During Azerbaijan's lightning offensive which resulted in the total conquest of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh in September 20023 after ten months of blockade, its former president Ruben Vardanyan was arrested by the Baku authorities and imprisoned. awaiting a constantly postponed trial. Contrary to the rules of international law, no one has heard from him or contacted him for two weeks even though he has just started a hunger strike. Exclusively for
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, his son David warns about his situation and that of other Armenian detainees.
LE FIGARO. - Do you have any recent news from your father?
David VARDANYAN. -
Yes, but indirectly since since the beginning of April all communication with him has been forbidden to my mother Veronika and me. We learned yesterday from a Russian lawyer in Baku that he had been on hunger strike since April 5. Since this date, we have absolutely no information on his state of health, and we…