Members of Congress joined the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) on Tuesday to mark the 1,000th day of Azerbaijani detention of Armenian prisoners of war, civilian hostages, and former Artsakh officials, calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
At a Capitol Hill press conference, lawmakers condemned Azerbaijan’s continued detention of Armenian prisoners, including former Artsakh leaders, and criticized what they described as politically motivated trials and human rights abuses.
Speakers stressed that lasting peace in the region cannot be achieved without the release of Armenian detainees and renewed calls for accountability regarding Azerbaijan’s actions against Armenians of Artsakh.
The event comes as the U.S. House of Representatives considers several measures addressing Armenian prisoners, Azerbaijan’s military presence on Armenian territory, and the protection of Armenian cultural and religious heritage in Artsakh.
Members of Congress from both parties also issued statements marking the 1,000-day milestone and urging Azerbaijan to release all Armenian detainees.
@robananyan Cheap manipulation. #1. The strongest opposition party is Pro-Armenian not pro russian. #2. There is no West. It's US controlled by Zyonists anyone on earth prefers keeping away and EU divided into real EU and commission war mongers. Fix EU we join.
@301arm Good option. But press conference with foreign media should have been held right after the CEC announcement of final results and / or scandalous unlawful decision 258 A violating Armenian Elections Code article 101, about which Unity Wings party has already filed a lawsuit.
@301arm No matter who is the target and if we like the target or not, obstruction of justice system is unacceptable and never lasts long. Escalation leads to escalation.
@hyepatriarch US agents, STOP interfering Armenian elections. I see your traces everywhere and won't let it go. Neither American nor Russian can decide Armenian National Interest. PRO ARMENIAN will decide.
@301arm To all trolls in comments: National Democratic Pole is one of the most anti-russian party on earth and Armenian National Congress is Levon Ter Petrosyan = Pashinyan's mentor and guide.
@301arm Including "Armenian National Congress"? Wow, it's Pashinyan's guide and mentor Levon Ter Petrosyan's political party. Interesting 🤔 But I agree with all of them, just the Article 101 gross violation by CEC is already voiding the Elections, yet it was just a drop in the sea.
@301arm Agree. The data is inconsistent. Either serious technical issues or severe level of manipulation. That quality data cannot be considered legit. @osce_odihr please follow up the matter. Both the https://t.co/W5zsGsQ3fa site data and CEC dashboard are inconsistent including % calcs
@301arm Just load publicly available data into any AI you will understand the level of falsifications. But I let this be done by highly competent opposition legal experts.
@301arm The evil end has come, stay calm and positive ! We are better than they think. Law enforcement has many honest and brave officers who will stand for the true justice not for the oppression. And those who feel trapped by the evil have 1 true chance to break free and it is NOW.
@vonderleyen@EU_Armenia@NikolPashinyan Unless you can teleport Armenia to our historical Cilicia, it's unrealistic to exists in South Caucasus having no economical ties with Georgia, Russia, Iran, no matter how much we sympathize EU. So, EITHER/OR is rejected. We vote for those who can achieve AND, which is NOT N.P.
The blog post of Sam Mason, @HARTnews CEO:
100K Armenians were displaced from Artsakh in days — but a people, culture, and history cannot be erased so easily. Nagorno Karabakh is not a closed chapter. It’s a living wound, and the world must not look away.
https://t.co/TIfB2gHABa