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Armenia extends protection status for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•1 min read

Armenia has extended the protection status for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, without which they would not be able to leave the country. On Thursday, the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the status of protection granted to Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians was extended until 31 December 2025, with the possibility of further extension. This status was given to over 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians who did not apply for Armenian citizenship following the mass displacement in 2023.

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Russia praises Azerbaijan’s ‘constructive’ approach to return of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said Azerbaijan is taking ‘constructive’ actions to facilitate the right to return of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, as evidence mounts of the demolition of residential and cultural heritage buildings in Nagorno-Karabakh. ‘We have repeatedly commented on and emphasised the constructive steps taken by Baku to provide the population that left their native places with the opportunity to return there’, Zakharova said during a press briefing o

Shoghakat Vardanyan standing in front of a picture of her brother, Soghomon Vardanyan. Film still.

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Armenia’s National Film Academy snubs award-winning Nagorno-Karabakh documentary

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

A decision by Armenia’s national film academy to nominate a film by one of its board members to the Oscars over an award-winning documentary centred on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War has caused controversy in the country. Produced in 2023, Shoghakat Vardanyan’s debut feature documentary 1489 focuses on her family’s two-year search to find her brother, Soghomon Vardanyan, a conscript who went missing during the first days of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The title refers to the number assigne

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The ‘Black Garden’ becomes ‘a black corner’ for Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenians

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•9 min read

One year has passed since the exodus of practically the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh. OC Media reconnected with refugees interviewed in the immediate aftermath to hear how they are a year on. On 19 September 2023, Azerbaijan launched its last large-scale military offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh, calling it an ‘anti-terrorist operation’. Days later, the region came under the full control of Azerbaijan. Armenians living in the region had not expected such an outcome, continuing to wait

Ruben Vardanyan following his detention. Photo: State Security Service of Azerbaijan

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Ruben Vardanyan’s lawyers launch legal action in Azerbaijan

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Lawyers for former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan have filed legal actions in Baku, alleging that Vardanyan had been tortured and that he was denied the right to a speedy trial. According to Reuters, the lawsuits were filed on Thursday. Azerbaijani officials have declined to comment on the case. Vardanyan’s lawyers told Reuters that they had filed three separate legal actions. The first related to the treatment Vardanyan received during his hunger strike in April, which

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Kamala Harris expresses support for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians’ right to return

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

US Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris has called for the right to return of displaced Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh. Harris made her statement on Monday as part of a letter to the American-Armenian community marking Armenian Independence Day, celebrated annually on 21 September. ‘The right for Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to return safely to their homes is vital to restoring dignity to the Armenian people and stability to the region’, read the le

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Armenians commemorate Azerbaijan’s assault on Nagorno-Karabakh

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Thursday marked the first anniversary of Azerbaijan’s assault on Nagorno-Karabakh, resulting in the mass exodus of the region’s Armenian population. As Armenians mourn the dissolution of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan continues efforts to settle the region. On Thursday, former Nagorno-Karabakh President Samvel Shahramanyan, and the former deputy chair of the region’s parliament, Gagik Baghunts, visited the Yerablur military cemetery in Yerevan to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the N