As the European Parliament demands the release of Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan in a strongly worded resolution, Baku continues to ignore the call, while Armenia’s push to finalize a peace treaty, seemingly at any cost, risks diluting the resolution’s impact and undermining potential leverage in securing justice.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of March 7: Ruben Vardanyan’s family shares his emotional audio message; EU considers an additional €10 million in EPF funding for Armenia; Russian border guards withdraw from Margara crossing on the Armenia-Turkey border and more.
Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian POWs and detainees, including former high-ranking Artsakh officials. Although Armenian human rights lawyers hope for the release of detainees before the COP29 summit in Baku this November, they doubt that Artsakh officials will be among them.
Armenia instituted proceedings against Azerbaijan at the International Court of Justice on the basis of violations of the Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination. A week later, Azerbaijan submitted its own claim against Armenia. Gabriel Armas-Cardona breaks it down.
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