Genser writes that Pashinyan “could send a private envoy to Baku to negotiate the release of Armenian political prisoners.
Jared Genser, international counsel to former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, issued the following statement on February 26.
I once again reiterate and state my complete innocence and the innocence of my Armenian compatriots also being held as political prisoners and demand an immediate end to this politically motivated case against us.
Azerbaijan’s State Security Service (SSS) detained Vardanyan last September as he attempted to travel from Karabakh to Armenia via the Lachin Corridor after Azerbaijani military forces attacked and regained control of the breakaway republic.
Urgent action complaint against Azerbaijan Government’s use of torture and ill-treatment submitted to Dr. Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
The family, in a statement, says international pressure forced Baku to allow Vardanyan’s wife to speak with him for a second time in three weeks.
Armenia has petitioned the European Court of Human Rights following today’s arrest of former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan by Azerbaijan border guards.
Ruben Vardanyan took the position of Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh-Karabakh in 2022 and served in this position from November to February of 2023.
“Vardanyan was handed over to the relevant state bodies to make a decision regarding the detainee,” according to Azerbaijani media reports.
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