After a ten months long blockade, on September 19th Azerbaijan’s military launched a brutal shelling of Nagorno Karabakh.
My heart breaks as I learn about the stories of trauma, loss, and severe violations of human rights of thousands of Armenian families who are being forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh and flee for Armenia in a mass exodus.
The situation that people in Nagorno-Karabakh are suffering right now, brings memories from History’s darkest hours. We often look back to those dark pages of indiscriminate killings, ethnic cleansing and concentration camps with remorse, and regret that no one did enough to stop it. We cannot bring back the victims from those past atrocities, but we are still in time to prevent genocide from unfolding in the Nagorno-Karabakh.
In the midst of this horror, we need immediate mobilization of emergency humanitarian aid through the Lachine Corridor and airlift and the deployment of international monitoring missions to put a stop to these crimes against humanity.
It is now urgent for international leaders to stand up against ethnic cleansing and use all possible political tools to put an end to military actions in the region.
Children have the right to live in peace in their homeland.
Photo: @CivilNetTV / Hasmik Khachatryan
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The person on this army badge is Enver Pasha, one of the Ottoman officials who planned and organized the 1915 genocide, during which around 1.5 million Armenians perished in Ottoman Turkey.
Enver is still hailed as a national hero in Turkey. Turkey's president praises him and its nationalists lionize him.
This Twitter account, with over 100,000 followers, posted the photo below. The statement on the badge and the caption reads: "Don't run, Armenian. [If you do,] You'll just die tired!” Look at the likes and retweets it has received.
They are not hiding their intentions. Right now, Azerbaijan - with the support of Turkey – is starving, torturing, murdering, expelling Armenian Christians once again, as they did 108 years ago. The world remains indifferent and inactive.
Has the international community no spine, no backbone, no moral and military strength to stop these bloodthirsty, genocidal maniacs once and for all? Once and for all. Or do they just not care about Armenian lives?
Azerbaijan bears the responsibility to ensure full respect for the rights & security of Karabakh Armenians
The use of force to resolve disputes is not acceptable
We note the announcements of a ceasefire and expect the cessation of hostilities to hold
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քանի դեռ ես ապրում եմ, թուրքերն ու ադրբեջանցիները կլսեն Արցախ բառը, քանի դեռ ես ապրում եմ, թեև հայ դավաճանները, թուրքերը և ադրբեջանական իշխանությունը ցանկանում էին ոչնչացնել ինձ։ Մինչեւ Արցախը չազատագրեմ թուրս վայր չեմ դնի. Ուրեմն օգնիր ինձ Աստված:
Տոմաշ Լեխ Բուչեկ
120,000 civilians including 30,000 children in Nagorno Karabakh are under military attack.
Azerbaijan has restarted war against Nagorno Karabakh, shelling civilians and civilian infrastructure after 9 months of deliberate blockade, famine and denial of humanitarian access.
As experts have said - this is Genocide.
I call on my fans, the world of sports and media colleagues to react and help spread the voice for restoring peace.
Children are NOT a target, and yet 1 child has already been killed and 11 injured. @UNICEF@unicefarmenia #NagornoKarabakh
Gruesome footage of Azeris executing unarmed Armenian soldiers must spell the end of EU 'bothsidesism'.
@JosepBorrellF, you condemned the atrocities committed by Russia against Ukraine. Will you condemn war crimes committed by Azerbaijan against #Armenia?
@grebert Not only Italy denies. The whole conscious world denies. Accept the defeat. Do you think in Rotterdam they sponsor drugs? If you think so, you are terribly mistaken. And leave the talented band #maneskin and the lead singer alone!
No. Armenians were ignored because Turkey became a key ally to the West and they chose to close their eyes to the monstrosity for the sake of nationalist interests. This is the sad truth... We saw it happen again during the second Artsakh war in late 2020.
An open letter to @POTUS:
This week, the world will mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
This is the first April 24 of your presidency, your first chance to keep your promise to hundreds of thousands of Armenian Americans:
Recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Tomorrow, on Holy Thursday, I am publishing a letter to a person especially close to me, who is an authority in the field of morality and a great defender of human rights.