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CALL TO ACTION!    BREAK THE SILENCE!
 
        
In these times of unprecedented national crisis and concern for Armenians of all religious, cultural, and political stripes, whether in the Diaspora or Homeland, our people are crying out for a show of conscious leadership, concern, and care from our community leaders, especially from our spiritual and ecumenical representatives.
 
The atrocities we have seen and experienced as a people in 2020 and beyond have not been witnessed since the bloody days of the Armenian Genocide whose long and treacherous shadow casts darkness and horror over an already harrowed Armenian landscape.
 
And, although we all have patiently awaited direction and guidance from our Armenian religious (and governmental leaders for that matter)—as exemplars of Armenian national unity and Christian values--we have yet to see serious expressions of humanitarian concern emanating from the hallowed halls and institutions of Armenian Christendom and its affiliated institutions.
 
Armenians, regardless of age and gender, whether in Artsakh, Armenia, or the Diaspora, will not sit idly by and wait as our nation, people, and Homeland are destroyed, again, in front of our very eyes.
 
We cannot merely watch our leaders, religious or otherwise, turn a blind eye and become mute in the face of a national existential dilemma of such magnitude that we have not seen in our lifetimes.
 
We cannot allow what is truly important to our people to be ignored or be relegated to any position that in any way denigrates its urgency to our survival.
 
Therefore, we propose that the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic church of the Western United States accept its true role and lead the Armenian Ecumenical Community, as it has in the past, to raise high the mantle of the Armenian Cause and support, with all its resources, the Pan-Armenian issues of Artsakh’s independence, freedom for our POWs, and the collective, territorial, and individual rights of the Armenian people.
 
We feel that the following gestures are the very least our great and global ecumenical and lay leaders can do, right now, to help our people the world over in their time of most dire need:
 
• The Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the Western United States must draft and issue, as soon as possible, a joint declaration with the Western Diocese, the Armenian Catholic community, the Protestant Armenian community, and all Armenian Ecumenical communities demanding freedom for our POWs, support for POW families, and that the Armenian government pursue the POW issue, as well as protect Artsakh’s right to self determination, and seek prosecution of Azerbaijan and Turkey for war crimes.
 
• The Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the Western United States must mandate the organization and implementation of classroom curriculum and school-wide assemblies as it has in the past for all Armenian case related civic and historical core content regarding Artsakh, Syunik, and our POWs in all Prelacy schools and the promotion thereof in all Armenian educational institutions in general.
 
• The Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the Western United States must spearhead fundraising activities in support of POW families and the pursuit of justice for our POWs in the European Court of Human Rights, as it has in the past for myriad Armenian humanitarian causes, within all Prelacy institutions and churches, and promote a similar course of action within Diocese, and other religious and affiliated educational establishments.
 
• FREE POWS banners, accompanied by the flag of the Republic of Artsakh must be proudly displayed at every church, school, property, and institution within Prelacy jurisdiction, as well as at other Armenian religious/educational establishments as a sign of moral support and unwavering commitment to the humanitarian, existential plight of our fellow human beings. (Banners and flags have been provided and placed at churches and schools in the Western Region, but, so very sadly, many of these banners were removed for reasons unknown…)
 
With each passing day, our heroes are forced to endure untold and unimaginable horrors at the hands of the Azeri Turks while our brethren in Artsakh and Armenia are continually attacked, their territorial integrity compromised, and the security of their children--our children—hang in the balance.
 
We ask you, as members of the Armenian nation tasked by your people to perform the most vital spiritual and cultural responsibilities for our communities, to rise to this noble and fateful occasion, to do your part today as leaders of our community, and impart light into the darkness encroaching upon our people and land…
 
Please act now before it is too late…
 
                                                                                                                                                                           
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THE GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN
​CONTINUES TO TORTURE, ABUSE, AND MURDER ILLEGALLY HELD ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR!​

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THE GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN
​CONTINUES TO TORTURE, ABUSE, AND MURDER ILLEGALLY HELD ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR!​

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FREE ALL ARMENIAN 
​PRISONERS OF WAR!​
ACT NOW!

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FREE ALL ARMENIAN 
​PRISONERS OF WAR!​
ACT NOW!

FREE ALL ARMENIAN 
​PRISONERS OF WAR!​
ACT NOW!

THE GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN
​CONTINUES TO TORTURE, ABUSE, AND MURDER ILLEGALLY HELD ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR!​

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FREE ALL ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR!
THE GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN
CONTINUES TO TORTURE, ABUSE, AND MURDER ILLEGALLY HELD ARMENIAN
PRISONERS OF WAR!

