Yesterday marked 45 days of Azerbaijan's brutal blockade of #Artsakh.
Today, I urged my colleagues and the Administration to impose real consequences on the Aliyev regime. Congress cannot stay silent as #Azerbaijan tries to starve and freeze 120,000 Armenians out of Artsakh.
#Azerbaijani armed forced killing 7 #Armenian POWs.
Australia's silence and generic calls on all parties to refrain from violence only embolden Azerbaijan, to commit unspeakable war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Retweet to @senatorwong and @dfat.
Today, I met with members of my local Armenian community and joined the call to end hostilities along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, including the reported targeting of civilians and infrastructure in Armenia and for the Aus Gov to recognise the Armenian Genocide.
Armenians and allies of the Armenian community- we need you!
Azerbaijan has officially applied to Google to rename and add non-existent names of places in Artsakh for Albanisation and Azerbaijanisation.
Sign the petition here ⬇️
https://t.co/qSbAdJLIB8
.@RepDavidValadao: "I stand with the people of #Artsakh & #Armenia in condemning #Azerbaijani aggression & will continue working with my Congressional colleagues to secure the release of Armenian POWs, zero-out military aid to Azerbaijan, & increase US aid to Artsakh/Armenia.”
May you always stand strong. Happy Independence Day #Artsakh. I bow my head in honor to all those and their families who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of freedom and independence.
#Azerbaijani military deliberately set 🔥 to civilians’ pastures & grasslands - near #Armenia’s Sotk & Kut villages(Gegharkunik). Fires near Kut spread due to dry & windy weather. 🔥s are real danger for civilians life; are to intimidate. Videos are taken today from village Kut
Recently, Aliyev unveiled the "Victory Hotel" in Shushi- a hotel he had no involvement in constructing, merely renaming the existing Armenian hotel.
Aliyev referred to the Armenians as the 'hated enemy', calling their dwellings the "devils lair" in an interview about this.
Yesterday from 11AM #Azerbaijani military deliberately set 🔥 to civilians’ pastures & hayfields - near #Armenia’s Sotk & Kut villages(Gegharkunik). Fires near Kut spread due to dry & windy weather. 🔥s are real danger for civilians life; are to intimidate. Photos are just taken
BREAKING! Kristy McBain MP Signs Joint Justice Initiative In Support of Australian Recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides
MORE AT https://t.co/HhE3FTH1ud
Let’s not forget that Azerbaijan was “applauded” yesterday for releasing 15 Armenian POWs by @SecBlinken, @AnnLinde, @JosepBorrellF, & @eucopresident, yet just sentenced 🇱🇧🇦🇲 POW Vicken Euljekjian to 20 years in prison.
Armenophobia is still alive, they are just concealing it.
Latest source of ARM-AZ tension, encroachment of AZ soldiers across border in Syunik region, unresolved. Russian-brokered talks ongoing. Thread by @LaurenceBroers gives detail and comparative perspective of other painful "borderization" conflicts in former Soviet space.
This is Ilham Aliyev
President-for-Life of Azerbaijan
Got the job from his Soviet KGB dad
Made his wife Azerbaijan's Vice President
His oil-rich family is worth billions of dollars
His army commits war crimes against Armenians
Why exactly does he deserve American tax-dollars?