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The world stands by as new Armenian Genocide unfolds- Genocide Watch
'Two years after President Biden formally recognized the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the world is standing by as another Armenian genocide and forced deportation unfolds, says a story published by Gencoi8de Watch. YEREVAN, October 2. /ARKA/. 'Two years after President Biden formally recognized the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the world is standing by as another Armenian genocide and forced deportation ...
10/02/2023Facebook initiative group to protest outside US embassy in Yerevan against deportation of ethnic Armenian population of Kessab
A Facebook initiative group called ‘Save Kessab’ will gather outside the US embassy in Yerevan on April 2 at 1 pm to protest against the deportation of ethnic Armenian population of the town of Kessab in northern Syria bordering Turkey. YEREVAN, March 31. / ARKA /. A Facebook initiative group called ‘Save Kessab’ will gather outside the US embassy in Yerevan on April ...
03/31/2014Artsakh Foreign Ministry urges world to condemn genocidal policy of Azerbaijan and stop blockade of Lachin corridor
... Armenians in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, 33 years ago. ‘Murders, robberies, violence and atrocities committed with exceptional cruelty continued for a whole week - from 13 to 20 January 1990. People who escaped death were subjected to organized deportation. According to various sources, between 150 and 300 people were killed as a result of this inhuman crime,’ the statement says. According to it, Baku pogroms, along with the 1988 massacre of Armenians in Sumgait, marked the beginning of another ...
01/17/2023Azerbaijan’s genocidal policy continues, Nagorno-Karabakh parliament says
In a statement on the 30th anniversary of the massacre of the Armenian population of Sumgait (Azerbaijan), the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s National Assembly recalls that on 27-29 February 1988, atrocities against and forced deportation of the Armenian population was carried out by the Azerbaijani authorities in Sumgait, just 30 kilometers from Baku. YEREVAN, February 28. /ARKA/. In a statement on the 30th anniversary of the massacre of the Armenian population ...
02/28/2018Deportation of 170 thousand Armenian labor migrants from Russia will cut remittances by 10% - Garik Makaryan
Deportation of around 170 thousand Armenian labor migrants working in Russia illegally will cut the amount of remittances from Russia by 10% or $ 150 million, the chairman of the National Union of Employers, Garik Makaryan, said at a news conference today....
02/19/2014Armenian Foreign Ministry issues statement on the occasion of one year of deportation of Artsakh Armenians
A year ago, on September 19, as a result of the military attack by Azerbaijan, the entire indigenous population of Nagorno-Karabakh, more than 115,000 Armenians, had to leave their homes within a few days, the Armenian Foreign Ministry says in a statement issued today. YEREVAN, September 19 /ARKA/. A year ago, on September 19, as a result of the military attack by Azerbaijan, the entire indigenous population of Nagorno-Karabakh, more than 115,000 Armenians, had to leave their homes...
09/19/2024Former ICC prosecutor: release of Armenian hostages from Azerbaijan will contribute to recognition of ethnic cleansing in Artsakh
... once again voiced the main idea around which Armenians around the world should unite: to release Armenian hostages, to stop the genocide of the Armenian people. Besides, the former ICC prosecutor stressed that genocide does not necessarily mean murder, deportation is also a crime against humanity. I came to Armenia to understand what is happening, to meet with the leaders of Artsakh and the Catholicos (head of the Armenian Church), and to discuss actions to return the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to their ...
09/13/2024Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee chairman condemns Azerbaijan’s policy of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
... context of Armenia-Germany and Armenia-EU partnership, Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the need for effective promotion of democratic reforms implemented in our country. The Prime Minister referred to the processes taking place in the region, the forced deportation of more than 100,000 of our compatriots from Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijan's policy of ethnic cleansing, and the resulting humanitarian situation. Michael Roth highly commended the bilateral inter-parliamentary ties and expressed ...
10/24/2023Suppression of self-determination right and rejection of negotiations are sufficient grounds for recognizing right of a people to establish independent state -Artsakh Foreign Ministry
... Azerbaijan has been striving to get rid of the people of Artsakh and resolve the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict by force. The first victims of such a criminal policy were, in particular, the Armenians who lived in Azerbaijan during the Soviet period. The deportation of Armenians from Azerbaijan organized by the local authorities in 1988-1990 and accompanied by massacres, torture and pogroms, marked the beginning of a new stage in Azerbaijan's policy of persecuting Armenians. As early as in 1991, the Azerbaijani ...
03/21/2023Azerbaijan announces plan to turn St. Ascension Church in Artsakh's Berdzor into a mosque
Azerbaijan has announced a plan to turn the Holy Ascension Church in Berdzor (Lachin) into a mosque after the forcible deportation of the Armenian population of the town and the nearby village of Aghavno, the Public Council for the Protection of Artsakh's (Nagorno-Karabakh) Cultural Heritage said today. YEREVAN, August 22. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan has announced a plan to ...
08/22/2022Only strong and independent Artskah can ensure its people's right to live freely and safely in their homeland
... special police units (OMON), with the support of the Soviet internal troops and the Soviet Army, broke into Armenian villages, formally to verify the passport regime, but in reality to kill, rob and terrorize the Armenian population, followed by their deportation. As a result of military and police actions, dozens of Armenian villages in Northern Artsakh, as well as in Shahumyan, Hadrut and Shushi districts were destroyed, nearly ten thousand people were deported, more than 100 were killed, several ...
04/30/2020Armenian ministry of justice wants foreigners to be deported after serving prison terms
... were presented to the National Assembly by Deputy Minister of Justice Kristine Grigoryan. She said after a foreigner has served his/her prison term, the Ministry of Justice (one month before the end of the term) is to ask the police to begin his/her deportation procedure to the country of their citizenship. “The amendments prohibit them from re-entering the country if the deportation period stipulated by law has not expired - 3 years for crimes of light and medium gravity, 5 years for serious ...
09/11/2019Numerous Armenian citizens deported from EU countries
Intensiveness of the deportation of Armenian citizens from the European Union has not subsided after the last year's political changes, 168 Hours reports. According to the daily, more than 40 people will be deported to Armenia from Germany on Thursday by a charter flight....
09/05/2019International recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic would end Azerbaijan’s attempts to eliminate Artsakh people
... Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Soviet Army. And afterwards, the Azerbaijani OMON and militia entered those villages under the pretext of “passport checks”, but in fact for murder, robbery, terror against the Armenian population, followed by deportation. “The operation “Ring” became the continuation of a series of Armenian pogroms and ethnic cleansing in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad and other settlements of Azerbaijan, as well as in the villages of Northern Artsakh in 1988-1991, which were ...
05/02/2016Sargsyan says Erdogan’s decision to change this year’s Gallipoli commemoration was a “cynical act”
... change this year’s Gallipoli commemoration to coincide with Armenia’s marking of the 100th anniversary of the genocide was a “cynical act”. On April 24, Armenia is set to commemorate the centennial of the Armenian genocide, which saw the deportation and deaths of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I. “Our intention was to commemorate the centennial together with the Turkish people,” explained Sargsyan, noting that it was the reason his government invited the Turkish leader ...
03/23/2015Honoring victims of the Ottoman-era Armenian Genocide: from history to nowadays
... what was planned as the “final solution” to the Armenian issue was drafting about 300,000 Armenians into the Turkish Army where they were disarmed and killed by comrades-in-arms. The third stage of the Genocide was marked by slaughters, deportation and forced “death marches” of women, children and old people to the Syrian dessert. During the deportation hundreds of thousands were killed by Turkish soldiers, gendarms and Kurdish gangs. Whoever survived starved to death or died of ...
04/24/2014Azerbaijani claims that there was no ethnic cleansing in Artsakh are untrue - Michael Roth
... Committee, said today in Yerevan that Azerbaijani authorities’ statements that there was no ethnic cleansing in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and forced displacement of its ethnic Armenian population do not correspond to reality. He noted that the forced deportation of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the darkest pages of modern history. ‘But as much as it pains me, I see no possibility for their return. We cannot give people hope that something can change because we cannot guarantee it,’ ...
09/19/2024Memory of those perished during Azerbaijan's armed aggression a year ago honored at Yerablur military pantheon
The memory of those perished during the large-scale armed aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh a year ago - September 19-20, 2023 was honored at the Yerablur military pantheon in Yerevan today. YEREVAN, September 19 /ARKA/. The memory of those perished during the large-scale armed aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh a year ago - September 19-20, 2023 was honored at the Yerablur military pantheon in Yerevan today. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces used artillery, UAVs and combat aircraft against...
09/19/2024Armenia's representative on international legal issues to take part in discussion on Rome Statute in the U.S.
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. -0-
12/06/2023Armenia to become member of International Criminal Court on February 1, 2024
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. -0-
11/17/2023Armenian Foreign Minister presents status of negotiations on peace agreement with Azerbaijan
... Friday. YEREVAN, November 3. /ARKA/. Armenia and Azerbaijan have already exchanged six packages of proposals for a peace treaty, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Friday. He said the ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and the forced deportation of its ethnic Armenian population have created new risks and challenges for the security of Armenia and the whole region. He said despite this Yerevan's commitment to bringing peace to the region has not changed. According to the minister,...
