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Harut Sassounian. War of Words at the UN General Assembly Between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-10-02 10:57:30

The United Nations’ General Assembly held its annual session Sept. 24-30, 2019 in New York City. The participants were heads of states and high-ranking officials of UN member countries,

Harut Sassounian.Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his ‘40 Days of Musa Dagh’ Part IV (Final)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-25 17:08:20

This is part IV (final-part) of the letter exchange between the two historic figures Armin Wegner and Franz Werfel. Armin Wegner wrote to Franz Werfel: "Of course, I do not

Harut Sassounian. Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his 'Forty Days of Musa Dagh' Part III
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-18 12:27:10

The California Courier will publish in a four-part series the exchange between the two historic figures Armin Wegner and Franz Werfel.    Armin Wegner wrote to Franz Werfel: “Radio and press

Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his 'Forty Days of Musa Dagh' Part II
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-11 10:19:49

This is the continuation of the letter written by Armin T. Wegner to Franz Werfel in 1932 which is being published for the first time:   "Already in 1915 I became

Harut Sassounian. Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his ‘40 Days of Musa Dagh’ (Part I)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-09 16:30:33

Armin Wegner, a German soldier and medic, was sent to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, while the two countries were allies. Wegner was stationed along the Baghdad

Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his 'Forty Days of Musa Dagh'. Harut Sassounian (Part II )
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-07 11:04:32

This is the continuation of the letter written by Armin T. Wegner to Franz Werfel in 1932 which is being published for the first time:   "Already in 1915 I became

Harut Sassounian.Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his ‘40 Days of Musa Dagh’ (Part I)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-04 16:14:20

Armin Wegner, a German soldier and medic, was sent to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, while the two countries were allies. Wegner was stationed along the Baghdad

Harut Sassounian. ‘Pan Armenian Council of Western USA’ Or Council of Armenian Organizations?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-09-02 10:15:01

A coalition of 20 Armenian-American organizations announced the formation of a “Pan Armenian Council of Western USA” on August 15, 2019. The coalition members are: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church

Can Lydian International force the Armenian government to give up Amulsar? A Legal Analysis
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-08-28 18:53:14

  Can Lydian International force the Armenian government to give up Amulsar? A Legal Analysis     By JUDr. Martin Madej, MJur     On March 11th 2019, after the blockade of its mining operations by

‘Pan Armenian Council of Western USA’ Or Council of Armenian Organizations?. Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-08-28 15:36:11

A coalition of 20 Armenian-American organizations announced the formation of a “Pan Armenian Council of Western USA” on August 15, 2019.   The coalition members are:   Western Diocese of the Armenian Church

U.S. Armenians Sue Turkey to Visit Their Native Land Without a Passport. Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-08-22 14:53:18

  A unique lawsuit, not based on the Armenian Genocide, was filed on May 29, 2019, by two Armenian-Americans against the Turkish government in the United States Federal Court, Central

U.S. Appeals Court Makes a Wrong Decision on Armenian Demands.Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-08-14 11:09:56

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made a decision on August 8, 2019 to deny the appeal of two lawsuits brought by several Armenian-Americans demanding

Harut Sassounian. Turkish and Armenian Prisoners of War Held in India and Burma During WWI
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-08-12 11:43:58

  The Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of Germany against the alliance of France, United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, and several others.   Out of 2.6 million

Harut Sassounian. Turkish and Armenian Prisoners of War Held in India and Burma During WWI
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-08-07 13:40:48

The Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of Germany against the alliance of France, United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, and several others. Out of 2.6 million

Harut Sassounian. U.S. Places Sanctions on Turkish Firm For its Corrupt Trade with Venezuela
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-07-31 13:48:15

In addition to U.S. and European Union punitive actions against Turkey for various violations, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions last week against a Turkish company “involved in a

Harut Sassounian. The European Union and United States Punish Turkey for 2 Separate Violations
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-07-25 11:59:08

After months of uncertainty and controversy, both the European Union (EU) and the United States decided to punish Turkey in the same week for two different violations. The Associated Press

Harut Sassounian.Turkish Anti-Armenian Lobbying Extends to City of Armenia in Colombia
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-07-17 15:01:14

The Breitbart website published an article by Frances Martel describing the Turkish lobbying efforts in the Colombian City of Armenia which was founded in 1889 and originally called Villa

