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Azerbaijan sentences ‘mentally unstable’ Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian to 16 years on terrorism charges
Karen Avanesyan was arrested in September 2025 for allegedly planning ‘an armed provocation’.

Karen Avanesyan was arrested in September 2025 for allegedly planning ‘an armed provocation’.

This was the ICRC’s first visit since it halted activities in Azerbaijan in September 2025.

Vagif Khachatryan was detained during the Nagorno-Karabakh blockade while being evacuated by the Red Cross for heart surgery in Yerevan.

Following Armenia’s cuts in aid for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, Gohar Aleksanyan, 45, realised she had to leave her home, again.

Critics have suggested a political pretext behind the search.

Pashinyan’s proposal follows Azerbaijani criticism of the recently signed EU–Armenia strategic agenda.

The delegation was visiting Baku as part of the second meeting within the Bridge for Peace initiative.