Azerbaijan’s poor human rights record continued to deteriorate as the government intensified its crackdown on independent media, political opponents, and civil society, silencing dissent, and further entrenching a climate of fear, according to the Azerbaijan section of World Report 2026 by Human Rights Watch.
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Team from US company AECOM visits Armenia to initiate TRIPP site survey work
Under the State Department’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment Fund, a team from the US engineering consulting firm AECOM visited Armenia to initiate work on a survey of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) site,
Armenia parliament election to be held on June 7, 2026
The next regular elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will be conducted on June 7. President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the respective decree on Friday.
Thomas de Waal: Turkey supports Pashinyan, he is an ideal partner for them
Turkey, of course, supports Pashinyan; he is an ideal partner for them. Thomas de Waal, a leading researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an expert on Caucasus issues, expressed such an opinion on the air of Armenian News-NEWS.am’s “Factor of Power” program. De Waal added that Turkey is preparing for various plans …
VIDEO – CoE Rights Commissioner Michael O’Flaherty declines comment on life sentences for Artsakh officials in Baku
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, declined to comment on the Baku court’s illegal life sentence against the top military-political leadership of the independent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), remaining silent when questioned by an Armenian journalist. VIDEO
The authorities of fascist Azerbaijan sentenced eight more captured Armenians to long prison terms
The authorities of fascist Azerbaijan on Thursday sentenced eight more Armenian captives to various terms of imprisonment. According to the verdicts, Melikset Pashayan was sentenced to 19 years in prison, Madat Babayan to 19 years,
The so-called “Court” of the fascist regime of Azerbaijan illegally sentenced the former top military-political leadership of the independent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) to life imprisonment
The criminal, so-called “court” of the fascist regime of Azerbaijan illegally sentenced the former President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
Only 4 of 42 chaplains remain in Armenia army, the rest return to Holy Etchmiadzin
Against the backdrop of the Armenian Apostolic Church “reform” campaign of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the chaplaincy of the Armenian Armed Forces was removed from the subordination of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin by order of the minister of defense, starting from February 1.
Secret 1920 Document Reveals Turkey’s Plans, Just as Today, to Eliminate Armenia. By Harut Sassounian
In recent months, there have been several references to an important book in Armenian published by Turkologist Dr. Ruben Safrastyan in Yerevan in 2019. The book is titled: “Mustafa Kemal: The Struggle Against the Republic of Armenia, 1919-1921.” The reason this book has come to special attention now is that, among other valuable information,
What awaits Armenia this year? Stratfor’s 2026 forecast
One of the most prestigious US think tanks, Stratfor, recently published its 2026 Annual Forecast, and it reflects on Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, too. According to the report, Armenia and Azerbaijan will take modest steps






