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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  

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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…

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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

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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.

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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 […]

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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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Be alert the people of Israel, for you have already been involved in disaster-promoting activities

For the umpteenth time we testify and come across the fact causing many controversial questions as to how the state system of the Jewish people bearing the pain of Holocaust becomes a platform for various groups advocating and inciting genocide. Although our appeals to the Jewish people were numerous, we don’t hear any reaction up to now… The same Israeli state sponsors and provides modern Nazis with high-quality weaponry to ensure the continued destruction of those in the West Caspian, who underwent in 1987-1992 the Great Disaster only because they were the Armenians, in territories under control of the state […]

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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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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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President Armen Sarkissian’s message on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Baku

հայերեն – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/pres_13-1-2020_hy/ на русском – Source – web site president.am President Armen Sarkissian’s message on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Baku Dear Compatriots, Today, we pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the pogroms in Baku. Thirty years ago, in January of 1990, purges of the Armenians were ordered in Baku, claiming the lives of hundreds of Armenians; many were injured, subjected to tortures, were expelled, some were lost without a trace. After the pogroms, Baku, which had had the Armenian population of 250,000, was totally purged of Armenians.

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Statement on the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the crime of Genocide committed by Azerbaijan against the Armenian people (January 13, 1990)

in Russian (на русском) – https://aga-tribunal.info/12-1-2020/ Statement on the Day of remembrance of the victims of the crime of genocide committed by Azerbaijan against the Armenian people (January 13)   The beginning of each year is marked by two tragic dates – the period of the establishment of Soviet power in Transcaucasia and its collapse: – January 9-12 – the days of memory of the Shamkhor massacre that terrified even Stalin himself.  Troops were returning to Russia from the Caucasian front were they fought against Turkey. Thousands of Russians (mostly Cossacks) were brutally killed in January 1918 by those who seized […]

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About genocidal policy and crimes of Azerbaijan in the Statement addressed to UN

(in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/wa_7-8-2019_/) On August 7, 2019, the Republic of Western Armenia sent a large and unprecedented Statement to the UN “On the demarcation of the border between the state of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan”. In particular, it contained information on the genocidal crimes by Azerbaijan against the Armenian people. Below are some fragments from the Appeal.

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Continuation of the “Proclamation of 132” of July 27, 1990 on the protection of civilization from savage barbarity

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/appeal-27-7-2020/ Open Appeal to the world public Continuation of the “Proclamation of 132” of July 27, 1990 on the protection of civilization from savage barbarity On July 27, 1990, 132 prominent scientists and public figures addressed an Open letter to the world public regarding the deliberate atrocities committed by the authorities of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Rrepublic (Az. SSR) against the Armenian population. The authors of the Letter compared these egregious crimes to the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. However, the 30 years that have passed since the Letter have repeatedly proved that Azerbaijan actually continues the […]

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Statement by the Foreign Ministry of Armenia on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of Maragha massacre

in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/mfa_10-4-2019_hy/ in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/mfa_10-4-2019/ April 10, 2019 Web site of MFA of Armenia Today marks the 27th anniversary of the crime committed by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Maragha village of Artsakh. During the several hours of control over the village the Azerbaijani army turned it into a slaughterhouse by subjecting to torture in the most cruel way and killing more than 50 civilians, as well as taking as many captive, mostly women, elderly, children and the disabled. Two weeks later, the Azerbaijani army once again established control over the village, this time completely destroying it. To date, […]

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To the 27th anniversary of the genocidal crimes by Azerbaijan in the village of Maraga

(in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/ks_7-4-2019/) In connection with the anniversary of the massacre of the population of the Karabakh village of Maraga, carried out by the armed formations of the Azerbaijan Republic on April 10, 1992, the Coordination Council of the Russian-Armenian Organizations (CC RAO) made a special statement. We offer the text of the statement in full:

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Letter from Coordinating Council of Russian-Armenian Organizations to UNESCO Director-General

(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!

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Memorandum of the MFA of the Republic of Artsakh on the web site of UN

Memorandum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh on the issue of missing persons in the context of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict (November 12, 2018) Published on December 11, 2018 on the web site of UN as a Letter (dated 4 December 2018) from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

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Resolution of the International Conference on September 14-17, 2018

(in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/resolution_14-17-9-2018_hy/ in Russian –  https://aga-tribunal.info/resolution_14-17-9-2018/) Resolution of the first International scientific practical conference on September 14-17, 2018 “Baku 1918. Continuation of the Armenian Genocide”, dedicated to 100-th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in Baku in September 1918.

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Open Address to the deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

(հայերեն  https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/3-9-2018_hy/ на русском  https://aga-tribunal.info/3-9-2018_ru/) This year is the 100th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in September 1918 in Baku made by the genocidal tandem of Turkey and Azerbaijan. The massacre was not only in Baku itself, the troops of Turkish general Nuri-pasha on their move to Baku had destroyed dozens of Armenian-populated villages and killed many thousands of peaceful Armenians.