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  • Armenian Ombudsman's Urgent Call To International Community To Stop

    ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN'S URGENT CALL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP VIOLENCE IN KESSAB

    13:00 31.03.2014

    Armenia, Kessab, Syrian Armenians

    Armenian Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan has sent an urgent
    message to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights
    Commissioner of the Council of Europe, the International Ombudsman
    Institute, the European Ombudsman Institute, the International
    Committee of the Red Cross, the Human Rights Watch, and the Freedom
    House. The message reads:

    "On March 22-25 horrifying events took place in the Armenian-populated
    town of Kessab and its surrounding villages in Syria. The civilians
    were the targets of a three day brutal attacks, assumed to be committed
    by Al Qaeda-affiliated bands. It has been reported that there have
    been already 80 civilian causalities, 670 Armenian families and the
    majority of the population of Kessab, were evacuated to safer areas
    in neighboring Basit and Latakia. We are highly troubled not only for
    the Kessab but for the Syrian population in general, as the issues
    in Syria have always been of paramount importance for us.

    Sadly the history of Kessab is still adolescent. In the years 1909
    and 1915 as a result of the Armenian Genocide by Turkish legions,
    Armenians were forced to leave Kessab, and today's killings and forced
    deportation of Kessab Armenians is the third in their history, as again
    the intent behind those events is to destroy, in whole or in part,
    a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. These actions must
    be considered a serious challenge and threat to the international
    community and to the fundamental principles of human rights law
    recognized by all civilized nations.

    Taking into account that the Kessab events have the elements of the
    crime of Genocide as established in the 1948 Genocide convention,
    Rome statute and also that the prevention of Genocide is considered
    as an erga omnes norm recognized by the UN International Court of
    Justice, now more than ever, we call on the international society and
    international organizations to undertake thorough inquires aimed at
    establishing whether neighboring countries such as Turkey, or other
    states had effective control of the operations and gross human rights
    violations committed in Kessab and to safeguard the Syrian population
    of Armenian or other origin."

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/31/armenian-ombudsmans-urgent-call-to-international-community-to-stop-violence-in-kessab/

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