Honored to headline the upcoming June 6 WorldDenver in-person conversation on Armenia at the PBS center. Use WDFRIEND discount code to get the member rate. Registration: secure.worlddenver.org/np/clients/wor…

Join WorldDenver for a panel on the challenges Armenia and its diaspora face after Azerbaijan's forced displacement in Nagorno-Karabakh. buff.ly/4ayhKKj

Today marks the end of the academic year in Armenian schools, but in #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh the last bell rang back in September.
Karen and Ani are among the last graduates of Artsakh schools, with Karen pursuing a career in law and Ani aiming to become a translator

#7 Fantastic presentation by Lori Khatchadourian on the CaucasusHeritageWatch project that uses satellites to track heritage destruction and erasure (followed by compelling Simon Maghakyan on this question).

“…the U.S. Embassy in Baku did not answer questions on whether the ambassador had asked local officials about the apparent cultural destruction [of Kanach Zham & Karintak] taking place in Susa or whether Libby's trip was approved in Washington.” rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-s…

A shady land deal (with alleged ties to Israeli settlers) threatens Jerusalem’s centuries-old Armenian diaspora — and the existence of a pluralistic Jerusalem for Christians, Muslims, and Jews alike. My latest, for The Nation: thenation.com/article/world/…

In WWII Armenians, just two decades after the Armenian Genocide, gave the highest per capita combat deaths against Nazi Germany, with overrepresentation from Karabakh (Artsakh-Utik) Armenians. In 2020-2023 Israel armed & aided Azerbaijan’s genocide against Karabakh Armenians.

Merci Tom Power /Q for an important conversation with System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian-#SanctionAzerbaijan on inter-generational trauma+denial of the 1915 #ArmenianGenocide —a story of impunity for crimes against humanity that led to the ethnic cleansing of #Artsakh in 2023…
cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

I am just going to say this one time. Aliyev is not converting Armenian churches to mosques. Such appropriation requires a degree of “respect.” Even that twisted “respect” doesn’t exist in Aliyev’s Azerbaijan. You still don’t understand what he did in Nakhichevan.

Apparently when Yuri Kim stated before the Senate that the US wouldn’t “tolerate” ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh in September, she meant that that the US would… celebrate ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh in May.

Ethnic cleansing makes Biden Admin so happy

Ambassador Libby is purportedly a seasoned diplomat.

But does posing for photos in a city recently cleansed of its ethnic and religious inhabitants, where just days ago reports emerged of the destruction of an iconic church, represent American values?

Shameful behavior.

UN experts are 'horrified' at the mass graves unearthed in the Gaza Strip -- 390+ bodies at Nasser & Al Shifa hospitals, including of women and children, 'many reportedly showing signs of torture & summary executions' and potentially 'people buried alive.” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

It’s clear that the US, like the other great powers, just wanted the Karabakh problem “solved” and didn’t mind the ethnic cleansing of Armenians that would be necessary. So much for human rights and “red lines.”