‘I do not know of any other country where government works so hard to destroy its own history and faith’ – Robert Amsterdam

February 20 2026, 18:04

Politics

For 45 years of my practice, I have defended Christians around the world, but what I see today in Armenia is unprecedented, wrote international lawyer Robert Amsterdam, who represents Samvel Karapetyan.

“I do not know of any other country where the government has worked so hard to destroy its own culture, history, and faith. In my conversation with Gevorg Melikyan, we discussed the unlawful attacks against the Armenian Apostolic Church, the arrests, and the fate of hostages in Baku, which the government seems not even to care about,” he noted.