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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

8 months

STOP SAYING IT'S OVER. It's not over. It's not over at all. It's not even close to being over. Not for us; not for our people; not for our nation. It's our children who are missing. It's our grandparents who are being slaughtered. It's our fathers and brothers who are being

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🚩SHOCKING. The final two minutes of the Committee hearing regarding #Azerbaijan 's blockade of #NagornoKarabakh was absolutely shocking. In response to @SenatorMenendez final question as to why she thinks #Aliyev has not unblocked the #LachinCorridor despite the 2020 Trilateral

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POWERFUL HEARING on Azerbaijan’s #genocide of the #Artsakh Armenians, conducted by the Tom Lantos US Congressional Human Rights Commission, just concluded with chilling testimony from Prof. David Phillips and Luis Ocampo #NagornoKarabakh @MorenoOcampo1 . Watch it here 👉🏽

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BLOODY BLATANT. #UK Minister Armed Forces visits Baku to meet #Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense. Why? A day earlier, Georgia. Why? No visit to #Armenia . 👉🏽 UK must temper its zeal to open a second front in #Ukraine #Russia war. 🇬🇧Don’t greenlight Az’s #ethnic cleansing in #Artsakh .

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HUNTING ARMENIANS. This is a serrated-edged military dagger being wielded by a euphoric Azerbaijani soldier actually hunting Armenians remaining in #Artsakh . Stop and think about that for a minute: He is hunting actual human beings. Indeed, the footage evidences the utterly

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A PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. I will just put this here. #Azerbaijan #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Nagorno #Karabakh #Artsakh

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3 years

EUROPEANS. 💁🏻‍♂️ Confirmation that #Europe priorities are about #Azerbaijan natural gas not #Armenians . Southern #Gas Corridor explains Europe’s deafening silence during Second #Karabakh War against #Armenia #Artsakh .💲Bulgaria starting imports by Dec 31 ➡️ .

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1 year

ROGUE STATE. #Azerbaijan ’s use of #starvation as a method of warfare against #Artsakh is illegal under international humanitarian law (Rule 53) and violates Az’s own Criminal Code 👉🏽 Day 21 #ArtsakhBlockade , food/medical supplies depleting. #IHL #Armenia

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2 years

THE AZERBAIJAN “PEACE” PROBLEM. After Az violated ceasefire regime repeatedly—committing abhorrent #warcrimes in the process—any policy based on belief that Az will honor a peace treaty w #Armenia is flawed. #Artsakh is not, and was never, the problem. #Azerbaijan is the problem.

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2 years

THE ARTSAKH RED LINE. 3 things absolutely crucial right now for #NagornoKarabakh : (1) affirm right of self-determination; (2) demand international mechanism for status talks; (3) broadcast truth that any status within Az is an invitation to genocide. #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Artsakh

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3 years

EUROPEAN SPOILS. Today, Jan 1 > #Europe starts getting its💰 payout from #Azerbaijan #Turkey : #Caspian #gas in exchange for Europe’s silence during Azerbaijan/Turkey’s war on #Armenia #Artsakh . Armenian blood flows 2020; 🇦🇿 #EU 🇹🇷 cash flows #2021 . Read 👉🏽

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2 years

HARVARD LAW PROFESSOR ALAN DERSHOWITZ: “Anyone who denies the #Armenian genocide must be classified as deniers … and all genocide deniers raise the potential for future genocides.” 👉🏽 🔪 Impunity fuels #Turkey & #Azerbaijan ’s violence on #Armenia #Artsakh

Denial of One Genocide Breeds Indifference to Them All

Why then do some people—even some decent people—refuse to recognize the Armenian genocide? Turkish authorities have done everything in their power to pressure individuals and countries not to...

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2 years

WAR CRIMES 101. Article 13 of Geneva Convention III (1949) prohibits killing #POWs . 👉🏽 … Every modern soldier gets specific training on Art 13. Appears #Azerbaijan soldiers train differently re #Armenian POWs. Exhibit A 👇🏽

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1 year

UNDEFEATABLE. This #Christmas , #Europe traded #Armenian lives in #Artsakh for Russian gas laundered by #Azerbaijan . Now, Az blockade of Artsakh enters 14th day, humanitarian catastrophe looms. Yet thousands rise in #Stepanakert to remind world that Artsakh will not be defeated.

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LICHTENSTEIN PRINCE READY TO LEAD AIRLIFT TO ARTSAKH. His Serene Highness Prince Michael of #Liechtenstein , expressed readiness to lead a humanitarian #airlift to besieged #NagornoKarabakh ( #Artsakh )—and to be on board the airlift. The intent is head to the region, bringing

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1 year

OP-ED | Genocide is About to Unfold in Artsakh, and the West Has Secured a Front-Row Seat via @zartonkmedia

OP-ED | Genocide is About to Unfold in Artsakh, and the West Has Secured a Front-Row Seat - ZARTONK

The article was contributed to ZARTONK Media by Karnig Kerkonian. For seventeen days, Azerbaijani special forces and military personnel—masquerading as “environmentalists”—have blocked the only road...

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2 years

POWS ARE NOT BARGAINING CHIPS. US mediation obtained release of 17 Armenian #POWs , yet #Azerbaijan still holds other #Armenia /n POWs as bargaining chips, violating not only the 2020 Trilateral Statement but even Art. 118 of Geneva Convention III (1949) 👉🏽

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3 years

TODAY #Sweden FM @AnnLinde becomes chair of #OSCE . Sustainable #peace in #Nagorno #Karabakh is her priority; she accused #Turkey of fueling conflicts #Artsakh , #Libya , #Syria , w/ #Kurds & violating #human #rights . 😲 Agenda > #Armenia #Azerbaijan . Read 👉🏽

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9 months

SCRIPTED. Just as Azerbaijan ramps up a new war against #Armenia and #Artsakh and increases its weapons imports from Israel to the daily, look who suddenly surfaces to call for revolution in Iran. Coincidence? Please … As an Azerbaijani military attack against Armenia and

Reza Pahlavi

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هم‌میهنان، آزادی و آبادی کشورمان ایران زمانی به دست می‌آید که جمعیتی آگاه، مصمم، فداکار و متحد از ایرانیان به درک درد و درمان مشترک برسند. تو کارگری که ماه‌هاست حقوق دریافت نکرده‌ای؛ تو کارمند و بازنشسته‌ای که حقوقت کفاف خرجت را نمی‌دهد؛ تو دانشجو و استاد دانشگاهی که از دانشگاه

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1 year

STEPANAKERT - YEREVAN FLIGHTS. After #Azerbaijan ’s blocking of Lachin Corridor, #Armenia should press #Russia to open #Stepanakert Airport to EVN-STEP flights to avoid humanitarian disaster in #Artsakh . All this noise re unblocking transport links? Unblock humanitarian ones first

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2 years

ETHNIC CLEANSING NOW. Under cloud of #Ukraine war, #Azerbaijan tries to remove #Armenians of #Artsakh by force and intimidation. Details here: . International law against ethnic cleansing here (paras 129-130):

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3 years

VIENNA CONVENTION ON LAW OF TREATIES - ARTICLE 52: A #treaty is void if its conclusion has been procured by the threat or use of #force in violation of the principles of #international #law embodied in the #Charter of the #United #Nations .” #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Russia #Caucasus

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GENOCIDE SCHOLARS ON ARTSAKH. The Intern’l Assoc of #Genocide Scholars just issued a bombshell 3-page statement concluding that “to remove the risk of genocide” #Azerbaijan must “respect the right of self determination of the #Armenia |ns of #Artsakh .” 👉🏽

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9 months

GENOCIDE DIRTIES ALL WHO TOUCH IT. The report just published by @LemkinInstitute is a definitive magnum opus on the genocidal campaign feeding the #Artsakh blockade. Any third-party diplomat mediating or facilitating #Armenia -Azerbaijan talks or #NagornoKarabakh

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3 years

NO CORRIDOR. Before any talks on #Azerbaijan transport #corridor thru #Armenia , 🇦🇲 must threaten to stop implementing #Russia ’s #Nagorno #Karabakh Joint Statement unless 🇦🇿 immediately returns all #Armenian #Artsakh #POWs . 🇦🇿 is in material breach. Read 👉🏽

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1 year

INDIGENOUS FREEDOM. True peace in the #SouthCaucasus is only possible once Azerbaijan abandons its manufactured claims to #NagornoKarabakh . The #indigenous #Artsakh Armenians have the right to stay on their land, free of subjugation, free of torture & torment—free of Azerbaijan.

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1 year

WROTE THE BOOK. @JHenckaertsICRC wrote the book on international humanitarian law #IHL . Page 188 of his treatise states starvation as method of warfare is condemned by #ICRC . #Azerbaijan blockade of #Artsakh continues as food/meds dwindle for #Armenia |ns. @ICRC , issue statement.

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6 months

SIMPLE TRUTH. The Bulgarian member of the European Parliament, Angel Djambazki, makes a solid case for sanctions against Azerbaijan, even noting the @EU_Commission ’s knowledge of Aliyev’s genocidal agenda as to #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh .

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8 months

All of #Armenia 's history is a story of survival. Today once again they are under attack. Yet the West is ready to abandon the people of #Armenia by playing geopolitics. @MFAofArmenia needs our support! @eu_eeas , @EU_Commission , @EUCouncil , @Europarl_EN we must introduce

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1 year

LAW? 🇺🇸 just told #Munich that Russia committed “crimes against humanity” & perps will be “held to account” 💡 #Law must be applied impartially. 🚩Piles of evidence of #Azerbaijan war crimes against #Armenia #Artsakh . A law-based world order requires 🇺🇸 call out Az #warcrimes too.

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1 year

UNITED STATES IS CLEAR: “ #Azerbaijan [must] restore free movement [in #LachinCorridor ], including for humanitarian and commercial use, as soon as possible. Any attempt to cut off services essential to the civilian population of #NagornoKarabagh is unacceptable.” #Artsakh #Armenia

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2 years

TRUTH. #Artsakh is not part of Azerbaijan. It is legally and morally bankrupt to place Artsakh #Armenians under Az rule—just as ridiculous as advocating to place Jews under Nazi rule. It’s a vacuous nonstarter. We must avert—not facilitate— #genocide . #NagornoKarabakh #Armenia

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3 years

VARTAN OSKANIAN: “It is an irrefutable fact that #Artsakh is part of #Armenia . . . . Artsakh is our legacy, our history, the spark of our independence, our land and water, our blood and identity.” Read 👉🏽

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STARING AT OUR OWN AS THEY SUFFER THE UNSPEAKABLE. In 1915, we did not have an Armenian state that could protect our Armenian nation, our Armenian people, from the horror of #genocide . A century later, we do not have an Armenian state that can protect our Armenian nation, our

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2 years

RACIAL HATE. Reminder that #ICJ ordered #Azerbaijan “[t]ake all necessary measures to prevent the incitement … of racial hatred … INCLUDING BY ITS OFFICIALS … targeted at persons of #Armenian national or ethnic origin.” Order at 29 (emph. add.) 👉🏽

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AZERBAIJAN’S ETHNIC CLEANSING PLAYBOOK. Arman Tatoyan ( @atatoyan ) provides exclusive details and insights regarding #Azerbaijan ’s attack on the civilian population of #NagornoKarabakh —on the heels of a 9 month blockade—specifically engineered to ethnically cleanse the indigenous

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2 years

SPIN DOCTORS. #UK and #Azerbaijan bear legal responsibility for #BBC and Haber Global propaganda falsely claiming #Armenia gave jets to #Russia for use against #Ukraine . State-sponsored fake news invokes state responsibility under international law. 👉🏽

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9 months

APPEASEMENT KILLS. #Azerbaijan ’s plan to commit genocide in #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh has been plastered on the walls: Starve the #Armenia |ns, then bomb them. Genocidal intent does not abate with warnings, it actually does the opposite: it empowers the genocidaire. #Europe and

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@kerkonian

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🚩SHOCKING. The final two minutes of the Committee hearing regarding #Azerbaijan 's blockade of #NagornoKarabakh was absolutely shocking. In response to @SenatorMenendez final question as to why she thinks #Aliyev has not unblocked the #LachinCorridor despite the 2020 Trilateral

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DETERRENT DIPLOMACY. In the face of #Azerbaijan ’s use of force to violate territorial integrity of #Armenia , #Iran has moved troops to border with Armenia, announced it will not tolerate changes to borders, and now will open a consulate in #Kapan in #Syunik Armenia.

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MUST READ. Just hours ago, #Artsakh Human Rights Defender @Gegham_Artsakh just issued a detailed evidence-based report on the #HumanRights rights violations committed against the Artsakh people by #Azerbaijan . 👉🏽 #Armenia

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NO IMMUNITY FOR TURKEY. In 2017, #Erdogan ordered security detail to beat protestors in Washington DC during his visit. Case is at US #SupremeCourt , and US Govt just argued that #Turkey should NOT be entitled to sovereign #immunity for its conduct. Read 👉🏽

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8 months

THE DEEPLY CONCERNED MEET AGAIN. If you’d like to hear the United Nations Security Council express serial deep concern about #Artsakh #NagornoKarbakh , here’s a link for you: Scheduling note: their deep concern will be expressed in just a few minutes, 3pm

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1 year

ARMENIA v AZERBAIJAN. #Armenia files urgent request at the International Court of Justice #ICJ in case against #Azerbaijan regarding lifting of #ArtsakhBlockade . Read details here 👉🏽 (photo credit: Stepan Poghosyan)

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ARTSAKH RISING. Yesterday 70,000 gathered in #Stepanakert to show the world that we are unbreakable. Today hundreds of young martial artists filled a stadium to show that strength, discipline and dignity are generational gifts. #Artsakh is rising. #NagornoKarabakh #Armenia

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EUROPEAN VALUES. #Europe 's inability/unwillingness to stop #Azerbajian and #Turkey 's aggression during the Second #Nagorno #Karabakh War could be traced right here: the Southern Gas Corridor.

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CLEAR CIVILIAN THREAT. Just hours ago, @atatoyan , @garoghazarian1 & I on 🇦🇲 road in #Syunik , #Armenia —where 🇦🇿 military attacked 🇦🇲 ambulance 6 wks ago. Enlarge pic to see #Azerbaijan military on ridge w/ direct view of civilian targets on road. 🇦🇿 mil positions in 🇦🇲 territory

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1 year

CHILD VICTIM. #Azerbaijan blocks Armenian child—in critical condition—in #Artsakh from life-saving treatment in #Armenia . Faux Az “environmentalists” can protest on side of lifeline road connecting Artsakh to outside world—not block it. But Az wants max human suffering, not trees

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HYDROELECTRIC SECURITY THREAT. On fact-finding mission right now with @atatoyan and @GaroGhazarian1 , observed that #Azerbaijan incursions into #Armenia sovereignty territory place Az military, right now, within 2km of TWO Armenian hydroelectric plants, #Voroton and #Jermuk .

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@kerkonian

8 months

SAMANTHA. @PowerUSAID , perhaps an @auroraprize_ ambassador would have something to say about the abduction of @RubenVardanyan_ , especially since you just arrived in Baku, presumably to meet the supreme leader. #Artsakh #NagornoKarbakh #Armenia @GaroGhazarian1 @atatoyan

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LEGAL GYMNASTICS. Az’s claim to #NagornoKarabagh is legally flawed. Az pretends there was no USSR Law of #Secession . There was. When Az chose to secede, it triggered Article 3 of the Law, allowing #Artsakh to decide its own fate by referendum—which

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TRUST YOUR MOTHER. For three years, the global powers and even some in #Armenia itself pushed the vacuous narrative of “integrating” #Artsakh Armenians into Azerbaijan, an authoritarian dictatorship openly espousing the hatred, dehumanization, and destruction of Armenians. They

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ABSOLUTELY REPULSIVE. Clearly, @stephensackur did not read the memo that ethnic cleansing and genocide are illegal—and, as such, cannot be legitimate “options”. After Armenian Genocide, Holocaust, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia—you would think @BBCHARDtalk would know better. Disgusting

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The @LemkinInstitute is horrified that @BBCHARDtalk 's @stephensackur offered #genocide as 1 of 2 “realistic options” facing #Artsakh 's Armenians. We reiterate that forcing people to leave their land on threat of death is a form of genocide. Read more here:

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NINE MONTHS AGO 👉🏽 Genocide Is About to Unfold in Artsakh, And The West Has Secured A Front-Row Seat. 👉🏽 War crimes have distinct patterns. In this case, patent indicators were screaming for attention even nine months ago. Ignoring these genocide markers

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Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, reiterates Karabakh’s foreign ... via @YouTube

Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, reiterates Karabakh’s...

During a June 20 press conference, Foreign Minister of Artsakh Davit Babayan responded to a CivilNet question regarding the issue of the status of Artsakh. B...

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🚩 THE AGHDAM TRAP. An urgent report was just released detailing how Azerbaijan will use the proposed Akna (Aghdam) road to subjugate #Artsakh Armenians in #NagornoKarabakh . You can read the full report here 👉🏽

Arman Tatoyan

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URGENT REPORT: Opening of Akna (Aghdam) road is an existential threat for #Artsakh #Armenians & not an alternative to Berdzor ( #Lachin ) corridor. This report prepared in direct collaboration w/ outstanding U.S. lawyers @kerkonian & @GaroGhazarian1 .

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THE VEILS COME OFF. This ground-breaking report evidences who #Azerbaijan ’s “eco-activist” agents are—actual individual profiles, by name—blockading the #LachinCorridor . Explore the specific profiles of these Az state agents. #ArtsakhBlockade #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #Armenia

Arman Tatoyan

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1 year

Our new joint report w/ @Gegham_Artsakh @ArtsakhOmbuds . Assisted by: International Journalist @LindseySnell ; International lawyers @GaroGhazarian1 & @kerkonian ; Yerevan State University Faculty of Oriental Studies, Artsakh Gen. Prosec Mr. Gurgen Nersisyan

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NOT ALL ROADS ARE CREATED EQUAL. In this report, we explain how/why Azerbaijan’s proposed Akna (Aghdam) road is a Trojan horse engineered to subjugate, not save, #Artsakh Armenians and designed to eliminate the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor and, with it, the international

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UN SECURITY COUNCIL EMERGENCY SESSION. The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session on Azerbaijan's blockade of #Artsakh in less than an hour. You can watch it live here:

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GENOCIDE WATCH — DIRE WARNING. Genocide Watch has just issued a global warning as to the risk of #Genocide in #Artsakh #Nagorno -Karabakh, calling on immediate action to stop #Azerbaijan .

Genocide Warning: Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh

Firefighters walk in the ruins of a building in the Armenian village of Sotk that was reportedly hit by shelling. Source.By Nat Hill Genocide Warning: September 2022Genocide Watch is issuing a...

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GENOCIDE & @OSCE . w/ #Biden 's statement, all 3 #OSCE chochairs #France #Russia #US recognize #Armenian #Genocide . Final status on #Nagorno #Karabakh must be seen through this prism, esp. after #Turkey 's/ #Azerbijan 's attempt of #ethnic #cleansing in #Artsakh .

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Peace and security begins with self-determination. When humans are empowered to create their own future free from outside influences, we create a safer and more secure environment for everyone. #SelfDetermination #PeaceAndSecurity #Artsakh #Nagornokarabakh #Armenia

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DANGEROUS LIAISONS. Our work in Jerusalem has uncovered a lot, and there is more to come. The attack on the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem is real, it is organized, it is wrong—and it’s enough. @SavetheArQ #Jerusalem #Armenia #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh

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Danny Rothman and George Warwar met with the leaders of Ateret Cohanim. About a week ago, members of @SavetheArQ movement received a photo in which you can see George Warwar and Danny Rothman meeting with Daniel Luria, the Executive Director of Ateret Cohanim, and Matityahu

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ARTSAKH. @Almagro_OEA2015 , you have fearlessly advocated for #Artsakh recognition to prevent ethnic cleaning and genocide. Az blocked the Lachin Lifeline—the only road connecting Artsakh to #Armenia . Your voice matters: a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in #NagornoKarabakh

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ANSWERS NEEDED. The administrations in Washington and Brussels were advocating to push #Artsakh Armenians into the military and political control of Azerbaijan—to “integrate” them—right at the time that Genocide Watch and Lemkin Institute had raised the genocide threat level

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SELF-DETERMINATION NOT SUBJUGATION. Proper application of law on #selfdetermination is vital in #NagornoKarabakh . #Artsakh blockade proves that, amidst ethnic cleansing & risk of genocide, any solution suggesting status for Artsakh within Azerbaijan is, literally, a dead end.👇🏽

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Zartonk Media’s second Op-Ed is by Karnig @Kerkonian , a distinguished international lawyer who leads the international and federal practice groups at Kerkonian Dajani LLP. 🇦🇲

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🚩RIGHT OF RETURN 101. Article 12(4) of the ICCPR states: “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country.” Importantly, under the ICCPR, the right to return does NOT depend on a person's status as a refugee. Read 👉🏽 . (Photo:

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1 year

MASSACRE UPLOADING. #Azerbaijan blocks Lachin Lifeline, isolates #Artsakh from #Armenia , sends Az special forces in plain clothes (see fascist “grey wolf”hand signs). KEEP WATCHING: it’s rare to see an actual human massacre in real-time. Silence has bought you a front-row seat.

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DECISION RE ARTSAKH BLOCKADE. The International Court of Justice just ordered #Azerbaijan to “ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions.” #Artsakh #artsakhstaystrong #NagornoKarabakh #Armenia #ICJ #internationallaw

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This conversation with @LikaZakaryan was meaningful and evocative vignette of true resilience during the #Artsakh war. Thanks for joining @GaroGhazarian1 and me then @LikaZakaryan . Your strength gripped and inspired.

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9 months

#Newsweek publishes human rights lawyer Thomas Becker’s ( @mrtommybecker ) eye-opening piece on Azerbaijan’s genocide of #Armenians in #NagornoKarabakh ( #Artsakh ). It is a powerful read 👉🏽

Thomas Becker

@mrtommybecker

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Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor is bringing #Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh ( #Artsakh ) one step closer to #genocide . Will the world intervene? My newest piece for @Newsweek .

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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

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ARMENIAN JERUSALEM. The existential threat against the #Armenian Quarter of #Jerusalem cannot be underestimated. The physical presence and security of the Armenian Quarter and the Armenian #Christian presence in the Old City are in grave risk. Here, the Foreign Ministry of

وزارة الخارجية وشؤون المغتربين الأردنية

@ForeignMinistry

7 months

DPM & FM @AymanHsafadi in the 1st plenary at #IISSMD23 , today: - Israel is taking 2.3 million Palestinians hostage in the process, by denying them food and water, and by this war. - Yes to the release of hostages but NO to linking humanitarian pauses to the release of hostages.

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1 year

AGREED. That this statement is necessary—and it is indeed necessary—demonstrates how effectively #Europe manipulates the discourse in #Armenia to steer Yerevan away from #selfdetermination . Subjugation and ethnic cleansing are not sustainable outcomes. #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh

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@301arm

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BREAKING: All political factions of Artsakh’s Parliament have released a joint statement calling on the Armenian authorities to not call into question the Republic of Artsakh’s people's right to self-determination. The statement also states that the Artsakh conflict should be

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2 years

This is great news.

United Nations Human Rights Council

@UN_HRC

2 years

The Human Rights Council has elected Ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan, Permanent Representative of #Armenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to serve as a vice-president for 2022. Mr. Hovhannisyan was elected from the Eastern European group of States.

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3 years

DHARMA DIPLOMACY. After Second #Karabakh War, #Armenia should turn its #diplomacy from #Europe to #Asia —esp to #India . #Security deal b/w 🇦🇲&🇮🇳 would counter common foes #Turkey #Pakistan , check #Azerbaijan , assist #Artsakh and not offend #Russia . Read ➡️

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@kerkonian

1 year

INJUSTICE BY INACTION. @RyanHoliday nails it: 💡in #stoicism , you commit injustice in a moral moment by doing nothing.💡Today, #ArtsakhBlockade by #Azerbaijan enters day 21. Humanitarian catastrophe—injustice—unfolds in #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #Armenia

Ryan Holiday (@ryanholiday) • Instagram reel

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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

1 year

COMMITTED. Documenting truth is a humbling undertaking. Work of @mrtommybecker and @unitedforrights on documenting war crimes committed by Azerbaijan against #Armenia #Artsakh remains a powerful voice keeping the factual record straight and naming the parties making hate possible

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@kerkonian

2 years

TRUE PEACE REQUIRES . . . WELL, TRUTH. The recent report from #Armenia /n Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan ( @atatoyan ) is a MUST READ—complete with direct quotes from #Azerbaijan /i government officials. 👉🏽

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@kerkonian

2 years

STEADFAST. Maintaining a firm commitment to protecting the human rights of the #Armenian people, Arman Tatoyan ( @atatoyan ) has remained committed and steadfast despite repeated efforts to derail and politicize him. He is an unwavering leader.

Arman Tatoyan

@atatoyan

2 years

I have never allowed #Government officials to get established at the expense of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender & have never got attracted to political manipulations! I have always remained dedicated to protecting & promoting #humanrights !Full interview will broadcasted tomorrow.

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8 months

CONCEALING GENOCIDE. #Azerbaijan follows Goebbels’ Nazi propagandist playbook on disinformation devoutly in order to conceal its genocidal intent in #Artsakh . The parallels are quite striking. Compare the 3 facts in the image to the following: (1) Azerbaijan claimed a “mine

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@kerkonian

9 months

@DrArtyomTonoyan This is absolutely true.

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@kerkonian

2 years

DIGNITY. Self-determination and #recognition are not esoteric concepts; they are the vessels of human dignity—the only true guarantors of a people’s survival in the face of demonstrable hatred and destruction. #Artsakh and its people are worthy of that human dignity. #Armenia

Lilit Asryan

@Lilit_Asryan

2 years

These eyes have seen war, the loss of father, brother, husband, son, home, homeland, but they continue to smile, to see the beautiful and the good. They are full of hope and cling to their land. This is #Artsakh and #Artsakhtsi . 🎥 @tiggasparyan

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@kerkonian

2 years

PLOT FOILED. Az relentlessly targeted Google to assign Azeri names to places in Syunik #Armenia on #GoogleMaps . Stellar work by @atatoyan (Ctr Law & Justice) to successfully secure removal of falsified Azeri names from #Armenian places on #GoogleMaps #GoogleEarth .

Arman Tatoyan

@atatoyan

2 years

Falsified #Azeri names of places in 🇦🇲 communities, incl. #Syunik Province in Google Maps & Google Earth r removed due to joint efforts of the Center for Law & Justice “Tatoyan” foundation & ANCA Western Region.Special thanks to @ANCA_WR ;best lawyers @GaroGhazarian1 & @kerkonian .

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2 years

EVEN THE US AND IRAN AGREE. Calls against Azerbaijan’s regional aggression are consistent across epic ideological divides—both the US and Iran have repeatedly called on Azerbaijan to halt its military provocations, withdraw its forces, and respect #Armenian territorial integrity.

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@kerkonian

3 years

THE REAL DEAL💲 #Greece #Bulgaria got their first #Azerbaijan /i natural #gas today via #Turkey ; #Italy next; rest of SE #Europe soon. All🤐🤭during #Karabakh War. #Armenia #Artsakh paid price for #European 🤑 #energy diversity away from #Russia /n gas. Read👉🏽

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@kerkonian

6 months

HOPE. Every nation deserves it. It’s a core element of national dignity. It’s what rescues a people from the darkness of national trauma and pushes them bravely toward the call of a solitary light. We just have work to do—a lot of work to do, and everywhere, especially within our

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@kerkonian

2 years

Perhaps a primer on what’s at stake from Former Deputy Speaker of the UK House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox, could help. She notes that Genocide Watch has already classified Azerbaijan at Stage 9/10 of the genocidal process.

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@kerkonian

1 year

BLOCKED AGAIN. #Armenia should press on this to avert the humanitarian disaster that #Azerbaijan is uploading in #Artsakh .

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@kerkonian

1 year

STEPANAKERT - YEREVAN FLIGHTS. After #Azerbaijan ’s blocking of Lachin Corridor, #Armenia should press #Russia to open #Stepanakert Airport to EVN-STEP flights to avoid humanitarian disaster in #Artsakh . All this noise re unblocking transport links? Unblock humanitarian ones first

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2 years

CONDEMNED. #Europe /an Parliament condemns #Azerbaijan for destruction of #Armenia /n cultural heritage Nagorno #Karabakh , demands Az comply w/ #ICJ order, insists #UNESCO access, tells Az to engage in #OSCE negotiations on status of #Artsakh . Read here 👉🏽

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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

3 years

YOU’RE KIDDING, RIGHT? Anybody at this #COVID meeting bother to ask @presidentaz why he launched a war on #Nagorno #Karabakh despite unanimous UNSC Res. 2532 (07/2020) requiring “an immediate cessation of hostilities in all situations” due to COVID? See:

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@kerkonian

3 years

FRONTLINES LIVE. @GaroGhazarian1 and I will be going live Facebook (Frontlines page) and Twitter w/ 🇦🇲 Human Rts Ombuds ARMAN TATOYAN @atatoyan discussing 👉🏽 #Armenia borders, security, #Artsakh and POWs—one year after the signing of Trilateral Statement

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@kerkonian

1 year

ONE ROAD. The dignity, security, and recognition of the #Artsakh Republic remains today, more than ever before, the only road to Armenian national survival and true lasting peace. #Armenia #ArtsakhStrong

Kerkonian Dajani LLP

@KDLawyers

1 year

We commit to struggling for dignity, security and recognition of the Artsakh Republic. It remains today, still, the only road to Armenian national survival. And it remains today, more than ever before, the only road to lasting peace. #ArtsakhStrong

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@kerkonian

2 years

NATURAL GAS. #Azerbaijan ’s conduct against the #Armenia /n people of #Artsakh warrants global condemnation. It is depraved opportunism engineered to maximize human suffering and create an Armenian exodus—all while the world is fixed on #Ukraine .

Lilit Asryan

@Lilit_Asryan

2 years

#Stepanakert right now. It is the 6th day that people of #Artsakh / #NagornoKarabakh are deprived of natural gas due to the "efforts" of the Azerbaijani side. And this is 21th century.

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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

8 months

AXIOMATIC. War crimes do not justify war crimes—I just checked. Rule 156 furnishes a convenient list for you to match the posts on your feed, in real time, with the corresponding war crime. You know, if war crimes matter to you. 👉🏽 #WarCrime

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@kerkonian

2 years

RANSOMING HOSTAGES. #Artsakh Human Rights Defender makes discovery highlighting an admission by 🇦🇿 official that #Azerbaijan is using #Armenia |n #POWs as bargaining chips. Azerbaijan’s admission may trigger Hostage Convention and US domestic law.

Karnig Kerkonian on LinkedIn: AZERBAIJAN HOSTAGE-TAKING. The Artsakh Human Rights Defender, Gegham…...

AZERBAIJAN HOSTAGE-TAKING. The Artsakh Human Rights Defender, Gegham Stepanyan, discovered an admission by the Azerbaijan Human Rights Defender that Azerbaijan… | 12 comments on LinkedIn

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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

3 years

ARMENIA. Where one of these has stood, we shall stand again. #Armenia #Artsakh .

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@kerkonian

4 years

Thank you @simonforco for joining @GaroGhazarian1 and me for a discussion about Armenian cultural heritage at risk

Talin Davidian

Karnig Kerkonian and Garo B. Ghazarian interview Simon Maghakyan.

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@kerkonian

3 years

ARMENIAN POWs. #Azerbaijan is required, under the 3rd #Geneva Convention and the #Trilateral Stmnt, to immediately release #Armenian #POWs . It fails to comply even 3 mos. after the 2nd #Karabakh War. Az's rogue conduct is a patent violation of international #humanitarian law. 👉

Uzay Bulut

@bulutuzay_

3 years

Since the end of the Azerbaijani war against the Armenian Republic of #Artsakh ( #NagornoKarabakh ) on November 9, #Azerbaijan still reportedly holds many #Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians, mistreating and even torturing them. My latest:

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6 months

RIGHT OF RETURN. With the #ICJ ’s indication of provisional measures against Azerbaijan—including as to the right of return for the #Artsakh Armenians—it is essential to establish an international mechanism and guaranties to meaningfully secure that right, including the right to

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@kerkonian

9 months

THE #ARTSAKH RESISTANCE. In her compelling piece, @MINASSIANok explains the #NagornoKarabakh struggle for #selfdetermination and freedom as one of the great human rights struggles of the human experience. The perseverance of the Artsakh #Armenia |ns teaches us the powerful extent

Luciana Minassian

@MinassianOk

9 months

El Espíritu Inquebrantable de Nagorno-Karabaj: Una Historia de Resistencia via @elarchivo

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Karnig Kerkonian

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7 months

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers an Order in the case Armenia v. Azerbaijan today at 6pm Yerevan time. You can watch it live here 👉🏽

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Karnig Kerkonian

@kerkonian

3 years

President Armen Sarkissian on the Future of Armenia and the Diaspora via @YouTube . @GaroGhazarian1 and I interview the Armenian #president #Armenia #Artsakh #Karabakh

President Armen Sarkissian on the Future of Armenia and the Diaspora

In the latest edition of Frontlines with Karnig Kerkonian and Garo B. Ghazarian, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian discusses the future of the Armenian nat...

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