Armenia secured the first medal at Georgia 2021 European Junior Boxing Championships.
Erik Arustamyan (46 kg category) scored a victory in Round of 8 after defeating Romanian Danil Mihai and made it to the semi-final, securing at least a bronze medal.
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YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. The International and Comparative Law Center (ICLaw) in partnership with the Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights (ALC) has filed seven new cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) requesting to apply “interim measures” for Armenian prisoners of war taken captive by Azerbaijan in violation of international humanitarian law and the 2020 November 9 trilateral ceasefire statement, the Armenian Weekly reports.
“Azerbaijan’s continued failure to acknowledge the existence of all Armenian POWs is an outrage and yet another example of its depraved indifference to human life,” stated ALC chairperson Kenneth Hachikian. “It is time for the international community to stop emboldening dictator Aliyev and demand that Azerbaijan comply with its obligations under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.”
Having gathered strong direct evidence of identity and continued captivity, ICLaw’s application for interim measures represents the first step in forcing Azerbaijan to acknowledge the captive existence of these Armenians and ensuring that they have access to international humanitarian organizations while in captivity, including visits by the International Committee for the Red Cross.
As a result of the partnership of two companies based in Yerevan and Washingon, cases of nearly 100 Armenian POWs have been filed to the ECHR. Recently, ICLaw, with the support of ALC, gathered information on 90 additional POWs held by Azerbaijan. The companies will continue to pursue both the freedom and the right to life of all Armenian POWs.
The Armenian team of school students won three medals at the 33rd International Olympiad in Informatics, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport reports.
The Olympiad was held online at the Yerevan State University on June 19-25. The competition, which brought together 355 schoolchildren from 88 countries, was organized by Singapore.
Alexander Abelyan, a 12th grade student from Quantum College in Yerevan, won silver, while Emil Kostanyan, a 12th grade student from the Physics and Mathematics Specialized School named after Artashes Shahinyan, and Arayi Khalatyan, an 11th grade student from Quantum College, were awarded bronze medals.
The team was led by Armen Andreasyan, a lecturer at the YSU Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, and Levon Muradyan, a Master’s student of the same faculty.
The Armenian team earlier won two medals at the European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics, which was held for the first time. The competition, organized by Switzerland, took place online on June 13-19.
Ani Khachatryan, a 12th grade student from the Physics and Mathematics Specialized School, won silver and Amaras Nazaryan, an 11th grade student from Quantum College, won a bronze medal.
The pilgrims and local residents of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), accompanied by the military personnel of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, on Sunday visited the Christian monasteries of Amaras and Gandzasar, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
“Today we escorted the pilgrims to the Gandzasar monastery, ensured their safety and accompanied them back to Stepanakert after the service,” said Sergei Vitko, an officer of the peacekeeping contingent.
The gathering of pilgrims was carried out in the city of Stepanakert, from where, accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, one column of 74 people went to the Amaras monastery, and the second one of 98 people went to Gandzasar. After the service, the pilgrims were escorted back.
The electricity cuts in few provinces, the usage of administrative resources means that the results will be the ones the authorities want, political technologist Armen Badalyan told Aysor.am.
He stressed that launching a legal process into violations was what has been expected to follow. As to what will happen then, is difficult to say, the expert said.
“A situation when the emigration will grow has been created. These moods have reinforced among some people, and the other part will just step aside and watch what happens,” Badalyan noted.
He stressed that the issue is not whether the winner force is bad or good.
“The issue is that the ruling political force and its leader like in 2018 till now, and hence as well, have no idea about Armenia’s development,” Badalyan said, adding that the incumbent authorities and their chief live with the day’s course, not knowing that the world is being directed in another way.
“If you are receiving some percent by drawing [figures] and if they are being recognized by foreign ministers of different countries it does not mean that investments will flow and the life will be happy. Neither the leader of the country, nor his teammates understand anything, they simply speak about steel mandate, breaking, crushing. They were breaking and crushing for three years and will again break and crush,” he said.
Referring to the actions of the opposition, Badalyan said in any case legal procedure should follow and all the existing violations should be fully presented to the judicial bodies to show that the elected body is not legitimate.
“As to what they will decide to do afterwards, is another issue, but they should show that the elections are not legitimate and the body created as a result of it is not legitimate as well,” the expert said.
11:45, 22 June, 2021
YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS. The session of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has also discussed the humanitarian consequences caused by the 2020 Artsakh War launched by Azerbaijan.
During the session member of the Armenian delegation Tatevik Hayrapetyan stated that it’s important to focus on the hate speech made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
“Armenian prisoners of war cannot become a “subject of trade”. Instead of releasing them, Azerbaijan is filing fake criminal cases against these persons. Armenian prisoners of war must be immediately returned. As for the land mine fields which is being raised by Azerbaijan, the Armenian side has repeatedly stated that it is ready to cooperate on humanitarian issues. Moreover, after the First Artsakh War our compatriots living in Artsakh were clearing minefields for decades in order to be able to move, meanwhile Azerbaijan was fighting against the OSCE Office which was conducting huge works on demining”, the Armenian MP said.
She noted that although the report concerns the humanitarian problems, it’s important to note that it was Azerbaijan that started an attack on the peaceful population of Artsakh with the support of Turkey. “Meanwhile, for years Azerbaijan has rejected the option of mutual concession solution, leading the region to a new war and a humanitarian disaster”, she said.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
12:04, 22 June, 2021
YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS. Newly-appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Lithuania Armen Martirosyan presented his credentials to President Gitanas Nausėda, the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress.
During the meeting the Lithuanian President congratulated the Ambassador on appointment, wishing success to his important mission. He also congratulated over the holding of the snap parliamentary elections in Armenia on June 20, expressing hope that they will contribute to mitigation of domestic political tension in the country. Touching upon the history of the Armenian-Lithuanian relations, the President said the political dialogue is at a high level, stating that in 1991 Lithuania was the first to recognize Armenia’s independence. The meeting also discussed Lithuania’s key role in the development of the Armenia-EU relations.
In his turn the Armenian Ambassador thanked the Lithuanian President for the welcome, stating that Armenia is deeply interested in further intensifying the cooperation with Lithuania in all directions of mutual interest.
The meeting also touched upon the situation after the 2020 November 10 trilateral statement on the ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh. Ambassador Martirosyan thanked Lithuania for the assistance provided to the Armenian side during the war. In the context of the NK conflict’s lasting and stable settlements, they both highlighted the key role of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
19:34, 24 June, 2021
YEREVAN, JUNE 24, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Ministry of Armenia denies the information spread by the Azerbaijani media that the Armenian side allegedly fired at the Azerbaijani positions, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Defense.
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YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan’s continued violation of human rights following the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh is unacceptable, US Congressman Adam Schiff said on Facebook, commenting on the sham trial of Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan.
“Prosecuting prisoners of war is a flagrant violation of international conventions and further evidence of Azerbaijan’s grotesque disregard for human rights and international law.
While we continue working to secure the immediate release of Armenian prisoners of war, the United States must impose harsh consequences on Azerbaijan and end the waiver that has allowed U.S. military assistance to flow to the regime in Baku. We must not allow Azerbaijan to violate human rights and trample on international norms with impunity”, the Congressman said.