Who are we ?

Fighting for the release of Armenian state hostages held in Azerbaijan

The LIBERTAS collective founded in Europe in 2022, brings together 3 human rights NGOs:

Covcas Center for Law & Conflict Resolution is an association created in 1992, in France, whose aim is to support the UN principles, aims and actions, particularly in the field of peaceful conflict resolution and the promotion of human rights. Email: centre.covcas@gmail.com

Hyestart, founded in 2016, in Switzerland, is committed to democracy and human rights in Armenia and Turkey. Its honorary members include publisher and human rights activist Ragip Zarakolu and Pen Vice-President Eugène Schoulgin. Email: contact@hyestart.org, website: https://www.hyestart.org/
The Armenophobia Observatory, founded in France in 2020, aims to identify, qualify and quantify Armenophobic content, and to fight Holocaust denial, disinformation and anti-Armenian hatred. Email: armenophobie@proton.me X: https://twitter.com/ObsArmenophobie

Our goals

to free the 23 Armenians abducted, illegally detained and recognized by Azerbaijan: 9 militaries, 8 politicians, 6 civilians
to obtain an independent inquiry into the 80 to 200 Armenians, both civilian and military, who have been forcibly disappeared during various Azerbaijani attacks since 2020. There is evidence that they were taken alive, but in the absence of information from Azerbaijan their fate remains unknown.
set up and contribute to psychological support for released prisoners and their families, as well as for the families of prisoners not yet released

de mettre en place et de contribuer à un soutien psychologique auprès des prisonniers libérés et de leur famille ainsi qu'auprès des familles des prisonniers non encore libérés

to set up and contribute to psychological support for released prisoners and their families, as well as for the families of prisoners still interned.