ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani puppet court extended the illegal arrest of Ruben Vardanyan for another 5  months. Vardanyan's defense report notes that this decision is illegal and  unfounded.

ArmInfo. The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) has published findings on the implementation of the  Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Honduras, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia.

ArmInfo.The new challenges to existence and security that threaten the statehood of the Republic of  Armenia, which are intensifying every day, are the result of the anti-state and anti-national policies of the current Armenian authorities. This is stated in the statement of the All-Armenian Council of Diplomats, adopted following the round table meeting.

ArmInfo. Armenians in Berlin held a picket in front of the Federal Chancellery to protest against the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

ArmInfo. Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a statement and video commemorating the Armenian Genocide and calling for accountability for Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, the release of hostages, and sanctions on Azerbaijan.  His full statement is below.

ArmInfo. This year, on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, banners could be seen at the top of Tsitsernakaberd, reading, "Free Armenian Prisoners Now," "There can be no peace agreement without the release of Armenian prisoners," "No COP29 in Azerbaijan without freeing all Armenian prisoners," "Global Silence, Global Shame: Stop Genocide," alongside the photos of more than two dozen Armenian prisoners illegally held in Baku prison.  These banners were carried by the participants of the mass march organized by the friends of Ruben Vardanyan, who is illegally detained in Baku prison, not only paying tribute to the memory of millions of innocent martyrs on the anniversary of the Genocide, but also expressing their support for the Armenian prisoners and Ruben Vardanyan, who declared a hunger strike on April 5 in order to demand the immediate release of all Armenian prisoners.  "Today, we commemorate the martyrs of the Genocide and, through this action, we simultaneously strive to draw the world's attention to the fact that we have prisoners held illegally in Baku prisons, one of whom, Ruben Vardanyan, has been on hunger strike for about 20 days.  International human rights organizations should respond and implement pressure mechanisms, because the issue of Armenian prisoners illegally arrested and held as hostages in an authoritarian country is also the issue of the civilized world. We know that Ruben Vardanyan's family and friends are concerned about his condition and demand that the International Committee of the Red Cross visit him immediately. Through this march, we also demand the same and join Ruben Vardanyan's demand to immediately release all Armenian prisoners," said Ruben Hayrapetyan, the organizer of the action.  One of the banners borne by the participants of the march was the message conveyed by Ruben Vardanyan from Baku prison to his family: "Values and principles are more important than even life itself.

ArmInfo. On the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Noubar Afeyan, Co-Founder, The  Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, called the international community to  prevent a second Armenian Genocide. His appeal has been posted by The  New York Times, The Washington Post ? The London Times, as well as on  social media. 

ArmInfo. In April, the  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)  representatives  again visited all the Armenian detainees notified by the Azerbaijani authorities.  This is stated in the message of the Baku representative office of the ICRC.

ArmInfo. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien twice avoided answering a direct question  about whether the US will impose sanctions or other international coercive measures against Azerbaijan due to belligerent rhetoric towards Armenia.

ArmInfo.Below is a statement by the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. 

ArmInfo.The Web3 Armenia Foundation calls on the Nigerian authorities to release the Binance  top manager, US citizen of Armenian origin, Tigran Ghambaryan, who is being held hostage.

ArmInfo. There are four issues on the agenda of the Artsakh Ombudsman as oftoday: international support and social and humanitarian problems of forcibly displaced Artsakh residents in Armenia, work towards ensuring the right of Artsakh residents to return to their homeland, as well as protecting the rights and return of hostages and prisoners and work to preserve the spiritual and historical-cultural heritage.

ArmInfo.Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the Nagorno- Karabakh in exile, calls on France to put  pressure on Azerbaijan and make it release Armenian political prisoners. 

ArmInfo. Immediate steps must be taken to stop Azerbaijan's violations of the rights of Armenian  prisoners of war, as provided for in the Geneva Convention, reads a statement by the Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights of the People of Artsakh.

ArmInfo. The head of the country, saying that the territory must be surrendered, otherwise  there will be a war and it will be surrendered by war, actually legitimizes this war, political scientist Stepan Danielyan believes.

ArmInfo. The basic principles of the settlement of Armenian- Azerbaijani relations remained unchanged. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated  on March 15 during a hearing in the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Relation, at which the implementation of the RA government program was discussed.

ArmInfo.Aliyev's genocidal and dictatorial regime once again violates international law, former Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan wrote on his Facebook account.

ArmInfo. The handover of the Azerbaijani serviceman who violated the state border of the Republic  of Armenia is not a gesture of goodwill, but another worthless act, This is how human rights activist Avetik Ishkhanyan commented on the message of the National Security Service of Armenia about the return  of the Azerbaijani violator to his homeland.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) commemorates the 36th anniversary of  the Sumgait pogrom, a ruthless massacre against the Armenian population in the former Soviet Azerbaijan, the Assembly's statement on the36th anniversary of the first of the Armenian pogroms committed  by Azerbaijan notes.  As the Assambley's press service reports, the staement reads as follows:

ArmInfo. Representatives of the youth and student organization of the Republican Party of Armenia  (RPA) held a protest rally near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on February 20.