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Crimes committed by Azerbaijan against the Armenian people and humanity after 1990

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/crimes-after-1990/ A partial List of crimes committed by Azerbaijan after 1990. Some were noted in the Statement of the group of organizations of January 12, 2020. List of crimes before the end of 1990 – here. 1991-1994 – large-scale aggression against the NKR and the border regions of the Republic of Armenia (RA). February 1992 — the killing of their own citizens and Meskhetian Turks near city Agdam when they left Khojaly along a humanitarian corridor made by Armenians.  April 1992 — atrocities and crime of genocide of Armenians in Maraga village  2004 — the heroization of Ramil […]

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Crimes committed by Azerbaijan before the end of 1990

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/crimes-till-1990/ A partial List of crimes committed by Azerbaijan before the end of 1990. Some were noted in the Statement of the group of organizations of January 12, 2020. List of crimes after 1990 – here. 1905-1906 – participation in riots against Armenians in the Caucasus, the persecution and murder of Armenians, the seizure of their property. July 1918 – massacre and exile of Armenians in Nukhi, Aresh, Geokchay regions September 1918 – participation in the massacre of Armenians in Baku by Turkish troops, theft of their property. 1919-1920 – massacre of Armenians of Nukhi and Aresh regions 1918-1921 – armed attacks and violence […]

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Black List – Reading List for Social Change

Prepared by Jermaine McCalpin and Damion K. Blake* The list that follows is meant to provide some important texts for anyone who is interested in having a robust understanding of history, politics, philosophy. It does not claim to be authoritative or complete. Rather, it represents some helpful sources for the compilers who hope that it will be a useful in understanding the contemporary, global and American developments in light of history and its role in social and political change.

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Appeal to European Parliament President David Sassoli

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/europarl_14-6-2020/ From: NGO “Crossroad” (“Khachmeruk”), Armenia To: European Parliament President David Sassoli June 14, 2020 Dear Mr. Sassoli, For us, the signatories of this letter, and for the many residents of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, NKR), any reference to the territorial integrity and legitimate borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan is puzzling in the light of the following facts.

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Museum of Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan should be opened in Yerevan

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/museum_2-2-2018/ in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/museum_2-2-2018_hy/ Source – News.am, February 2, 2018 Translation in English by AGA-Tribunal. Until an appropriate assessment is given of what happened in the Azerbaijan SSR from 1988 to 1991, and until it is not yet said that the Armenians of Karabakh were forced to start defending themselves because of all this, there will be no peace in the region. This was announced at a meeting with journalists on February 2, 2018 by the coordinator of the Congress of Refugees from the Azerbaijan SSR Mariam Avagyan.

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The film about the violent dearmenization of the Shaumyan region

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/shahumyan_1990/ The Shaumyan district (Artsakh) mainly populated with Armenians, in 1921 was illegally included in the newly created Azerbaijan. Armenians opposed this decision for 70 years. From 1988-1992, they opposed the armed attack of Azerbaijan, but on June 13, 1992 the entire area inhabited by Armenians, under the threat of complete destruction, was forcibly deported.

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Statement by the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh on the Occasion of the 28th Anniversary of the Occupation of the Shahumian Region

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/artsakh_12-6-2020_hy/ in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/artsakh_12-6-2020/ 28 years ago, on June 12, 1992, the Azerbaijani armed forces, supported by the units of the 23rd division of the former Soviet Army, launched a large-scale attack on the Republic of Artsakh, employing heavy equipment and military aircraft. The first to be targeted was the Shahumian region. Having multiple superiority in manpower and equipment, the Azerbaijani armed forces managed to capture the Shahumian region of the Republic of Artsakh, after which they started ethnic cleansing and brutal massacre of Armenian civilians.

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United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/en/speech_2/ Full document is on UN web site (PDF, 5 pages). About these UN activities since May 2019 – here (videos). Around the world, we are seeing a disturbing groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance – including rising anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred and persecution of Christians. Social media and other forms of communication are being exploited as platforms for bigotry. Neo-Nazi and white supremacy movements are on the march. Public discourse is being weaponized for political gain with incendiary rhetoric that stigmatizes and dehumanizes minorities, migrants, refugees, women and any so-called “other”.

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Adama Dieng (UN) on hate speech

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/en/dieng_1 Adama Dieng, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide: “Words kill as surely as bullets.” Bringing a historical perspective to current trends, he examines the roots of the problem and offers potential solutions that focus on the world’s youth. Mr. Dieng was central to the development of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech, which contains ideas on how to address the root causes and drivers of hate speech and how to reduce its impact on societies.

