In the wake of the Artsakh genocide, the Lemkin Institute remains committed to engaging in active prevention work in the South Caucasus while advocating for justice and accountability. While we do not generally involve ourselves in domestic affairs of states unless there is an internal threat of genocide, we must address concerns stemming from recent …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zuGI7mDYo More than 100 years ago, during World War I, the Ottoman Empire committed the first genocide of our era, killing about one and a half million ethnic Armenians. That genocide or ethnic cleansing destroyed the thousand-year-old Armenian presence in Anatolia. Today, the oldest of all Armenian territories has become a victim of ethnic cleansing. …
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Congressman Seth Moulton is proud that the US Congress has spoken the truth by recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Moulton stated this at Congress event dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, as well as to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. “And I’m proud that President Biden has done so as well. Yet another basic truth is …
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On March 8, 2024, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan signed a decree appointing a judge and president for the city court in Stepanakert, the capital of the occupied Artsakh Republic. We believe that these appointments harbor far-reaching, sinister intentions aimed at initiating the illegal process of property confiscation and the prosecution of individuals. The Committee …
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Turkey has never recognized the Armenian Genocide and continues to implement its pan-Turkist agenda in the South Caucasus without encountering opposition from the international community. Elisa von Joden-Forgie, executive director of the Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide, stated this at the conference “Armenia as a Crossroads of Civilization: Historical and Cultural Connections” on …
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I still go to Syria. I’ve also reported from Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Ukraine, and ~30 other countries. I’ve embedded with dozens of armies/armed groups, inc. terrorists. Yet I’ve never seen the levels of brutality and hatred I see from AZ armed forces and the regime behind it. Новости Армении – NEWS.am
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18:11, 25 April 2023 YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. On April 25, the “Nemesis” monument dedicated to the heroes who organized and carried out the “Nemesis” operation in 1919 was opened with great pomp in Yerevan’s Ring Park. The names of Soghomon Tehlirian, Aram Yerkanyan, Arshavir Shirakyan, Petros Ter-Poghosyan, Artashes Gevorgyan, Misak Torlakian, Stepan Tsaghikyan, Yakov Melkumov, Yervand Fundukyan, …
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A broad-bipartisan coalition of U.S. Representatives introduced Anti-Blockade legislation Wednesday, spearheaded by the Congressional Armenian Caucus, increasing U.S. pressure on Azerbaijan to end its two-month long blockade of 120,000 Armenians in their indigenous Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) homeland, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). In a letter to Congressional colleagues encouraging support for the anti-blockade resolution, Rep. …
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The Mexican Senate adopted a document on Armenian Genocide recognition on February 8 citing the need to protect universal human rights. The embassy of Armenia in Mexico informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. The Senate urged the country’s Foreign Affairs Secretariat to support Mexico’s official recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Armenia News – NEWS.am
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