Protesters in Yerevan demanded the release of a report on the 44-day war.

Relatives of fallen and missing soldiers have demanded that the Armenian parliament publish the report of the commission that investigated the circumstances of the 44-day Karabakh war. The authorities promised to publish the document in the fall of 2025, but failed to fulfill their promise and classified the report.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," relatives of Armenian soldiers regularly hold protests demanding the fate of those missing. On March 8, for example, the mothers of servicemen once again demanded that their sons be found during a protest outside the Armenian government building. They stated that the uncertainty is becoming increasingly difficult to bear with each passing day.

On March 24, relatives of those missing in the 44-day war held a rally in Yerevan in front of the National Assembly of Armenia. They recalled that the Armenian authorities had promised to publish the report of the National Assembly's investigative commission examining the circumstances of the 44-day war back in September 2025.

Protesters handed a letter to the National Assembly's reception office addressed to parliamentary factions demanding that the issue of making the report's contents public be raised at sessions, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.

The action was organized by an initiative group joined by relatives of missing and fallen servicemen, war veterans, as well as Artsakh residents (Artsakh is the self-designation of Nagorno-Karabakh) who have lost their homeland, explained public figure Mikael Margaryan.

A large amount of work was carried out to prepare it at the expense of taxpayers.

"In September 2025, the commission completed its work and sent a report "The report was not published on September 30, as stated by committee chairman Andranik Kocharyan, nor at the following plenary session. On the contrary, according to the NA speaker, there are no legal grounds for including the report on the plenary session agenda. The initiative group insists that the National Assembly is obligated to publish the report, as it is a long-awaited document. A great deal of work was carried out to prepare it, financed by taxpayers, and this work must not go unpunished. The current situation is causing widespread public discontent," the activist explained.

The report has not been presented to the public, despite promises from the authorities, who justify their actions by claiming it is a "secret document," said public and political figure Gevorg Gevorgyan indignantly at the rally.

"When the commission was created, it was stated that its work would shed light on all the crimes committed during the war, and would also lead to court decisions and arrests. Then suddenly everyone went silent, and later began claiming that the materials were supposedly top secret. What exactly is top secret here? We have lost thousands of lives – this is a tragedy and a catastrophe," Gevorgyan said.

We demand from members of parliament Publish the investigative commission's report.

He added that "the unpublished report indicates that responsibility for what happened lies with the current authorities, and it is possible that they are afraid to make this document public on the eve of the elections."

"We demand that members of parliament publish the investigative commission's report and ensure transparency in the investigation into the circumstances of the war," Gevorgyan said.

Human rights activist and co-founder of the constitutional movement "Nzhar" Nina Karapetyants noted that "the authorities are misleading the families of missing and fallen soldiers, refusing to say who was to blame."

"Commission Chairman Andranik Kocharyan has been involved in political processes for 'a thousand years'; doesn't he know there are time limits? "Or if they needed to address something with missed deadlines, wouldn't they have done so? The current government has never been a staunch supporter of the Constitution or the laws. Never has our Constitution been so violated as under the current government," Karapetyants stated.

In turn, Anastas Israelyan, chairman of the NGO "Reviving Artsakh," stated that the authorities are "abandoning the people." "We want answers today. If this commission was created to publicize the reasons for the defeat in the war, then it is obliged to do so. "If not, then you were the first to blame, and you will double your guilt for treating the people this way," Israelyan said at the rally.

I want to know who is to blame for my brother's death

Arsen Ghukasyan, the brother of the deceased and the uncle of the man missing in action in the 44-day war, noted that "the case is not moving forward, and those responsible for the war are still not being held accountable."

"I want to know who is to blame for my brother's death, for my nephew's disappearance, and for the 'disorder' that occurred there [in the 44-day war]. "We want answers, but no one is doing anything," Ghukasyan said.

The father of missing serviceman Sergo Galstyan stated that "each of us has the right to demand and receive the necessary information."

We are obliged to explain why our children died and went missing.

"We are obliged to explain why our children died and went missing. Who is guilty and should be held accountable. And if the government deprives us of this, then I have the right to say that they are covering up their actions," Galstyan said.

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan carried out large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report entitled "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".