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2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Elections

Opinion | Competitive politics is returning to Nagorno-Karabakh

by Tigran Grigoryan

•6 min read

The Velvet Revolution has shaken up politics in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the 2020 elections may spell an end for the republic’s old regime. Since the declaration of its independence in 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh has walked a long and bumpy political road. In the 1990s, the military establishment, which played a crucial role in the war of independence, held the real power in the country and practically controlled the entire decision-making process. The political system of the republic was poo

Activists dance in front of police a few hours after raids. (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)

Armenia

Pashinyan and Aliyev vow to reduce tensions after meeting in Tajikistan

by OC Media

•5 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have vowed to reduce tensions and set up a direct hotline between the two sides, after a meeting in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The meeting was the first public interaction between the two countries’ leaders after a recent change in power in Armenia. [Read on OC Media: Analysis | Heard but not seen: how women became the unrecognised architects of the Velvet Revolution] Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in a l

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State minister and security chiefs resign after protests in Nagorno-Karabakh

by OC Media

•3 min read

Nagorno-Karabakh’s state minister, director and deputy director of the National Security Service, and chief of police have resigned, in the wake of protests in the capital Stepanakert over the weekend. Protests were triggered by reports that police stood by as members of the security services beat up two civilians. State Minister Arayik Harutyunyan, National Security Service head Arshavir Gharamyan and his deputy Gagik Sargsyan, and police chief Kamo Aghajanyan all resigned on Wednesday.

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Protests hit Nagorno-Karabakh after security forces ‘beat up two’

by OC Media

•4 min read

Protests erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital Stepanakert over the weekend after two men were allegedly beaten up by a group of members of the National Security Service. Protesters were initially demanding the alleged attackers be prosecuted, but these demands have now extended to the dismissals of the heads of all law enforcement and security agencies, excluding the Defence Army. Protesters continued to block off the central Freedom Fighters Avenue on Monday, in a fourth day of protests,