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.
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.
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.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) issued a strong statement of solidarity with Armenia and Artsakh on November 13, 2020, in the aftermath of the Artsakh war. Source: web site of WCC and here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/spain-5-11-2020/ Source: Armenpress, November 5, 2020
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
We present two one minute videos provided by the Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in Sankt Petersburg, Russia: 1 A presentation about three main Armenian pogroms in Baku during 20th century – in 1905, 1918, 1990.
Two one minute videos: 1 The role of Armenians in the cultural and economic life of Baku
(հայերեն – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/unesco_3_hy/ на русском – https://aga-tribunal.info/unesco_3/) From Yulia Guyloyan, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Western Armenia July 24, 2019 a non-official translation in English
(same in Russian https://aga-tribunal.info/unesco_7-3-2019/ հայերեն – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/unesco_7-3-2019_hy/ This Letter was published on the web sites: “Armenpress” information agency – in English. in Russian, in Armenian, in Arabic News.am – in English, in Russian, in Armenian) To: Mrs. Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General From: Coordinating Council of Russian-Armenian Organizations Dear Ms. Azoulay!
(in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/guardian_2-3-2019/) The Guardian on Armenian cross-stones Source in The Guardian – here. There is a photo of Armenian art researcher Argam Ayvazyan in 1981, next to a 14th-century khachkar in Nors, near his birthplace. Source of the article below – https://news.am/eng/news/499138.html The 21st century’s most extensive campaign of cultural cleansing to date may not have happened in Syria, but in largely ignored part of the Transcaucasian plateau, The Guardian reported. According to a report published in the art journal Hyperallergic in February, the Azerbaijani government has, over the past 30 years, been engaging in a systematic erasure of the country’s historic […]
STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ON THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF SUMGAIT POGROM 28.02.2018 Non official translation
The exhibition was opened on May 18, 2017 in Artsakh. Based on the works of RAA (Samvel Karapetyan).
The film exposes the policy of the Turkish authorities on the annihilation of the Armenian historical monuments of Western Armenia that has been going on since 1915. In the aftermath of their actions, a peculiar cultural heritage, forming part of world civilization, has been irrevocably destroyed. By exercising this criminal policy, Turkey attempts to get rid of thousands of Armenian monuments of material culture which reveal the historical reality. The film contains materials of great importance and shows the present-day state of the Armenian monuments as compared to their condition several decades ago. Script by Samvel Karapetyan. Directed by Trdat […]