The Azerbaijani tour guide says she “unfortunately cannot read it” the text on the gravestone. Of course you can't read it - those are Armenian letters, and you're just a bunch of charlatans at Armenian Christian holy sites
Was asked to go to Azerbaijan for a lecture . I declined (they yuugely upped their offer, not understanding my ethics, thinking it would make a difference).
I will not set foot in Azerbaijan with Reuben Vardanyan jailed there.
@HikmetHajiyev@Anewz_tv@YouTube The usual Azerbaijani fake propaganda and your Armenophobia are nothing new. I just wonder if that Lithuanian so called “journalist,” Richardas Lapaitis, understands that he was involved in the manipulation of genocidal war criminals?
Q: If an Azerbaijani applies to your school @UWCDilijan, will you admit him/her?
@RubenVardanyan_ : Of course, no problem. We can’t live in hatred!
Philanthropist @RubenVardanyan_ remains hostage in Azerbaijan and faces life imprisonment on fake charges.
#FreeRubenVardanyan
Today marks the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As we honor the 1.5 million Armenians murdered by the Ottoman Empire across modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Armenia, we must refuse to let history repeat itself.
In 2020, the military forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey attacked the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2023, Azerbaijan expelled over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, continuing the genocidal campaign that had begun over 100 years prior.
On this day of remembrance, we reaffirm the right of the Armenian people — and all people — to freedom, safety, and self-determination.
In these days of remembrance of the victims of the 1988 #Sumgait massacres orchestrated by Azerbaijani SSR forces, we honor the memory of hundreds of Armenians who were killed. Around half a million were forcibly displaced.
🕯️Remembrance is not only about reflecting on the past. It is a reaffirmation of our shared responsibility to uphold human rights, reject hatred & hate speech in all its forms, while working steadfastly toward reconciliation & lasting peace.
#HappeningNow: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's bodyguards attack protesters as President Trump's "Board of Peace" meetings continue - taking a page from Turkey's President Erdogan's assault order on protesters at Washington DC's Sheridan Circle in 2017.
#StopAliyev
When I visited Armenia as Speaker in 2022, our Congressional delegation stood at Tsitsernakaberd and spoke clearly and unapologetically about the Armenian Genocide — because truth matters.
That truth was affirmed when the House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide in 2019, and when President Biden showed moral leadership by formally acknowledging it in 2021 — a position shamefully reversed by the Trump Administration.
It’s deeply disappointing, though not surprising, to see the Vice President delete a post acknowledging that truth. Erasing history dishonors the victims and weakens our commitment to human rights everywhere.