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Students in Azerbaijan Boycott School Over Hijab Ban; Dozens Arrested and Social Media Restricted

Students across Azerbaijan boycotted classes and protested outside their schools on Monday, October 12, after girls wearing the hijab were turned away under new dress rules. The Interior Ministry...

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European Parliament Demands Azerbaijan Immediately Release Armenian Hostages, Days After 101 Members of Congress Did

The European Parliament has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the Armenian hostages...

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Armenia Forms Task Force to Keep Plague Out as Russia Insists There Is No Outbreak

Armenia has created a government task force to prevent plague from entering the country...

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101 Members of Congress Urge Rubio to Cut U.S. Military Aid to Azerbaijan Until It Frees the Armenian Hostages in Baku

101 members of the U.S. Congress, from more than 25 states, have urged Secretary...

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From a Baku Prison Cell, Life-Sentenced Davit Ishkhanyan Accuses Armenia’s Own Government of Not Wanting Its Captives Freed: “Today Everything Is Clear”

Former Artsakh National Assembly Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan, sentenced to life imprisonment by an Azerbaijani military court, issued an audio message on May 27 from...

Armenia’s Economy Minister Urges Exporters to Diversify and Find New Markets After Russian Bans and Restrictions

Armenia's Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan on Friday urged the country's leading agribusiness firms to diversify their exports, following a week of Russian restrictions that...

Russia Suspends Sales of 64.5 Million Bottles of Armenia’s Jermuk Mineral Water and Restricts Armenian Produce

As Armenia heads into parliamentary elections on June 7, Russia has significantly expanded economic restrictions on Armenian exports, from a ban on the sale...