Recent news reports have confirmed the extra judicial torture and, subsequent, murder of 19 of more than 250 illegally held Armenian prisoners of war and civilian non-combatants by the government of Azerbaijan within its state-run prisons and rendition sites. 

Twelve of the nineteen murdered prisoners of war were, actually, civilian non-combatants and, of these, four were women.
 
The government of Azerbaijan and its armed forces continue to deny the release of all Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, in their custody, in direct violation of the tripartite peace agreement of November 10, 2020, explicitly stipulating their release.

Azeri authorities continue the torture, abuse, and murder of Armenians in their custody with flagrant disregard for all international norms, as well as international and interstate laws and conventions governing the status of wartime captives and prisoners of war.

The Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights (ALC) and the Yerevan-based International and Comparative Law Center (ICLC) have joined forces in a united effort to secure the release of all prisoners of war currently held in captivity and under inhumane circumstances, by the government of Azerbaijan, as well as the return of the remains of those murdered. 

The ALC and ICLC will continue to pursue Azeri and Turkish human rights violations, as well as violations by non-state actors--particularly foreign mercenaries deployed to the territory of the Artsakh Republic by Azerbaijan and Turkey and remunerated by these very same, during their recent unprovoked aggressions against Armenia and Artsakh.

The ALC and ICLC will also seek damage claims for harm and injuries suffered by both civilian and military personnel at the hands of Azerbaijan’s armed forces and the aforementioned terrorist mercenaries.

The filing and ongoing pursuit of these cases, integral to the mission of freedom and justice for all Armenian prisoners of war, demands great sacrifice from many volunteers and center staff. These pivotal cases, being brought forth in international judicial tribunals and courts, also require substantial funds to make freedom, for those held and tortured, a reality.

Therefore, to guarantee freedom for Armenian prisoners still in Azeri captivity—and, somehow, still alive—the ALC and ICLC need your immediate support to reach an initial goal of $25,000 in order to sustain the Center’s urgent and critical efforts.

Your generous donations will go a long way in attaining three immediate goals, among others.

First, the return of Armenian prisoners of war (POW’s) and civilian captives illegally held by Azerbaijan. There are currently an estimated 250 or more POW’s still in captivity suffering unimaginable humiliation, torture, and horrors on a daily basis. 

Second, the return of the bodies and/or remains of Armenians currently in Azeri hands, as well as soldiers listed as Missing in Action (MIA). Current estimates cite that there are more than 2,500 Armenian military personnel, including non-combatants, which the Azeri government refuses to return to their families. These families are inconsolable beyond words and have no recourse for the recovery of remains of their sons or daughters, their husbands or fathers, except through these legal channels.

Third, attaining justice for all those Armenian soldiers and civilians who were, and continue to be, tortured at the hands of the Azeri government and armed forces during their captivity, as well as for those beheaded, mutilated, skinned alive, and tortured during the genocidal aggression against Artsakh and Armenia in 2020. These war crimes and beastial horrors were often intentionally caught on camera by their very same Azeri perpetrators and, then, posted across social media for the world to witness in shock and horror.

The CICL will, initially, bring cases before the European Court for Human Rights wherein CICL human rights attorneys and barristers have established an impressive track record of success. They will also put forth cases before other international tribunals, as appropriate, including various United Nations bodies. ALC funds and strategic consultations will allow the CICL to accelerate this process and aggressively pursue hundreds of outstanding cases, now.

Our collective priorities are to secure the release of each and every Armenian illegally held by Azerbaijan, as soon as possible, bring them home to be reunited with their families, return the remains of our murdered soldiers, and seek justice for those tortured--and still being tortured--at
the hands of the Azeri state.
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ACT NOW TO DIRECTLY HELP IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF ALL ARMENIANPRISONERS OF WAR, THOSE MISSING IN ACTION, AND TO HOLD THE CRIMINAL STATE OF AZERBAIJAN RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, TORTURE, AND WAR CRIMES!

FREE ALL ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR NOW…!

NO ONE SHALL BE LEFT BEHIND…!
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The ALC is a U.S. based 501 c (3) tax exempt entity and donations are tax deductible to the fullest
extent permitted by law. Donations should be mailed to the Armenian Legal Center at 1711 N Street,
NW, Washington DC 20036.

THE GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN
​CONTINUES TO TORTURE AND ABUSE ILLEGALLY HELD ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR!​
FREE ALL ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF WAR!
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​antoine a
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zaven sinanian
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