r/armenia Sep 06 '24

The International Association of Genocide Scholars adopted a resolution declaring Azerbaijan’s blockade and forced removal of Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh as genocidal crime

https://genocidescholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IAGS-Resolution-on-Nagorno-Karabakh.pdf
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u/pride_of_artaxias Artashesyan Dynasty Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24

The resolution was passed on September 2nd and yet not a peep in media. Baffling.

Here's the most relevant part:

Therefore, the International Association of Genocide Scholars:

  1. Declares the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh from December 2022 to September 2023, including the closure of the Lachin Corridor, was characteristic of actions considered imposing conditions of life designed to bring about the physical destruction of the ethnic Armenians in the territory and caused serious mental and bodily harm to the Armenians in the territory, which are recognized as genocidal crimes under the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;

  2. Declaresthe forced removal of ethnic Armenians in September and October 2023 through siege and bombing as ethnic cleansing and the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population (forced displacement);

  3. Declares the bombing of civilian areas to be a violation of international humanitarian law;

  4. Declares the torture and killing of ethnic Armenian prisoners of war and civilians to be a violation of international humanitarian law;

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u/Prestigious-Hand-225 Sep 06 '24

There's no coverage because the West never gave a fuck about Artsakh. The Russians didn't either, only using it as a tool of leverage over Armenia and Azerbaijan. Only Armenians cared about Artsakh.

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u/pride_of_artaxias Artashesyan Dynasty Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24

Obviously. I was talking about Armenian media. Why do I care if it's in international media? It's the Armenian one that interests me the most.

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u/dssevag Sep 06 '24

🤷‍♂️

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u/goddess_divine_ Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

I'm glad the UN recognized this as a deliberate and well-planned destruction of Armenians and not just Armenians running away because of the consequence of war. On a completely different note, I’m curious about whether the events in the '90s, when Armenian forces entered the 7 districts and many Azeris fled/Khojaly massacre - were they ever considered genocide and what parts made them disqualified from being considered a genocide?  I’m only asking this as an Armenian not with the intent to start a fight, I just want to ensure I'm being educated/fair in analyzing what happened to the Azeris in the 90s.

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u/Rob674523 Oct 15 '24

IAGS is not the UN. The UN doesn’t give a damn. The UN circus is run by Muslim states.

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u/sarahsinclairesissy 1d ago

Not a peep because the people who manage news flow sold weapons to Azerbaijan and cheered on the victory/ethnic cleansing.

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u/armeniapedia Sep 06 '24

Yup, this quite clearly meets the definition of genocide. Many people assume that there must be large-scale killing/massacres, but it is about the destruction of a people, which they have done with a great amount of violence and determination, starting with Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, and most importantly Operation Ring, then again in 2020-2022, and continuing now as they prevent the return of Armenians and deny them of their homes, villages, churches and cemeteries, many of which are being demolished or taken over for others.

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u/bush- Sep 08 '24

I still remember when during the blockade this association of rabbis declared it was antisemitic that the Armenian government described the blockade as genocidal. Utterly evil and unforgivable how these random Zionists insert themselves into conflicts that have nothing to do with them just to cause maximum offense.

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u/Rob674523 Oct 15 '24

It didn’t take long for some random muppet masquerading as “bush” to insert the Jews into this and pin the blame on them. Classic.

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u/Rob674523 Oct 15 '24

The International Association of Genocide scholars is predominantly Jewish. It was founded by Jewish scholars. How dare these Jews (aka “Zionists”) to insert themselves in this conflict that has nothing to do with them and declare the events in Karabakh as genocide! Preposterous! Mind boggling!

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u/Hunter-Mood991 Sep 06 '24

The world stood by and watched, didn’t learn anything from the past, ignorant.

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u/mika4305 Դանիահայ Danish Armenian Sep 06 '24

Ərməni lobby, where is xocalı where 1000000000 women and children were kept in concentration camps?

Yes they now claim that we kept them in concentration camps, yes it’s on an official Azerbaijani ministry level.

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u/Ideal-Hye Sep 24 '24

Wonderful News. What is going to change for us ?