“Ruben Vardanyan’s address yesterday shocked me. And not because I sympathize with him, with his visionary activities, as personal attitude, personal acquaintance can have an impact.

No.

I was triggered by my profession – I could not imagine that a neighboring state, which aspires to much in the world, could allow SUCH gross violations of the basic rights of the accused.

More precisely, their shameless disregard. You do not need to be a lawyer to realize that Ruben Vardanyan’s rights have been significantly violated:

“I and my lawyer were only allowed to look through 422 volumes of the criminal case in Azerbaijani, a language I do not speak, with a rather short period from December 9, 2024 to January 8, 2025”.

I will not comment on the falsification of interrogation protocols. It is clear to a non-lawyer that this is a criminal offense”.