State-sponsored disinformation spread by Azerbaijan is a real danger for Armenian prisoners, culture, heritage and basic human rights.
The lies must stop.
#FreedomOfSpeech#HumanRights
@NikolPashinyan@EU_Commision@vonderleyen Or should I say, perhaps more diplomatically, that she's one of the people who could have upheld the values she claims to represent, but didn't?
STATEMENT BY THE CHILDREN OF RUBEN VARDANYAN
October 2, 2023.
As the four children of Ruben Vardanyan we respectfully call upon the world leaders, advocates for human rights, and the media to urgent help to free our father from illegal detention in Azerbaijan. We are concerned about his health and arbitrary treatment and have not been able to communicate with him since his capture. We fear for his wellbeing and risk to his life.
Over a year ago, our father made the difficult decision to live with the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) exactly because he wanted to protect their safety and their rights. He felt so strongly about it that he left everything behind and lived in hardship alongside them under blockade, siege and war.
After the last aggression by the Azerbaijani government on September 19, resulting in mass forced displacement and humanitarian disaster, he was specially singled out and detained.
We do not want him to become yet another victim of the political tension in the region, especially as his mission has always been to reduce this exact same tension and find a peaceful solution to a long-term conflict.
Our father is a humanitarian and has never been involved in any military activities. He co-founded the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, one of the biggest humanitarian foundations, exactly to promote peace and human rights around the world. For this same reason he invested heavily in education and cultural preservation for the region over the past decades, including the restoration of churches and a mosque in Shushi. As an active and visible Armenian humanitarian leader he now finds himself victim of a long-term political conflict and an opaque justice system.
We are extremely worried for his health and we fear for his safety.
We are encouraged by the support of many who have reached out but cannot rest until our father and other Armenian prisoners are released. With every day that goes by the risk that he might never join our family again increases exponentially.
As his children we call upon you to stand for the rights of our father, and all wrongfully detained Armenians and to call for his urgent, safe, and unconditional release. No people should be detained or prosecuted for their beliefs, religion, or nationality. We pray for our father's safe return to us and urgently ask for your help.
#freeRuben
#FreeArmenianPows
#freeRubenVardanyan
In a matter of months Stepanakert when from this (L) to this (R).
The Azerbaijani threats, siege, assault and subsequent conquest have sucked all life out of this old city.
@BradSherman Yuri Kim (@StateEUR) literally made a statement last week saying the US would not tolerate an attack on NK.
Azerbaijan attacked. 100k refugees forced out of homes. The US tolerated. It is mine and I think every other Armenian's impression, that the US is full of poop.
U.S. State Department Asst. Secretary Yuri Kim dodges the question (then leaves with a wide smile) on why Azerbaijan is not being sanctioned despite attacking & ethnically cleansing Nagorno-Karabakh — 5 days after her warning that such an attack would not be tolerated by the U.S.
➡️ Steal at will
➡️ Kidnap at will
➡️ Rape & harems at will
➡️ Force into janissary army at will
Enslavement & a return to #Ottoman days.
That’s the type of future that awaited the #indigenous#Armenians of #Artsakh! Second-class citizens without #HumanRights nor hope for help.
"Azerbaijani language for Talysh primary schools" book was prepared in 1937 for the forced transition of Talysh language schools to the Azerbaijani language.
In 1937, by order of Stalin, the Talysh were forced to study in the Azerbaijani language. More than 30 thousand Talysh intellectuals who protested against this decision were exiled to Siberia and Kazakhstan.
This is another proof of Moscow's patronage of Pan-Turkism and Azerbaijaniism. Azerbaijan couldn’t survive for more than 1 year without Moscow.
This is what ethnic cleansing looks like in the 21st century — massive arteries of traffic, every vehicle packed with families fleeing an unfathomable future, swiftly draining away the lifeblood of an historic land. By midnight (29.9) 100,000+ will have departed Nagorno-#Karabakh
@elonmusk@teknofest@RTErdogan For your sake, Elon, pray that there isn't an earthquake during your visit. Turkish buildings aren't exactly known for their structural integrity...