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Armenians ‘lose motherland’ in blow to Russia’s influence abroad posted at 15:37:55 UTC   via   ft.com   Last week, Vardan Tadevosyan was still the health minister of a small if unrecognised republic in the south Caucasus mountains, managing dozens of government employees and running one of the busiest medical facilities in the region. But in a span of 24 hours, the government of  Nagorno-Karabakh  ceased to exist. Soon, Tadevosyan’s staff began to leave their offices; patients vacated their hospital beds; doctors and nurses disappeared. There were so few police officers left that the streets started to feel unsafe. Only the roads out of the region’s capital, Stepanakert, were busy — jammed with the tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians  fleeing the city  after Azerbaijan retook the breakaway enclave by force in a brief but bloody war last week. About 200 people were killed, according to local officials; the injured were soon ferried to Yerevan, the Armenian capital. “We don’t have any

US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity', UN experts say posted at 14:43:48 UTC   via   JPost.com - Homepage One such practice is restraining and shackling women prisoners during childbirth, the report said. Azerbaijan says it does not want exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh, urges Armenians to stay posted at 14:43:48 UTC   via   JPost.com - Homepage Many of those leaving have said they fear persecution and ethnic cleansing at the hands of Azerbaijan. Armenia elected to IAEA Board of Governors posted at 14:44:05 UTC   via   NEWS.am (English) Armenia First President: Right to demand account from incumbent authorities remains in effect posted at 14:44:05 UTC   via   NEWS.am (English) Armenia representative on international legal affairs: No issue of arresting Russia president under Rome Statute posted at 14:44:05 UTC   via   NEWS.am (English) President Vahagn Khachaturyan visits China embassy in Armenia posted at 14:44:05 UTC   via   NEWS.am (English) NATO's s

T N T  The News and Times   Michael Novakhov's favorite articles   Azerbaijan says it does not want exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh, urges Armenians to stay posted at 14:19:42 UTC   via   reuters.com Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region ride in a truck upon their arrival at the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze  Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan does not want a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and is not encouraging anyone to leave the "liberated" region, Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan's ambassador to Britain, said on Thursday. In an interview with Reuters, Suleymanov said Azerbaijan, which took back control of Karabakh last week in a military operation, had not yet had a chance to prove what he said was its genuine commitment to provide secure and better living conditions for those ethnic Armenians who choose to stay. Some 70,500 people had crossed from Karabakh into Armeni