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).

An Open Letter to the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres

Three large Armenian NGOs with Consultative Status in UN: Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) and Armenian Relief Society (ARS) sent an Open Letter to the Secretary General of the UN. Source: AGBU, October 27, 2020.

The Christian Post: How Christians are failing the Armenian people

Article by Joel Veldkamp in The Christian Post, October 17, 2020. It was also published in CSI web site. Joel Veldkamp is the International Communications Officer at Christian Solidarity International. He received his master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago, and is currently completing a doctoral thesis about the history of Christians in Aleppo, Syria, at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. He has lived in both Armenia and Syria and traveled throughout the greater Middle East for work and study.

Statement from a group of Genocide scholars on the Imminent Genocidal Threat deriving from Azerbaijan and Turkey against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/ysu-22-10-2020/ Source (Unesco Chair on Prevention of Genocide and Other Atrocity Crimes at YSU). Besides Armenia, the Appeal was signed by scientists from 20 countries, among them: Austria, Australia, Argentina, Hungary, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Israel, India, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, USA, France, Sweden, South Africa, Japan. It is symbolic that among the signatories there is not a single scientist from Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine…

Christian Solidarity organization condemns Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Syrian Jihadist Aggression Against Armenian Christians

Source: Christian Solidarity International (CSI) web site, October 3, 2020 In open letter to President Trump, human rights group calls for U.S. to suspend military aid to Azerbaijan and Turkey

Open Appeal to The United Nations, October 12, 2020

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/un-12-10-2020/ On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire commitment to the OSCE Minsk Group and treacherously attacked the Republic of Artsakh, starting the third terrorist war in 30 years against the civilian population of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, NKR). In this war, Azerbaijan is joined by Turkey and terrorist groups such as ISIS jihadists from Syria[1] and fascist “Gray wolves” from Turkey. In all these aggressions, the Pan-Turkists have one goal – to complete the Armenian Genocide, which Ottoman Turkey began at the end of the 19th century[2].

Pashinyan about genocidal threats against Armenians in Artsakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/pashinyan-threats/ Вероломная агрессия тройственного геноцидального террористического союза Азербайджана, Турции и джихаддистов на Республику Арцах началась 27 сентября 2020 г. С 29 сентября премьер-министр Армении Никол Пашинян начал информировать мировую общественность, что это не просто “конфликт” или война, а прямые угрозы геноцида армянскому народу Республики Арцах. Ниже приводим ссылки на 25 интервью Пашиняна с 29 сентября по 20 октября корреспондентам СМИ разных стран: России, США, Великобритании, Германии, Франции, Италии, Канады и др.

В.А. Надеин-Раевский: Пантюркизм – это угроза безопасности России

Старший научный сотрудник ИМЭМО РАН Виктор Надеин-Раевский рассказал в сентябре 2020 г. культурно-просветительскому центру HAYASA, что несет за собой идеология “пантюркизма”. Имеет ли Турция виды на Кавказ, Среднюю Азию не вызывает ни у кого сомнений. Однако есть ли у Анкары виды на Россию – вот главный вопрос, на который ответил эксперт.

About the International Public Tribunal for the Crimes of Azerbaijan

հայերեն / in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/tribunal_about_hy/ на русском – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/tribunal_about/ The International public Tribunal for the crimes of Azerbaijan is to unite the efforts of various experts, public figures, professional organizations to identify, expose, condemn, combat, prevent and punish genocide and the criminal policy of Azerbaijan. It was initiated on March 25, 2020 by the participants of the online forum “Against Crimes of Azerbaijan” – a preliminary event before the International scientific and practical Conference in July 2020 dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the massacre of the Armenian population of Shushi (Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabagh Republic, NKR)) in city Shushi […]

Two petitions on the web site of White House against Azerbaijan and Turkey

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/petitions-sept-2020/ After joint Azerbaijani, Turkish and Middle East terrorist groups agression started on September 27, 2020 against Republics of Artsakh and Armenia two different Petitions were issued on the web site of the White House.

Statements of National Council of Church in the U.S.A. and the World Council of Churches condemning the escalation of violence against Artsakh

National Council of Church in the U.S.A. (NCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) issued on September 30, 2020 statements condemning the escalation of violence against Artsakh. Source: The Armenian Church, Eastern Diocese of America.

Alexandr Manasyan. Publications

Alexandr Manasyan is philosopher and political scientist. He is one of the strongest experts in the genocides studies. Below are some of Alexander Manasyan’s publications on the Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan. The publications of dozens of experts from different countries about the fact of multiple acts of the Armenian Genocide committed by Azerbaijan are here (in Russian). Articles are mainly in Russian or Armenian. We can translate into English upon request.

Russian-Armenian organizations Alliance Statement on the 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Sevres

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/alliance-10-8-2020/ in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/alliance-10-8-2020-hy/ Exactly one hundred years ago, on this day in the French city of Sevres, a Peace Treaty was signed between the Allies of the Entente and Turkey. In addition to a number of demands put forward to Turkey in favor of Armenia, this Treaty provided US President Woodrow Wilson with a legal basis for clarifying the borders between Armenia and Turkey through the well-known Arbitral Award. Unfortunately, the block of the Treaty of Serves concerning the Armenian issue was not implemented, and Turkey continued to oppress the Armenians until 1923 and has […]

Conference on the 100th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in city Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh Republic/Artsakh) committed by Azerbaijan

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/conf-15-7-2020-hy/ in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/conf-15-7-2020/ International Scientific and Practical Online Conference on the 100th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in city Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh Republic/Artsakh) “Genocidal behavior of Azerbaijan: history and modernity (from the political and legal assessment of crimes to the international court)” (July 15-16, city Shushi, Republic of Artsakh) Organizers Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Foundation “Culture and Future” (Saint Petersburg, Russia) Partners Scientific center of Artsakh Public organization of sociological and political science […]