Harut Sassounian. Pres. Trump is About to Damage U.S. Interests Just to Please Erdogan
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-07-10 14:18:49

 Pres. Donald Trump is on the verge of making a serious mistake, jeopardizing the security of the United States and other NATO members if he decides not to sanction

Harut Sassounian. UN Sends a Stunning Letter Questioning Turkey on the Armenian Genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-07-01 10:22:00

Thirty four years ago the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a report acknowledging the Armenian Genocide as a case of genocide. Until

Harut Sassounian. UN Sends a Stunning Letter Questioning Turkey on the Armenian Genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-06-27 16:04:32

Thirty four years ago the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a report acknowledging the Armenian Genocide as a case of genocide. Until

Harut Sassounian. UN Sends a Stunning Letter Questioning Turkey on the Armenian Genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-06-25 10:09:44

Twenty nine years ago the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a report acknowledging the Armenian Genocide as a case of genocide. Until

Harut Sassounian. Turkey’s Membership in NATO Could be Ending Soon…
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-06-24 10:04:36

Patrick Shanahan, Acting Defense Secretary of the United States, sent on June 6, 2019, a harsh letter to his counterpart, Hulusi Akar, Turkey’s Minister of Defense. Shanahan threatened to

Radio in Margins: How to Open “Closed Club”
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-06-18 17:06:15

Zemfira Gabrielyan has preserved the cable radio set hanging on the wall of her Yerevan home since the previous century, which became completely silent 5 years ago. There was

Harut Sassounian. Institute of Turkish Studies To Close Down in 2020: Good Riddance
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-06-13 13:03:42

The Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS), a non-profit organization, was founded in 1983 with $3 million donated by the Government of Turkey in Washington, D.C. ITS issued a press

Harut Sassounian. Azerbaijan May be Expelled from Council Of Europe for Violating Court Ruling
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-06-05 11:20:44

All members of the European Council had agreed to comply with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). However, Azerbaijan has violated that commitment ever since 2014,

Harut Sassounian. Unbelievable but True: Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize!
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-05-29 10:39:38

While Pres. Trump is visiting Japan this week, it is the appropriate time to comment about his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Harut Sassounian. US Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-05-22 14:03:22

In recent years and months, Arab countries have been liberating themselves from the nefarious political influence of the Turkish government and are beginning to take an honest position on

Harut Sassounian. US Federal Agency: Turkey Among Most Egregious Violators of Religious Freedom
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-05-15 18:28:04

Last week, I reported on Azerbaijan’s violations of religious freedom as documented in the most recent Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). My

Harut Sassounian. US Federal Agency: Turkey Among Most Egregious Violators of Religious Freedom
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-05-15 10:51:29

Last week, I reported on Azerbaijan’s violations of religious freedom as documented in the most recent Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). My

Harut Sassounian.Trump: A Coward on the Armenian Genocide Like Obama, Bush Jr., Clinton, and Bush Sr.
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-05-01 17:21:00

Pres. Donald Trump issued last week his third April 24 statement “on Armenian Remembrance Day.” And for three years in a row he did not muster the courage to

Harut Sassounian. Pashinyan Passes First Political Test In the International Arena
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-22 10:15:42

Last week, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first appearance at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France.    Pashinyan gave an impressive speech to

A Diaspora-Portal as a door to knock on for non-monetary development in small economies: a diaspora policy proposal based on an Armenian Diaspora Online Survey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-20 20:59:17

by Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan gevorkya@stjohns.edu    In academic economic discourse, diasporas have largely been considered potential conduits for economic development in their self-identified ancestral homelands. This has been particularly true for Armenia.

