The Week in Review

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 10: This week marks the third anniversary of the end of the 2020 Artsakh War; Azerbaijan holds a military parade in ethnically cleansed Stepanakert; Vagif Khachatryan, a resident of Artsakh who was arrested by Azerbaijan, is sentenced to 15 years in prison and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 3: Armenia’s Foreign Minister says 200 sq/km of Armenian territory is under Azerbaijani control; Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister is in Armenia; Armenia’s National Security Service reveals terrorist plot, five people are in custody and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 27, 2023: Armenia and France sign a military cooperation agreement; a regional 3+3 format meeting takes place in Iran; Canada becomes the last G7 country to open an embassy in Armenia, the first in the South Caucasus.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 20, 2023: This week marked the one-month anniversary of Azerbaijan’s large-scale attack on Artsakh which led to the ethnic cleansing of the entire population; Armenia’s Human Rights Defender says there are signs of torture and mutilation on bodies of victims of Azerbaijan’s attack, including those of women and children; in a speech at the European Parliament, Armenia’s PM underscores Russia’s failure to act as a security partner for Armenia and to protect Artsakh’s population.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 13, 2023: PACE adopts resolution on the human rights and humanitarian situation of Artsakh Armenians and the international obligations of Azerbaijan; a Baku court holds preliminary hearing in the trial of 68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan who was kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards during a medical evacuation by the ICRC, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry calls it a sham trial; Yerevan has a new mayor and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 6, 2023: Over 100,000 forcibly displaced Armenians from Artsakh are in Armenia; Azerbaijan, insisting on Ankara’s participation, backs out of the Granada talks; Armenia and France sign an agreement on the provision of military equipment; Armenia ratifies the Rome Statute, angering the Kremlin and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 29, 2023: Artsakh’s President signs a decree to dissolve all state institutions and organizations by January 1, 2024 and notes the “Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) ceases to exist”; in the first ethnic cleansing of the 21st century, over 90,000 Armenians from Artsakh have already crossed into Armenia; Armenia set to ratify the Rome Statute and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 22, 2023: Twenty-four hours after Azerbaijan launched a large-scale assault against Artsakh, a ceasefire agreement was reached stipulating the disarmament of Artsakh’s Defense Army; first round of negotiations between Stepanakert and Baku take place in Yevlakh; ongoing protests in Yerevan demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister; residents of Yerevan went to the polls to elect a new mayor and more.

The situation in Artsakh remains extremely critical and fluid, made even more complicated by the disruption in communication lines and electricity; despite a ceasefire that came into effect on September 20 at 1 p.m., this morning reports started coming in from Stepanakert from locals that gunshots and artillery fire; thousands remain stranded at the Stepanakert Airport and await in uncertainty; representatives of the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan meet in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh and more…

The situation in Artsakh remains extremely critical and fluid, made even more complicated by the disruption in communication lines and electricity. Despite a ceasefire that came into effect on September 20 at 1 p.m., this morning, reports by locals started coming in from Stepanakert about gunshots and artillery fire in the city. Thousands remain stranded at the Stepanakert Airport and wait in uncertainty as representatives of the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan met in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh.