{"id":31964,"date":"2020-10-14T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T18:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=31964"},"modified":"2020-10-14T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T18:10:56","slug":"a-nofficial-request-to-condemn-azerbaijans-aggression-against-armenians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=31964","title":{"rendered":"AN OFFICIAL REQUEST TO CONDEMN AZERBAIJAN\u2019S AGGRESSION AGAINST ARMENIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE
\n<\/b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND DISTRIBUTION
\n<\/b>OCTOBER 12, 2020<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Armenian Americans for Human Rights (AAHR)
\n<\/b>Belmont, MA 02478
\n<\/b>USA
\n<\/b>aahumanrights@yahoo.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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THE <\/b>ARMENIAN AMERICANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS<\/i><\/b> (AAHR) ASKS THE OFFICIAL <\/b>UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM<\/i><\/b> (USCIRF) IN WASHINGTON, DC TO CONDEMN AZERBAIJAN\u2019S AGGRESSION AGAINST ARMENIANS<\/b><\/p>\n

AAHR sent the following letter on October 9, 2020 to the USCIRF\u2019s Commissioners and Staff.<\/b><\/p>\n

Dear USCIRF Chair Manchin, Vice-Chairs Perkins and Bhargava, Honorable Commissioners, and Staff:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am the Chair of the\u00a0<\/span>Armenian Americans for Human Rights (AAHR). \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Armenian Americans, Armenia, and the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) have\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/b>characterized the ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan as religious in nature. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, given the deliberate attack (September 27, 2020) by Azerbaijan, Turkey (using Turkish military personnel and American-supplied F-16s), and their explicitly anti-Christian jihadi\/terrorist allies, those parties clearly intend religion to be a major factor in their war against Armenians. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n