Harut Sassounian. Pashinyan Passes First Political Test In the International Arena
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-17 19:39:38

Last week, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first appearance at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France.  Pashinyan gave an impressive speech to

Harut Sassounian. Turkish Gravediggers Rummaging for Genocide Era Armenian Treasures (video)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-13 12:39:49

Haber Turk TV recently interviewed one of the thousands of Turkish gravediggers who try to recover Armenian treasures leftover from the genocide era of a century ago. It is not

Harut Sassounian. Armenia’s Leaders Take Strong Positions Against US & Azerbaijan
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-08 10:12:44

  The most noteworthy Armenian foreign policy development of the week was supposed to be the first negotiating session between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev

Armenia’s Leaders Take Strong Positions Against US & Azerbaijan. Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-04 17:13:10

The most noteworthy Armenian foreign policy development of the week was supposed to be the first negotiating session between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev

Harut Sassounian. Pres. Trump has no Right to Give The Syrian Golan Heights to Israel
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-02 12:18:15

Ever since Trump became President of the United States he has ignored both U.S. and international laws.   A few months ago, National Security Adviser John Bolton surprisingly announced that if

International Support over Possible ISDS for Amulsar mine: AEF
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-04-01 09:48:04

  International organizations have contacted the Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) activist group and expressed their readiness to support us and the local communities in the struggle against possible investment arbitration

Pres. Trump has no Right to Give The Syrian Golan Heights to Israel.Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-27 18:52:24

Ever since Trump became President of the United States he has ignored both U.S. and international laws. A few months ago, National Security Adviser John Bolton surprisingly announced that if

Church Saves AGBU Center in Toronto In a Last Minute Financial Arrangement. Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-25 10:06:44

This week’s article is about a major controversy in the Armenian community of Toronto, Canada, which has been fortunately resolved for now. On October 30, 2018, the AGBU Toronto Chapter

Harut Sassounian.Church Saves AGBU Center in Toronto In a Last Minute Financial Arrangement
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-21 09:32:45

This week’s article is about a major controversy in the Armenian community of Toronto, Canada, which has been fortunately resolved for now. On October 30, 2018, the AGBU Toronto Chapter

Harut Sassounian. Hastings in its Anti-Armenian Propaganda
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-16 13:48:01

Cong. Alcee L. Hastings (Democrat of Florida) is the latest transmitter of Azeri propaganda. He issued a statement on February 25, 2019, which he entered in the Congressional Record,

Harut Sassounian. Rabbi Schneier Takes Evangelical Pastors On a Propaganda Tour of Azerbaijan
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-13 18:55:43

For several years, the government of Azerbaijan and its diplomats overseas have gone to great lengths to win over Jews worldwide, American Jewish organizations, and Israel.   Azerbaijan is simply copying

Azerbaijan Enlists Infamous Congressman Hastings in its Anti-Armenian Propaganda.Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-09 14:48:15

Cong. Alcee L. Hastings (Democrat of Florida) is the latest transmitter of Azeri propaganda. He issued a statement on February 25, 2019, which he entered in the Congressional Record,

Harut Sassounian. Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Monuments Exceeds ISIS Crimes
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-03-04 11:50:06

“A groundbreaking forensic report tracks Azerbaijan’s destruction of 89 medieval churches, 5,480 intricate cross-stones, and 22,700 tombstones,” is the subtitle of an incredible article by Simon Maghakyan and Sarah

Harut Sassounian. Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Monuments Exceeds ISIS Crimes
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-02-28 13:55:13

“A groundbreaking forensic report tracks Azerbaijan’s destruction of 89 medieval churches, 5,480 intricate cross-stones, and 22,700 tombstones,” is the subtitle of an incredible article by Simon Maghakyan and Sarah

"What kind of threats did Mr. Hoagland warn Mr. Pashinyan about?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-02-27 05:20:30

By Hovsep Khurshudyan   The interview of Richard Hoagland, an accomplished diplomat and former United States co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, to the ''Voice of America'' US State Radio Station  was

Harut Sassounian. America Has No Right to Tell Armenia Not to Send a Humanitarian Squad to Syria
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-02-25 10:33:35

The US government recently created a new and unnecessary controversy, this time with the Republic of Armenia. It all started when the Armenian government decided to send a non-combat humanitarian

Harut Sassounian.America Has No Right to Tell Armenia Not to Send a Humanitarian Squad to Syria
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-02-23 10:48:28

The US government recently created a new and unnecessary controversy, this time with the Republic of Armenia. It all started when the Armenian government decided to send a non-combat humanitarian

America Has No Right to Tell Armenia Not to Send a Humanitarian Squad to Syria
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2019-02-19 07:30:51

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com       The US government recently created a new and unnecessary controversy, this time with the Republic of Armenia.   It all started when the Armenian government decided