Azeri authorities confiscated Armenian passports of those remaining in Artsakh, reporter says

A month after Azerbaijan attacked and ethnically cleansed Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Lindsey Snell, an American journalist covering conflicts and crises, and Cory Popp, a freelance multimedia journalist based in Philadelphia, spoke to the daughter of one of the very few people who stayed behind.

“Azerbaijani state media recently bragged about Azerbaijan establishing local telecom services, but the Armenians who stayed in NK don't have internet or mobile connections, and they aren't allowed to speak to their loved ones without being monitored,” Snell wrote on X on Thursday.

“And as part of Azerbaijan’s "reintegration" facade, Azerbaijani authorities confiscated the Armenian passports of those who remained, but haven't issued Azerbaijani passports to them. This means the Armenians who stayed in NK are currently stateless,” she added.

A month after Azerbaijan attacked and ethnically cleansed Nagorno-Karabakh, @CoryPopp and I spoke to the daughter of one of the very few people who stayed behind.

Azerbaijani state media recently bragged about AZ establishing local telecom services, but the Armenians who stayed… pic.twitter.com/4Ira6cVGYH

— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) October 26, 2023