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Human Rights Groups Denounce Azerbaijan Trials at UN Council

By Drooid · Oct 1, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC · How we work

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Civil society groups gathered in Switzerland at the 63rd UN Human Rights Council to denounce abuses.
Foreign Minister Armine Aleksanyan and Siranush Sahakyan said the Washington pact omitted a clause to free Armenian captives.
Amnesty International, the European Parliament and Human Rights Watch called trials of 16 Armenians in Azerbaijan unfair and sham.
Peace Brigades International warned at a UN dialogue that Honduran forces evict Indigenous and Afro-Honduran groups.

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Civil society groups gathered in Switzerland at the 63rd UN Human Rights Council to denounce abuses.
Foreign Minister Armine Aleksanyan and Siranush Sahakyan said the Washington pact omitted a clause to free Armenian captives.
Amnesty International, the European Parliament and Human Rights Watch called trials of 16 Armenians in Azerbaijan unfair and sham.
Peace Brigades International warned at a UN dialogue that Honduran forces evict Indigenous and Afro-Honduran groups.