gone missing, although they did not take part in the war, said Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson Gegam Stepanyan in his comment to the “Azatutyun” Radio Station*. “These are mainly elderly or disabled people who did not manage to leave their houses when the Azerbaijani armed forces rushed there. These are residents of the Gadrud, Shushi, and Askeran District of Karabakh. Azerbaijan did not give out their bodies to the Armenian side and did not provide any information about them,” claimed Sergey Gazaryan as translated from the Armenian language by the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

* A fragment of a message created and disseminated by a foreign mass media outlet acting as a foreign agent.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 29, 2021 at 12:10 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Today, in Yerevan, several dozen people have come out to a protest action against the introduction of mandatory coronavirus tests for employees starting from October 1. The police detained two protesters.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that starting from October 1, a rule will come into force in Armenia, according to which unvaccinated employees will be obliged to provide their employers with negative coronavirus tests every 14 days. According to the order of the Ministry for Public Health, if unvaccinated employees of enterprises do not provide their employers with negative coronavirus tests and do not come to work, the employers have the right to dismiss them. If the employees work without negative coronavirus tests, then sanctions will be imposed on an employing company.

Today, several dozen people have come out to protest against the introduction of mandatory testing for coronavirus. One of the protesters, doctor Ovannes Gevorgyan, says that the protesters consider the rule in question unconstitutional and violating human rights. At that moment, a policeman approached Ovannes Gevorgyan and warned that he could be detained in case of violating public order. After a while, the police took Ovannes Gevorgyan to a police station, the “News.am” reports.

Apart from Ovannes Gevorgyan, another man was detained at the protest action in Yerevan, who shouted accusations against the Ministry for Public Health of Armenia, the “News Armenia” news agency reported.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 28, 2021 at 02:01 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution demanding from Azerbaijan to release all the Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), and urging both parties to conduct an inquiry into the committed war crimes.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on September 27, marked one year since the start of the Karabakh war in 2020.

80 PACE members voted for the resolution; the delegations of Azerbaijan and Turkey voted against it.

"The PACE is concerned about the information of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), addressed to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, about 188 Armenians allegedly held in Azerbaijan. Some of them have been returned to Armenia since then. The fate of 30 Armenians, whose captivity, according to Armenia, is supported by video and photo evidence, and who may have been killed, is causing concern and worry. Azerbaijan should investigate the facts and provide information to the ECtHR and Armenia," the resolution states.

The PACE has also expressed concern over the fate of 48 Armenian POWs, most of whom were prosecuted. "The PACE calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to release all the remaining captives and return them to Armenia without any further delay," says the document.

The PACE has also expressed concern over the war crimes and other illegal acts, both against Armenia and against Azerbaijan, committed during the autumn war. "The PACE calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to investigate the charges and bring to justice anyone, including at the command level, who is found guilty of such crimes," says the resolution.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 28, 2021 at 06:45 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

The war in Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a year ago, came as a surprise to civilians who had to leave their homes, said residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that today marks one year since the start of the Karabakh war in 2020.

Nver Vardanyan, a resident of Stepanakert, told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent that he lived in Gadrut before the war, and when the mobilization was announced, he went to the war as a reservist. At the front, the man was wounded and was in a hospital when the city of Gadrut was captured by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

According to Nver Vardanyan, his elderly parents stayed in Gadrut. “I was in the hospital, as I was severely wounded. Later, I was told that my parents and their neighbours could not leave the city in due time. My parents, Serzhik and Ella Vardanyan, were shot dead by Azerbaijanis near the houses,” Nver Vardanyan said.

Now, Never Vardanyan lives with his family members in Stepanakert, where he rents a room in a private house.

Raisa Madatyan, a mother of many children, a native of the city of Shushi (the Azerbaijani name is Shusha, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”). During a bombing of the city, her house was damaged, and the family was evacuated to Armenia. The woman said that from the first day of the war, her husband volunteered for the front and was killed in the war.

“My husband was killed. I lost the house and property, and we have to rent an apartment in Stepanakert. The war took everything from us. Earlier, I could not imagine that our happy family life would end so abruptly,” the woman told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

Farmer Movlud Abbasov from the Ilisu village in the Gakh District of Azerbaijan lost his middle son Nidjat in the war. “After we had got a list reporting the death of Nidjat, his grandfather did not live even a month. This is how our family lost two close people in the war,” Movlud Abbasov said.

As a result of the 2020 war, more than 36,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh had to leave their permanent places of residence and become forced migrants, the “Caucasian Knot” was informed by an employee of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan, as of June 30, 2906 Azerbaijani soldiers and officers were killed during the war in the autumn of 2020. Eight other soldiers were reported missing. According to the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan, at least 93 civilians were killed and 404 others were injured.

On the part of Armenia, 3781 people were killed in the Karabakh war, and other 253 are missing, the Investigating Committee of Armenia reports today. Meanwhile, on July 7, Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh Gegam Stepanyan reported that during the autumn war of 2020, 750 citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh, including 669 soldiers and officers, were killed.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 27, 2021 at 12:14 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

On the part of Armenia, in the Karabakh war that began a year ago, a total of 3781 persons perished; 253 other persons are still listed as missing, the Armenian Investigating Committee (IC) has informed.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh were conducted from September 27 to November 9, 2020. Armenia lost 3773 persons perished; and other 243 regarded as missing, Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister, said on August 24. Relatives of the missing people have repeatedly demanded from the Armenian government to take measures to find them, and held protest actions – one of them was held on August 27.

Today is one year since the start of the 2020 Karabakh war.

The Armenia's IC has published updated data on the country's losses in the 2020 Karabakh war. According to the IC, as of September 27, 2021, a total of 3781 people perished during the hostilities; other 231 military servicemen and 22 civilians are regarded as missing, the "News-Armenia" has reported today.

The IC has added that by September 27, overall 108 servicemen and civilians had been returned from Azerbaijani captivity, the "News.am" informs.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 27, 2021 at 10:36 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Apart from the "Minute of Silence" in memory of those who perished during the 2020 autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, Armenian authorities have planned no other events on the anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities. According to the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", the absence of authorities' attention to this issue is due to the fact that they have no Nagorno-Karabakh point on their agenda.

Events dedicated to the first anniversary of the start of the 2020 war should be held because this is the most important event in the history of the Armenian nation. The war took place; and people sacrificed so many victims, Armen Badalyan, a political technologist, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

However, in his opinion, authorities have failed to schedule any events, because for the ruling power, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Karabakh issue are no longer important factors.

"This is the power that lost the war. As a result of their failed policy, the Armenian people sacrificed thousands of their sons. Naturally, they don't want to remind once again about their loss, and, in general, about the Artsakh (Karabakh) issue; they do everything to have Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) forgotten," Mr Badalyan has stated.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 27, 2021 at 05:15 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.