Nuncio of the Holy See: Vatican is ready to help preserve cultural heritage in Artsakh

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/vatican-9-12-2020/ in Armenian – Source: web site of the president of Armenia, December 9, 2020. On December 9, 2020 president of Armenia Armen Sarkissian received the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See, Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt (residence in Tbilisi).

Azerbaijan is an aggressor worthy of new Nurnberg

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/krivopuskov-3-12-2020/ On December 3, 2020 Viktor Krivopuskov published a new article in the well known information agency REGNUM “Who will be responsible for the tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh?” Viktor Krivopuskov is a chairman of the Russian Society for Friendship with Armenia, PhD in sociology, laureate of the Boris Polevoy Literary Prize, Honorary Member of the Writers’ Union of Armenia. Below is a partially non official translation from Russian by AGA-Tribunal.info.

An urgent appeal of WCC to UNESCO for the protection of Armenian religious and cultural monuments Artsakh

Source: web sites of World Council of Churches and Armenian Church, Eastern Diocese in US, November 23, 2020. In a letter to the Director-General of UNESCO, the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) has made an urgent appeal for the protection of Armenian religious and cultural monuments Artsakh.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

Vahan Babakhanyan. Practical steps on the international condemnation of the crimes of genocide committed by Azerbaijan and their prevention

in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/babakhanyan-15-7-2020/ A report by Vahan Babakhanyan at the International Conference “Genocidal behavior of Azerbaijan: history and modernity (from the political and legal assessment of crimes to the International court)” (Shushi, Artsakh Republic, July 15-16, 2020). In 2021, the Collection of reports was published (“Edit print” Publishing House, Yerevan, 550 pages), the content of the Collection is here. The text of the report by Vahan Babakhanyan in the Collection is on pages 514-526.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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).

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.

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.

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.