Dear friends,

On behalf of the We Are Our Mountains agency, which was established by Ruben Vardanyan and partners last year specifically to empower the development of Artsakh and is now focusing on helping the forcibly displaced people of Artsakh, we would like to thank everyone for your ongoing support for Ruben and for Artsakh.

This holiday season, the second year in a row, Ruben's family will be deprived of his presence. As you know, Ruben along with other compatriots was arrested by the Azerbaijani government in September and is being illegally detained. Every effort is being made to help free them.

Please join the call by over 150 prominent people who signed the letter in support of the release of Ruben Vardanyan and the others illegally detained in Baku. Please visit the website www.FreeArmenianPrisoners.com. We ask that you use your own social media networks to amplify this important message, using #FreeRuben and #FreeArmenianPrisoners. 

Your support is of great comfort. Let us hope for their soonest release.

With gratitude,

Ruben Hayrapetyan

Chair of the Board, We Are Our Mountains

Grigori Martirosyan,

Executive Director, We Are Our Mountains