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Daily Brief

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

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Regional * On Monday, at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for the immediate release of all prisoners ‘arbitrarily detained in Azerbaijan, including ethnic Armenians’. Türk also commented on the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, saying that he was following it ‘closely’. * In response, Aykhan Hajizada, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, said that the Armenians being tried were accused or convict

Daily Brief

Monday, 3 March 2025

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Regional * On Friday, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry stated that it ‘continues to draw the attention of the international community’ to the issue of the release of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan. They also stated that the Azerbaijani authorities ‘are using this judicial spectacle as a tool for political pressure on’ Armenia. * In response, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry ‘resolutely’ condemned and rejected Armenia’s statement. It said that the Armenians on trial ‘either have been charged or

Daily Brief

Friday, 28 February 2025

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Regional * Mher Grigoryan, the chair of the Armenian Commission on border delimitation, has said that the delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan would start ‘from the northern corner’, but before that, the sides would have a meeting to address some issues. Grigoryan also said that they had an agreement that the meetings between the commissions ‘should be more intensive’. Armenia * Edward Asryan, Armenia’s Chief of the General Staff, has visited Greece and met his Greek counterpart. *

Daily Brief

Thursday, 27 February 2025

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Regional * Freedom House’s annual report gave Armenia and Georgia a ranking of partly free with scores of 54 and 55 out of 100 respectively, while Azerbaijan received a ranking of not free with a score of seven points. South Ossetia received a not free rank with 12 points and Abkhazia received a partly free ranking with a score of 39 points. * The Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti has reported that according to the results of the 2024 monitoring of the Friendliness Rating of Communic