After nearly 2,000 years of Christian presence in the land, Nagorno Karabakh now lies empty following ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijani forces in September 2023. csi Guest commentary by Neil Hauer On April 20, Armenians around the world marked Easter Sunday. The celebration of Jesus’s resurrection took place in communities ranging from Yerevan to Tbilisi, from… Read more »
Displaced Armenians rally in front of the Swiss embassy on March 13, 2025. Key points: A year and a half after Azerbaijan expelled them, the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) are united in their desire to return to their homeland. The vast majority are refusing to take Armenian citizenship, and as they fear losing… Read more »
The Swiss Peace Initiative is being launched on May 26, 2025. csi CSI welcomes formation of committee by members of Swiss parliament in support of a peace forum to negotiate the safe return of Armenians to their homeland On May 26, a cross-party committee of 19 parliamentarians in support of the Swiss Peace Initiative… Read more »
Vicken Euljeckjian is serving a 20-year-sentence in a Baku jail. Libertas The wife of Armenian detainee in Azerbaijan Vicken Euljekjian has confirmed reports that he staged a two-week hunger strike demanding the right to speak to her on the telephone. Linda Euljekjian told an Armenian television channel that her husband was eventually permitted to… Read more »
A year after Azerbaijan ethnically cleansed the Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh, at least 23 ethnic Armenians are still being detained by Baku, in defiance of international calls for their release. On October 1, CSI will host a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight the case of these… Read more »
A day after a limited prisoner exchange between Armenia and Azerbaijan took place, a coalition of human rights organizations is urging the United States not to abandon Azerbaijan’s remaining Armenian hostages. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Christian Solidarity International (CSI), Genocide Watch, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, the Armenian National Committee of… Read more »
Azerbaijani security forces have seized at least eight current and former senior officials of Nagorno Karabakh, also known as the Republic of Artsakh, following Azerbaijan’s military takeover. Those taken captive include three former presidents. The current president of Artsakh and other office holders are also held hostage while “negotiations” with Azerbaijan continue. Ruben Vardanyan was… Read more »
On September 26, CSI’s Joel Veldkamp delivered a statement about Nagorno Karabakh at the 54th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geveva. He spoke during the general debate on human rights situations that require the attention of the Council. Text of the CSI statement: “Christian Solidarity International wishes to draw the attention… Read more »
In September 2023, Azerbaijan and Turkey achieved a goal they had been pursuing together for over a century – the destruction of the millennia-old Armenian Christian community of Nagorno Karabakh (or Artsakh), writes Joel Veldkamp. Nagorno Karabakh is home to some of the world’s oldest churches. csi For nine months, Azerbaijan laid siege to Nagorno… Read more »
Christian Solidarity International Protests the Biden administration’s “All Words, No Action” Policy Yesterday, the UN Security Council failed again to act to halt Azerbaijan’s aggression against the besieged Armenian Christian community of Nagorno Karabakh, at an emergency meeting held to discuss the crisis. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister, Jeyhun Bayramov, was invited to a private reception hosted by U.S…. Read more »
