Armenia ombudsman details Azeri hostilities in Karabakh to CoE chiefMay 13, 2016 - 13:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan on Thursday, May 12 met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland in Strasbourg. At the meeting, Tatoyan briefed the Secretary General on the gross human rights violations committed against the civilian population of Nagorno Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijani aggression in early April. The Defender also provided specific examples of atrocities committed by Azerbaijani armed forces. He handed over to the Secretary General the report by Karabakh’s Human Rights Defender detailing the autrocities committed. Tatoyan stressed the devastating consequences of Azerbaijani policy of hatred and violence towards people of Armenian ethnicity which endangers the Council of Europe’s human rights protection system. The Defender further noted that such policy is encouraged at state level. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |