Laura Michael Gaboudian

Author. Educator. Activist.

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@JetBlue I already filed the claim while at BOS this AM with my toddler, infant & broken stroller that was KICKED BY AN EMPLOYEE in tow. Do better @JetBlue and provide some real customer service.

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@JetBlue I was on flight 988 LAX-BOS & landed this AM 1/3. I gate checked my stroller which I neatly folded up beforehand. It was returned to me in BOS taken apart and broken.Another passenger saw an employee KICKING my stroller before giving it to me. Please make this right ASAP

[Gev Iskajyan @geviskajyan]

That flag represents the 120,000 people that lived in Artsakh. Let no one ever ask “why would they leave?”

This is what Azerbaijan would have done to all of the ethnic Armenians living there — trampled over them.

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

They're not even trying to be diplomatic about it. Watch Azerbaijan press on to conquer even more Armenian land in the coming months. When will the world push back?

[Ruben Vardanyan @RubenVardanyan_]

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

[ANCA @ANCA_DC]

“In one fell swoop, one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships destroyed one of the world’s oldest Christian communities. Not only that, but the dictatorship in question receives US military aid and is considered a ‘valued partner’ of the US”

https://t.co/LMP3tMGokj

[Alison Tahmizian Meuse @AliTahmizian]

Horrific reports surfacing on Telegram that Baku liquidated #Russia's deputy peacekeeping chief and his convoy b/c they were alerted to a massacre, reached the scene of its aftermath and photographed how Azeri forces had raped and mutilated bodies, including of children. #Artsakh

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@Iac2023 Legacy? AZ is a made up country by Stalin that has only existed since the 20th century. Only legacy they have is being a genocidal dictatorship.

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@Iac2023 Also this conference is not inclusive. AZ is not safe for Armenians so anyone of Armenian descent cannot attend; otherwise they risk being arrested, tortured, killed or put in prison for life.

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@Iac2023 AZ is currently committing genocide against indigenous Armenians of Artsakh. How shameful to host an event in Baku and promote this propaganda that it’s so civilized there.

[ANCA @ANCA_DC]

President Biden smiling with war criminal Jeyhun Bayramov (Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan) while Azerbaijan (using US military aid) commits genocidal attacks against #Artsakh’s 120,000 indigenous Christian Armenians.

#120000Reasons
https://t.co/OO4v4JVWWY

[Christian Solidarity International (CSI) @CSI_humanrights]

CW: Threats of violence

Azerbaijan's 🇦🇿 war on #NagornoKarabakh has led to thousands of people being separated from their families. Armenians are frantically searching for their loved ones on social media networks.

On Telegram, Azerbaijanis are circulating these photos and threatening to rape and murder the people in them.

(For their safety, we have obscured the faces of these individuals in this post).

Under the photo of the young woman, someone has offered $500 to anyone who delivers her to him. He is going to give her as a birthday gift to "Murad."

Above the photo of the children, someone was written, "Children of whores should clean toilets and work hard in mines for pennies."

Below the photo of the children, someone comments, "They are lost. Whoever finds them, rape them, cut them into pieces and give to dogs as dinner."

#StopArtsakhGenocide2023

[Senate Foreign Relations Committee @SFRCdems]

Aliyev will stop at nothing to eradicate Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.

I introduced bipartisan legislation to solidify our support for Armenians & show that the US will not stand idly by in the face of brutal campaigns of starvation and military action. https://t.co/Dr3jV4XT2H

[ANCA @ANCA_DC]

Live From Artsakh: ANC Artsakh's Gev Iskajyan(@geviskajyan) shares the latest on Azerbaijan's bombing of Artsakh's 120,000 Armenian Christians. Injuries & casualties have already been reported.

Take Action Now: https://t.co/OO4v4JVWWY

#120000Reasons #ArtsakhTweet

[Senate Foreign Relations Committee @SFRCdems]

Azerbaijan’s brazen assault on Nagorno-Karabakh further proves Aliyev’s malicious intention to wipe out the Armenian population there.

The U.S. and international community must act.
https://t.co/Z0EgIjGlna

[Dina Titus @repdinatitus]

Azerbaijan's campaign against ethnic Armenians in Artsakh puts civilian lives in danger.

Their aggression must be universally condemned, and I urge the Administration to take action to prevent the worst possible outcome.

https://t.co/9f7SZekRRU

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@JoeBiden @KamalaHarris Azerbaijan is attacking Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh),continuing its genocide against the 120,000 #Armenian #Christian population. Take action: 1)Condemn the attack, 2)stop all military aid to Azerbaijan, 3)airlift humanitarian aid to Artsakh. #120000Reasons

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

azerbaijan announcing “evacuation” of all armenians from “dangerous” enclave of nagorno-karabagh (that they’ve just attacked).

to be replaced by azeris.

genocide playing out in real time.

will anyone take action?

president erdogan, nato ally of us, has the most leverage. so far unlikely.

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@SenFeinstein @AlexPadilla4CA Azerbaijan is attacking Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), continuing genocide against the 120,000 #Armenian #Christian population. Take action: 1) Condemn the attack, 2)stop military aid to Azerbaijan, 3)airlift humanitarian aid to Artsakh. #120000Reasons

[Laura Michael Gaboudian @hyelaura1]

@JudyChuCampaign Azerbaijan is attacking Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), continuing its genocide against the 120,000 #Armenian #Christian population. Take action: 1) Condemn the attack, 2) stop all military aid to Azerbaijan, 3) airlift humanitarian aid to Artsakh. #120000Reasons