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Society of Avars of the South Caucasus: on discrimination in Azerbaijan and appeal to the public of Armenia and Artsakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/avar_31-5-2020/ Source: article in the newspaper “Aravot” on May 31, 2020 The article is about Avars – a Northeast Caucasian native ethnic group which is predominant among several ethnic groups living in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, neighbor republic to Azerbaijan (Wikipedia). Translation in English by AGA-Tribunal.info The public non-governmental organization “Society of Avars of the South Caucasus” reported on the real situation with human rights in the Belokan region in Azerbaijan (on the border with Georgia and Dagestan), where, as it is known, Avars compactly live, accounting for approximately 74% of the population of the region, with almost […]

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Czech Republic consistently condemns Armenian Genocide in Turkey

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/czech_20-5-2020/ The Senate of the Czech Republic adopted a Resolution condemning Nazi crimes against humanity and the Armenian Genocide, Katerina Eispurwit, May 20, 2020 The Senate of the Czech Republic adopted a Resolution condemning the crimes of the Nazis against humanity and the Armenian Genocide in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.

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On the need to accept one general concept on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide and compensation for damage

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/wa_24-4-2020_hy/ in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/wa_24-4-2020/ Address by the Chairman of the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Western Armenia Source – Parliament website (non official translation in English) By the 105th anniversary of the memory and commemoration of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, we showed our omissions in the issue of recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide and compensation for damage for it. Up to this day, pan-Turkism has not been condemned as a theory of xenophobia, intolerance and racism, there is no general point of view on the full period of the Armenian Genocide, two sides […]

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Statement of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh on the 28th Anniversary of the Massacre of Armenians in Maragha

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/maraga_10-4-2020/ in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/maraga_10-4-2020_hy/ April 10, 2020 Today marks the 28th anniversary of the massacre of civilians of the Armenian settlement of Maragha, Martakert region of the Republic of Artsakh, committed by the armed forces of Azerbaijan. The massacre in Maragha is an unprecedented war crime committed by the Republic of Azerbaijan, on the basis of hatred against Armenians aimed at the annihilation of the Armenian population.

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Statement of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh on the fourth anniversary of the April aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/mfa_artsakh_2-4-2020_hy/ in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/mfa_artsakh_2-4-2020/ April 2, 2020 Four years ago, on April 2, 2016, in flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Azerbaijani armed forces attacked the Republic of Artsakh. They targeted not only the front-line positions of the Defense Army of Artsakh, but also the civilians. The intensity and scale of the hostilities, the number of forces and military equipment deployed by Azerbaijan, as well as the actions of the Azerbaijani side taken prior to the attack to deliberately escalate the tensions and disrupt the peace process indicate that the April 2 aggression was a carefully planned […]

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About the next crime of the genocide committed by Azerbaijan in April 2016

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/wa_3-4-2016/ in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/wa_3-4-2016_hy/ in French – here In early April 2016, Azerbaijan carried out another crime of genocide – large-scale military genocidal aggression against the Republic of Artsakh. The Parliament of the Republic of Western Armenia that days immediately issued an open condemning Appeal. Below is the text of this Appeal of April 3, 2016. Appeal of the Parliament of Western Armenia to the Parliaments of the Member States of the UN Security Council (In connection with the aggression of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh)

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Alexandr Manasyan. Azerbaijan: history of the disease or external factors in the formation of the genocidal political culture of Caucasian Turks

in Russian (full article) – https://aga-tribunal.info/en/manasyan_20-3-2020/ Annotation The author points to the responsibility of world power centers for multiple genocide acts committed by Azerbaijan during a century. The historical facts by itself shows even to blind an absolutely predictability of the future genocide attempts and crimes that can be realized by this country.

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Online forum “Against the crimes committed by Azerbaijan”

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/program_22-3-2020_hy/ in Russian / на русском – https://aga-tribunal.info/program_22-3-2020/ March 22-25, 2020 Online forum “Against the crimes committed by Azerbaijan” On March 22-25, 2020, an International scientific and practical Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the massacre of the Armenian population of Shushi (Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabagh Republic, NKR)) was planned in city Shushi (Republic of Artsakh (NKR)) “Genocidal behavior of Azerbaijan: history and modernity (from political and legal assessment to the international court).”

