We need a Tribunal to convict the one who started the treacherous war against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27, 2020

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/kazimirov-12-11-2020/ On November 12, 2020 V. Kazimirov published an article in the popular Russian information agency REGNUM. Vladimir Kazimirov – is a former ambassador, head of the Russian mediation mission in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1992-1996, honored worker of the Russian diplomatic service. V. Kazimirov’s website – http://vn.kazimirov.ru/mir.htm Below is a non-official translation from Russian by AGA-Tribunal.info.

Question from Armenia: Vladimir Putin, are you on the side of the pan-Turkists and genocide makers?

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/shakaryants-26-11-2020/ On November 26, 2020, independent analyst Sergey Shakaryants (Yerevan) published a critical article on the website of the “Yerkramas” news agency. We give it below as is in non-official translation from Russian by AGA-Tribunal.info. On November 25, 2020, the press secretary of the President of Russia, the well known Dmitry Peskov, during a conversation with journalists, answering the question whether the peacekeeping mission in Artsakh is really expanding, taking into account the fact that doctors and specialists are sent there, among other things, to resolve issues heat supply, and with what it is connected, answered rather […]

UNESCO: Reaffirming the obligation to protect cultural goods of Nagorno-Karabakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/unesco-18-11-2020/ Source: web site of UNESCO, November 18, 2020 On 18 November, the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, received the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the Organization. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art appeals for protection of cultural heritage sites in Nagorno-Karabakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/metro-17-11-2020/ Source: The Art Newspaper, November 17, 2020 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York issued a plea today for the preservation of cultural heritage sites in the Nagorno-Karabakh region as Azerbaijan moves to take control of swaths of territory under a Russian-brokered peace deal for the enclave.

Call for the conviction of the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing of the Armenians in Karabakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/afaja-1/ in Armenian – here in French – here in Spanish – here in Portugese – here By the end of October 2020, the French Association of Armenian lawyers and jurists AFAJA initiated a petition in six languages addressed to the UN Security Council. During the month as on November 25, it was signed by 28,140 people. Web address of the petition in English – here.

IPTCA: Open Appeal to the Deputies of the French Senate

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/france-23-11-2020/ Open Appeal to the Deputies of the French Senate The Organizing Сommittee of the International Public Tribunal for Crimes of Azerbaijan (IPTCA) thanks the senators of France, Bruno Retailleau, Patrick  Kanner, Hervé Marseille, Eliane Assassi and Guillaume Gontard for the draft Resolution on the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and hopes for its adoption by the French Senate  http://www.senat.fr/leg/ppr20-145.html  

Nagorno-Karabakh: chronology of a century-long conflict

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/a-manasyan-5/ Alexandr Manasyan November 22, 2020 How the state named Azerbaijan emerged in Transcaucasia in 1918 Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) in the chaos of the collapse of the Russian Empire (1918-1920) Consequences of Turkish intervention in Transcaucasia The annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh by the Bolsheviks in favor of the AzSSR Fragmentation of the NK territory after its inclusion in the AzSSR Stalin’s project of building the Azerbaijani nation and its mutation Genocide of Armenians in AzSSR Legitimacy of the NKR proclamation Artsakh as a victim of the decision of the Council of Europe of December 16, 1991

Statement of ICOMOS, ICA, IFLA & ICOM on damage and protection of cultural heritage in Nagorno Karabakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/unesco-20-11-2020/ Source: ICA.com, November 20, 2020 ICOMOS, ICA, IFLA and ICOM call upon all parties involved in implementing the complete ceasefire agreement that came into force on 10 November in Nagorno-Karabakh to proactively ensure full respect and protection of allthe cultural heritage in the concerned areas, in particular those where control is passing from one party to another (Agdam district, Kelbajar district and Lachin region). This respect and protection must extend to the conservation, interpretation and presentation of all such cultural heritage.

Arman Tatoyan about Azerbaijani systematic policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide through terroristic methods in Artsakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/tatoyan-18-11-2020/ in Armenian – here The Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan commented on his Facebook page on November 18, 2020, a video with the humiliation of an old Armenian man by the Azerbaijani military.

Armenia’s ambassador to Vatican: Turkey and Azerbaijan intent to give the conflict an interreligious character

An article in Catholic News Agency, November 12, 2020. The Armenian ambassador to the Holy See said Wednesday that the recruitment and deployment of Syrian Islamist extremists to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in the Caucasus Mountains is a serious threat to international security.

Preserve Artsakh: An Open Letter to the World Community

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/appeal-12-11-2020/ Associated Press on November 12, 2020 published an Open Letter to the World Community. It was signed by 55 scientists and public figures: 42 from US, 5 from UK, 3 – France, 2 both from Israel and Czech, 1 from Italy. Action was organized by Armenian General Benevolent Union.

Christian advocates call for U.S. to condemn aggression against Armenians

An article in Catholic News Agency, November 11, 2020. An ecumenical group of advocates for persecuted Christians is calling on the U.S. to condemn Turkey and Azerbaijan, amid a conflict over a disputed area in the Caucasus Mountains that has led to the deaths of over a thousand Armenians in recent months.

Culturicide and vandalism by Azerbaijan continues with a vengeance

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/shushi-2/ Azerbaijanis have desecrated the Holy Savior “Ghazanchetsots” Cathedral of Shushi, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh); this was reported on the Telegram channel of Mediaport. This church was bombed by the armed forces of the criminal terrorist coalition of Azerbaijan, Turkey and jihadists a few days earlier. To note, the mosque in Shushi has been preserved by Armenians for more than 28 years, and it was restored recently.

Baku admitted multiple times: Nagorno-Karabakh is not Azerbaijan and uses the silence of the world as a permit for genocide

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/manasyan-31-10-2020/ in French – https://aga-tribunal.info/manasyan-31-10-2020-fr/ Russian information agency REGNUM on October 31, 2020 made a publication of a new article by Ph.D. in philosophy Alexandr Manasyan. Below is a translation in English. Abstract Nagorno-Karabakh does not belong to Azerbaijan BY RIGHT. The world knows about this, but ignores the law. And Baku uses this as a permit for genocide.

First verdict of the International Criminal Court for the destruction of cultural heritage

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/icc-2016/ In 2016 the International Criminal Court (ICC) has recognized Ahmed Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi guilty of war crime and has sentenced him to 9 years in prison for his responsibility in the deliberate destruction in 2012 of nine mausoleums and the secret gate of the Sidi Yahia mosque in UNESCO’s World Heritage site of Timbuktu (Mali).