11/03/2023Russia ignored Armenia's proposal to sign agreement to circumvent Rome Statute - deputy speaker
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. "A few months before the ratification of the Rome Statute, we asked the Russian side to sign a bilateral agreement so that our interstate legal relations ...
11/02/2023Inter-state loan allocated to Nagorno-Karabakh will be spent on programs designed for refugees- minister
... implementation of various programs and projects to be designed for refugees in 2024, Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan said on Monday. "The government’s draft budget for 2024 was ready for discussions at the end of September 2023, when the forced deportation of Nagorno-Karabakh population was taking place. For this reason, the draft budget does not include the set of measures and programs that the government is going to implement in 2024 to address their needs," Hovhannisyan said at a parliamentary ...
10/31/2023Hungarian government intends to open a consulate in Yerevan
... steps to deepen cooperation in such areas as economy, education, culture and aviation. The interlocutors discussed other issues related to Armenia-European Union relations and regional cooperation. The Armenian Prime Minister touched upon the forced deportation of more than 100 thousand of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing policy and the humanitarian situation, as well as presented the steps undertaken by his government for the solution of the existing problems....
10/27/2023Pashinyan emphasized importance of US efforts in normalziation of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations
... (Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs) Joshua Huck, the government press office reported. It said Prime Minister Pashinyan emphasized the US efforts in the process of normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations. Nikol Pashinyan referred to the forced deportation of more than 100,000 of our compatriots from Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing policy and the resulting humanitarian situation, emphasizing in this context the importance of international support in solving the ...
10/25/2023Armenian Foreign Ministry outraged by Azerbaijan's sham "trial" of kidnapped Artsakh resident Vagif Khachatryan
... of Nagorno-Karabakh was abducted by Azerbaijani border guards at an illegal checkpoint in the Lachin Corridor on July 29. Khachatryan has serious heart problems. A criminal case has been opened against him in Azerbaijan for alleged "genocide and deportation of Azerbaijanis" in the 1990s. --0--
10/13/2023Russia reiterates criticism of Armenia for ratification of Rome Statute
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. -0-
10/09/2023Ratification of Rome Statute has nothing to do with Armenian-Russian relations, says pro-government deputy
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. -0-
10/03/2023Armenian parliament ratifies Rome Statute
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. -0-
10/03/2023Armenian parliament's agenda includes unconstitutional issue - opposition deputy
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. -0-
10/03/2023Pashinyan and Ursula von der Leyen discussed issues of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees
... Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen had a telephone conversation on Monday, Pashinyan’s press office reported. It said a set of issues related to the situation created as a result of the forced deportation of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, the regional situation and the Armenia-EU cooperation agenda were discussed. The interlocutors agreed to continue the discussions in the framework of the summit of the European Political Community to be ...
10/03/2023Pashinyan says new impetus needed for projects under EU's $2.6 billion investment package for Armenia.
... EU. The Prime Minister emphasized the need to give a new impetus to the projects planned by the EU 2.6 billion euro investment package for Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan noted that for overcoming the situation created in Armenia as a result of the forced deportation of Nagorno Karabakh residents, international assistance is also expected. The interlocutors discussed various issues on the Armenia-EU cooperation agenda. In July 2021, the European Union approved the financing of five key programs in Armenia ...
10/02/2023Armenian parliament expected to consider ratification of Rome Statute at next session
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year. Kirakosyan said also that the Russian side had been invited to sign a bilateral agreement on the Rome Statute, whereby the parties would undertake to provide ...
09/28/2023Armenian parliamentary committee to discuss ratification of Rome Statute on September 28
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.-0-
09/26/2023Russia again warns Armenia against ratification of Rome Statute
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.-0-
09/13/2023"Russia will never be Armenia's enemy," says Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman
... statement, citing the joint exercises, Armenia's provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its moves to ratify the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court, which this year indicted President Putin for war crimes connected to the deportation of children from Ukraine. The Russian ministry also complained of remarks by the chairman of Armenia's parliament that it regarded as insulting to ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. -0-
09/13/2023Russia requests clarifications from Armenia on ratification of Rome Statute
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.-0-
09/05/2023Armenia says ratification of Rome Statute is in no way directed against Russia
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.’ Russia was quick to warn Armenia against ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the “illegal” arrest warrant ...