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100th anniversary of the crime of genocide in Shushi. Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh

in Russian / на русском — https://aga-tribunal.info/mfa_23-3-2020/ հայերեն / на армянском — https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/mfa_23-3-2020_hy/ Comment by the editor of AGA-Tribunal.info on the Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh. The wording in the statement “the Turkish officers and emissaries continued to assist the Azerbaijani armed forces, including in organizing the Shushi massacre of 1920, attempting to continue the Genocide of Armenians, now in Eastern Armenia” is not entirely correct. This was not an “attempting to continue the Genocide”, but was an exact crime of genocide. 2. The wording in the Statement softens and removes responsibility from the co-organizer […]

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Open Appeal to the UN on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the crimes of genocide committed by Azerbaijan against the Armenians in the city of Shushi (Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh)

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/tribunal_25-3-2020_hy/ in Western Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/tribunal_25-3-2020_wa/ in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/tribunal_25-3-2020/ in Turkish – https://aga-tribunal.info/tribunal_25-3-2020_tr/ On March 25, 2020, the International Public Tribunal for Crimes of Azerbaijan adopted an open Appeal to the UN on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the crimes of genocide committed by Azerbaijan against Armenians in the city Shushi (Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh).

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Garen Arevian. Changing and maintaining the correct narrative in the face of historical revisionism

in Russian / на русском – https://aga-tribunal.info/arevian_22-3-2020/ Garen Arevian, blogger, public figure (United Kingdom) «Changing and maintaining the correct narrative in the face of historical revisionism» Synopsis: Since its inception, it is well-known that the Turkish Republic has consistently tried to change the historical “narrative” in regard to the Armenian Genocide, Armenian history, the lands of the Armenians and our presence as a native people in the area defined as the “Armenian Highlands”. The same effort was made by Soviet Azerbaijan – it was able to successfully forge itself as an “ancient” nation, created a national narrative and was able to […]

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Mher Harutyunyan. Reasons for the March Genocide in Shushi 1920 and modern challenges

in Armenian (full version) – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/m_harutyunyan_22-3-2020_hy/ на русском (аннотация) – https://aga-tribunal.info/m_harutyunyan_22-3-2020/ REASONS FOR THE MARCH GENOCIDE IN SHUSHI 1920 AND MODERN CHALLENGES (HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, LEGAL AND MILITARY ASPECTS) Harutyunyan M. A., Head of the ”Kachar ” Scientific Center, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor

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Baroness Cox: Genocide of Armenians in Baku, Sumgait Needs to Be Recognized

Below is an article from https://mirrorspectator.com/ Baroness Caroline Cox spoke during the “The Forgotten Refugees: What Happened to the Armenians of Baku?” conference at the European Parliament on February 5, 2020. Few other links to the publications related to C. Cox is here.

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Theme of the massacres of Armenians in Azerbaijan in the Parliament of Romania

на русском – https://aga-tribunal.info/romania_29-2-2020/ հայերեն – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/romania_29-2-2020_hy/ February 29, 2020 Ethnic Armenian MPs of the Romanian Parliament Varuzhan Voskanyan, Varuzhan Pambukchyan and Luchian Simon, issued a statement on the 32ndanniversary of the massacres of the Armenian population carried out in Sumgait, the Armenian Embassy in Romania said on Facebook, reports Armenpress.

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Hovik Avanesov. Azerbaijan-Artsakh war coverage in Azerbaijani school textbooks

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/avanesov_textbooks/ An article in HayDzayn, March 30, 2018. Other publications by Hovik Avanesov – here. Part two The subject of “Khojalu” is an integral part of not only the school textbooks on the “History of Azerbaijan”, but also, for example, the Russian language subject for the 4th grade.

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Victor Krivopuskov: about the events and crimes in Baku in 1990

Full in Russian (полностью на русском) – https://aga-tribunal.info/krivopuskov_baku/ The book of Victor Vladimirovich Krivopuskov “Rebellious Karabakh” is well known. The first edition was in 2003. The text of the second edition in 2007 was published on the ArmenianHouse.org website. After the second was the third edition in 2013, and then the fourth in 2018 (on the anniversary of the author). However the book all these 17 years was in Russian and Armenian. There is a need of translation in English. Below we present just few quotes from one of the chapters of his book, translated by “AGA-Tribunal”. We plan to update […]

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Denis Shilnikov: Azerbaijan grows new generation of liers and haters

Full version in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/shilnikov/ The remembrance of Denis Shilnikov (born in 1976). The author is the grandson of Lidia Ivanovna Shilnikova, the director of the “main” school #6 in Baku, the literature teacher of schoolchild Ilham Aliyev (recently a dictator of Azerbaijan). Source — personal page in Facebook

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Joint meeting of the parliaments of Armenia and Artsakh on January 18, 2020

in Russian (на русском) – https://aga-tribunal.info/parl_18-1-2020-2/ On January 18, 2020, a joint meeting of the parliaments of Armenia and Artsakh (interparliamentary commission) took place. Below is a video of the meeting (in Armenian, 4,5 hours) and chronometry – who spoke when. Deputies of both parliaments adopted the Statement.