Karnig Kerkonian
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International Lawyer, Appellate Lawyer. Partner, Kerkonian Dajani LLP. #Harvard #Cambridge #UChicago
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Joined July 2010
Yesterday, Armenian authorities arrested a third archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church - Arshak Khachatryan. He has been sentenced to two months of pre-trial detention, on dubious charges of planting drugs on a protestor seven years ago. One-third of all archbishops based
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🇺🇸🇦🇲THE SUBMISSION CURRICULUM. The recent statement by Armenia’s Minister of Education—that demand for Turkish in Armenian high schools is rising and that there is now a shortage of teachers—should not be accepted at face value. In a society still processing (and with a
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The initial exploration didn’t hit commercial gas, so BP is now drilling deeper. With exploration costs soaring since 2011, BP and SOCAR sold 30% of their stake to Turkey’s TPAO in June to save the project. Azerbaijan wants to increase its gas production at any cost.
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During a visit to Armenia Christian Solidarity International's John Eibner and Joel Veldkamp met with religious leaders, human rights lawyers, and political leaders to assess mounting concerns over religious freedom and government interference in church affairs.
csi-int.org
CSI President Dr. John Eibner and Director of Advocacy Dr. Joel Veldkamp met with religious leaders, human rights lawyers, and political leaders in Armenia.
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#VickenEuljekjian placed a brief telephone call to his family. During the call, he stated that: •He can no longer walk, •His physical condition has dramatically worsened, •He now requires a wheelchair for mobility but has not been provided with one.
Statement Regarding Lack of Communication With Mr. Vicken Euljekjian Affidavit We, Luciana Minassian and Linda Euljekjian, provide this statement to document the communication restrictions affecting Mr. Vicken Euljekjian, an Armenian national currently detained in Umbaki
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ARMENIAN JERUSALEM. While the struggle to save the #ArmenianQuarter in #Jerusalem is far from over, this specific battle is a historic stand for truth—a genuine turning point in our collective action to preserve #Armenian heritage, Armenian space and an Armenian future in the Old
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Today marks two years since the Azerbaijani government carried out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, forcibly displacing over 100,000 ethnic Armenians. We urge the intl community to hold the Aliyev regime accountable and to advocate for right of return for Nagorno-Karabakh
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This is the history the current Armenian government wants erased. They sell a fantasy of a "new era" with neighbors whose ideology remains unchanged. But history doesn't forget. The massacres in Baku in 1918 and again in the 1990s are not inconvenient details; they are the
107 years ago this week, the first massive ethnic cleansing of the Baku Armenian community was committed by Ottoman Turkish and Azeri forces. As we navigate Armenia’s current foreign relations, it is important to remember Armenia’s history with the countries that the Pashinyan
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TRUTH. We must use all legal avenues, winding side streets, main boulevards, and even back country roads in the struggle for accountability and action on the critical issues that matter to us. We must stay vigilant and undeterred. #Armenia #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh
JUSTICE FOR SHUSHI. The United Kingdom’s NCP, a major corporate social responsibility agency and watchdog, announced an official examination of UK-based architectural firm Chapman Taylor for violations of human rights related to the company’s redesign of Shushi, Artsakh.
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This is a real-life drama of the highest order. And there's no doubt about who the good guys are.
The Peaceful sit-in has commenced in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem! Our lands are not for sale! Not. One. Inch. Join us!✊🇦🇲
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BREAKING: Jerusalem Armenian Community Rejects New, Secret, Illegal Cows’ Garden Deal: Declares ‘Not For Sale’ ➖➖➖ The Armenian Community and Patriarchate of Jerusalem is facing a grave danger: reports confirm that a second agreement between the Armenian Patriarchate and Xana
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An intolerable tolerance is evident in🇦🇲. Silence on #Artsakh, on 150,000 displaced🇦🇲/ns, #POW/s in #Baku & 5,000+🇦🇲/ns killed in 2020. #Peace by giving territory up is but a start. Can REAL “PEACE” be achieved by the waiver of #Section907 of 🇺🇸 Law, the #FreedomSupportAct⁉️NO‼️
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Azerbaijan has continued to massively ramp up its military spending since the 2020 and 2023 wars, including a nearly $5bn contract to buy Pakistani jets just months ago. This is not an indicator of a state preparing for peace.
defence-industry.eu
Azerbaijan has expanded its purchase of Pakistani JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from 16 to 40 aircraft, marking the largest export contract in the history of Pakistan’s defence industry.
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THE SQUEEZE IS COMING. #Armenia’s giddy embrace of granting #Azerbaijan access through Syunik — dressed up as “neutral” because a U.S. company would operate it — will be a textbook case of Helmuth von Moltke’s warning that no plan survives contact with the enemy. In the press,
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‼️🇦🇿 Over the past few months, Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev, has: • Hosted the World Freemasonic Congress in Baku (July 2025); 👁️ • Hosted the World Jewish Rabbinic Congress in Baku (August 2025); 🇮🇱 • Announced that Azerbaijan will join the Abraham Accords; 🇸🇦🇮🇱 •
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A PAPER SHIELD. #Armenia just published the “peace” agreement initialed with Azerbaijan in Washington. Unfortunately, it will not halt an already-emboldened #Azerbaijan from completing its conquest of Armenia. You see, the real story is what’s not in the text. There is no
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We stress that no genuine peace b/w 🇦🇲&🇦🇿 can be achieved w/o justice for the Nagorno-Karabakh people. Any agreement that disregards rights, erases history, sacrifices future is not a peace agreement, but an act of appeasement that rewards aggression & source of future conflict.
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