© SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images Responding to the conviction and 20-year sentence of Ruben Vardanyan, the last of 16 ethnic Armenians put on trial by Azerbaijan in connection with their roles in Azerbaijanâs break-away region of Nagorno-Karabakh (Karabakh) prior to its takeover by Azerbaijani forces in 2023, Marie Struthers, Amnesty Internationalâs Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: âThe conviction of the 16 defendants, culminating in this sentence aga