 Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says April 24, 2024 - 15:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - David Vardanyan, the son of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently incarcerated in Azerbaijan, has revealed that his father’s conditions for imprisonment have worsened since before he went on a hunger strike on April 5. David Vardanyan said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, April 23 that Ruben Vardanyan called a relative several days before and revealed that he had been moved to a fully isolated cell. “Since April 2 we had not heard his voice… Tragically, we found out he had been on a hunger strike since April 5,” David tells CNN. After Azerbaijan took over Nagorno-Karabakh, former leader Ruben Vardanyan and other Karabakh leaders was arrested on terrorism charges.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
