The 1300 mothers who lost their sons cannot even visit the graves of their children come Nov. 15. What window of time were we even given to mourn our loss of land, identity, heritage, and sons?? #ArmenianGenocide
After 44 days, our indigenous lands, our rights to self-determination and our peace has been stolen. And the dictators who authorized our extermination have been rewarded. #Armenia
#Stepanakert, capital of #Artsakh/#NagornoKarabakh before #Azerbaijan’s aggression and after.
Though deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure resulted in destroying of numerous buildings, the never-fading glory of my city remains and will flourish
#ArtsakhStrong
The Armenians wanted independence as allowed by the USSR and were responded with violence and death. This is not about a disputed territory. THIS is about the right to self determination.
#RecognizeArtsakh or Armenians will be the only ethnicity to experience genocide twice.
There were similar massacres in the town of Kirovabad that same year in November followed by a 3rd in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, in 1990. Finally a 4th in the Azerbaijani controlled town of Maraga in 1992. These were women, children, elderly, civilians who were massacred.
THREAD:
Everyone seems to forget that the whole conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia began when the Armenians voted for independence and the Azerbaijani’s responded with a massacre of Armenians in the town of Sumgait a week later.
THAT was the first initiation of violence.
Our soldiers are premed students, conservatory musicians, and software engineers. Turkey’s ISIS terrorists are fighting against our 18, 19 year olds. #PeaceforArmenians
Int’l investigations confirm warcrimes, destruction in Artsakh + validity of genocide claims YET new teams of ISIS terrorists + weapon shipments continue to arrive in Azerbaijan. #genocideemergency in Artsakh. #RecognizeArtsakh
Imagine scanning the list of updated soldiers reported dead. I have now come to learn my former student is one of our fallen heroes. Age? 19. Deruh mkhitareh. #ArtsakhStrong#SanctionTurkey
Turkish F-16s, Israeli IAI HAROP drones, Canadian L3Harris WESCAM optics, U.S. Milestek GPS components. War on Armenians sponsored by your “friendly” neighborhood nations. #artsakhstrong
Day 25 of Azeri warcrimes and the destruction of a nation using Israeli-made 'kamikaze' drones + illegal munitions. Azerbaijan blatantly targets residential areas. Continues to restrict international investigators, media and human rights groups.
"The repeated use of cluster munitions by #Azerbaijan should cease immediately as their continued use serves to heighten the danger for civilians for years to come." - Stephen Goose, arms division director at HRW.
Having spent this past Friday night in a civilian area in Stepanakert, as it was bombarded heavily throughout the night and morning, I can say this with firsthand knowledge:
Azerbaijan is deliberately targeting civilian areas in Artsakh. Full video report from Artsakh in link.