Robert Amsterdam thanks USCIRF for strong report on authorities’ attacks against Armenian Apostolic Church

We thank the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for their strong report on the attacks against the Armenian Apostolic Church by Nikol Pashinyan, wrote international human rights lawyer Robert Amsterdam.

He highlighted a remarkable passage in the report:
“Throughout 2025, Prime Minister Pashinyan proposed establishing and personally appointing a council to elect a new AAC leader, and elevated clergy who aligned with his agenda to oust the current catholicos.

Pashinyan’s attacks on Catholicos Karekin II coincided with the arrest of AAC clerics and other lay members who had criticized or expressed political opposition to Pashinyan’s government.”

Read the full report here