07/21/2023Artsakh parliament speaker sounds alarm as Azerbaijan continues mass crimes against humanity
... self-proclaimed its independence, we call upon the responsible and relevant international intergovernmental institutions to engage in the process of international recognition of the Republic of Artsakh as the most effective way to prevent genocide and forced deportation of our people from their homeland.' 'The President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh calls upon the international intergovernmental institutions to establish a special criminal tribunal against the leadership of Azerbaijan ...
07/19/2023Minasyan: draft decision on ratification of Rome Statute to be sent to parliament within weeks
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.’ Russia was quick to warn Armenia against ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the “illegal” arrest warrant ...
06/22/2023Armenian government expected to submit Rome Statute of ICC to parliament for ratification
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.’ Russia wa quick to warn Armenia against ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the “illegal” arrest warrant ...
06/16/2023Azerbaijan’s aggressive policy towards Nagorno-Karabakh is a manifestation of genocidal intentions- Armenian FM
... in the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. As a result of this planned and unprecedented by its scale crime against humanity, in 1915-1923 1.5 million Armenians were killed, hundreds of thousands were subjected to violence and forced deportation, being deprived of the opportunity to preserve their identity in their homeland. This crime, which was carried out against an entire people just because of their nationality, being Armenian, later became the basis for the definition of the ...
04/24/2023Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict has never been considered as internal affair of Azerbaijan- Karabakh Foreign Minister
... violated, only intervention of the international community and the free exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination can ensure a peaceful and civilized resolution of such situations, without resorting to the use of force, violence, forced deportation and ethnic cleansing,' the minister stressed. He said against the backdrop of the ongoing blockade, massive violations of the individual and collective rights of the people of Artsakh, and other aggressive actions, the efforts of the official ...
04/20/2023Mutually acceptable decision will be found: Zakharova on Armenia's intention to ratify Rome Statute of ICC
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.’ -0-
03/30/2023Russia warns Armenia against ratifying Rome Statute of ICC
... issued an arrest warrant for ‘war crimes’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who according to an ICC statement ‘bear individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February last year.’ -0-
03/28/2023Yerevan says Aliyev’s speech had explicit manifestations of territorial claims against Armenia
... Azerbaijan continuously obstructs the return of refugees and internally displaced persons to Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent regions, while at the same time announcing that it is going to resettle the territories that came under its control as a result of the deportation of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. Having violated basically all the points of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020 and with the narrative, which he himself admits as fictitious, about the corridors the President of Azerbaijan is ...
03/17/2023Mirzoyan: there are two theoretical options for lifting blockade of Lachin corridor: military and diplomatic
... cleansing of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. By creating unbearable living conditions, Azerbaijan aims to coerce the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to leave their homes and native land. The recent statement of the President of Azerbaijan suggesting the deportation of those Armenians who do not want to become citizens of Azerbaijan comes to prove once again their intention of ethnic cleansing. As the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh is worsening with each passing day, the immediate intervention ...
01/25/2023Armenia demands unblocking of Lachin corridor and expects efforts from Russia
... 2020, and blocking the lifeline connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and the rest of the world. The statement reads as follows: ‘It is already the 24th day that in front of the whole world Azerbaijan is forcing the population of Nagorno-Karabakh to deportation, pursuing its policy of ethnic cleansing. The humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh is worsening day by day. The lack of essential goods, food and medicine becomes more and more noticeable. The danger of malnutrition is tangible. Hundreds ...
01/04/2023Nagorno-Karabakh ready to negotiate with Azerbaijan on equal footing - foreign minister
... YEREVAN, October 13. /ARKA/. The international community should react to Ilham Aliyev's statements that residents of Nagorno-Karabakh are citizens of Azerbaijan, Artsakh Foreign Minister David Babayan said in an interview. "What is that? A call for deportation of Armenians or an omen? I repeat, we are ready to negotiate with Azerbaijan as equals, of course we understand that the situation is difficult now and Azerbaijan is trying to seize the opportunity, but that does not mean that we should allow ...
10/13/2022Artsakh remembers victims of Armenian massacre organized by Azerbaijani authorities in Shushi
... the demography of Shushi, but also left an indelible mark on the atmosphere of the city and predetermined the subsequent processes. After almost 70 years, the Azerbaijani authorities again resorted to a proven tool in their arsenal - the massacre and deportation of the innocent Armenian population, organizing mass killings and pogroms in Sumgait, Baku, Gandzak (Kirovabad) and other settlements of the former Azerbaijani SSR. In 2020, the tragedy was repeated again. Having occupied the city of Shushi ...
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