The genocide in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the dangers of NOT LISTENING [Content Warning - links to news articles on mass atrocities]

PS: see also: 

“Azerbaijan's use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh risks undermining key international norms, signalling to dictators that might makes right”   https://theconversation.com/azerbaijans-use-of-force-in-nagorno-karabakh-risks-undermining-key-international-norms-signaling-to-dictators-that-might-makes-right-214440   

“Nagorno-Karabakh announces dissolution as more than 75,000 flee separatist enclave”   https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230928-more-than-65-000-flee-nagorno-karabakh-separatist-republic-will-cease-to-exist  

There are two sentences in the Active Genocide Alert from the Lemkin Institute regarding the genocide in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) that particularly struck me: 

“This catastrophe, which we believe constitutes genocide, could have been avoided, but unfortunately the Western world ignored over two years of warnings from the Lemkin Institute, Genocide Watch, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, former ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, and many others. Experts were in virtual consensus about the threat of genocide against Armenians in Artsakh and predicated with accuracy what has come to pass.”

The  world  KNEW,  and  CHOSE  to  do  NOTHING.

 

This is significant as other genocides, atrocities, and fascist actions are underway, and little listening seems to have been done - until recently, in some cases ... 

 

Some news reports are: 

• “Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenians start to leave en masse for Armenia”   https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-calls-un-mission-monitor-rights-nagorno-karabakh-2023-09-24/   
• “Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears of ethnic cleansing”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/thousands-of-armenians-flee-nagorno-karabakh-amid-fears-of-ethnic-cleansing/5qs5omaq0  
  “The ethnic Armenian leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will remain in place until all those who want to leave the region are able to go.”    
• “ ‘Our nation has been sold’: Armenia faces refugee exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh”   https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230926-our-nation-has-been-sold-armenia-faces-refugee-exodus-from-nagorno-karabakh   
• “Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over Nagorno-Karabakh”   https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230923-karabakh-rebels-negotiate-withdrawing-their-forces   
• “More than 6,000 Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s Aliyev hosts Erdogan”   https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230925-nearly-3-000-armenians-flee-nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-s-aliyev-to-host-erdogan  
  “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan on Monday to meet his counterpart Ilham Aliyev as thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after a lightning military operation that has changed the contours of the South Caucasus.” 
• “Nagorno-Karabakh: envoys from Azerbaijan, Armenia to meet in Brussels as thousands flee”   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/nagorno-karabakh-attacks-envoys-meet-azerbaijan-armenia-brussels    
• “Long queues and traffic jams as ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh fearing persecution”   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-26/ethnic-armenians-flee-karabakh/102899994  
  
• “Nagorno-Karabakh: at least 20 killed and hundreds injured after blast at fuel depot”   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/nagorno-karabakh-attacks-envoys-meet-azerbaijan-armenia-brussels  
  “Officials say 290 people have been taken to hospital with dozens in ‘critical condition’”  
  What caused the explosion?
  

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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