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``The Hill'':In 2005 Azerbaijan committed cultural genocide against
thousands of Armenian religious monuments in Jugha
14:10 02/02/2013 » REGION
Aliev's regime embarked on a Taliban-style cultural genocide in 2005
against thousands of medieval Armenian religious monuments in Jugha,
Nackichevan. This has been well-documented by video footage,
photographs and advanced satellite imaging, scientist of Oxford
University Harout Semerdjian says in the article in `The Hill's'
Congress Block responding to the note of the Azerbaijani journalist
Emil Agazade residing in London.
Mr. Semerdjian writes that in his article Agazade `passes all limits
of journalistic ethics and crosses into the boundary of hate and
ignorance.'
`Instead of attempting to give Congress a counter-lesson on history
and geopolitics, I would highly suggest that Emil Agazade first help
put his own house in order. Transparency International consistently
ranks Azerbaijan among the most corrupt countries of the world, and
its president Ilham Aliyev was recently named the `world's most
corrupt leader' by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting
Project,' the scientist writes.
The article also says that the journalists in Azerbaijan continue to
suffer from violence and threats, and pro-democracy activists have
been beaten and imprisoned in recent years and the European Parliament
has explicitly condemned Azerbaijan for `increasing number of
incidents of harassment, attacks and violence against civil society
and social network activists and journalists in Azerbaijan,' the
report says.
The author also notes that the International diplomats have been
repeatedly banned by Azerbaijani authorities from visiting Jugha,
including past and present U.S. Ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Matthew
Bryza and Richard Morningstar. `While the petro-dollars of the Aliyev
regime fund lobbyists such as Emil Agazade to monitor the global media
and attempt to suppress freedom of information, it would be much wiser
for Azerbaijan's leadership to spend the money at home, where over 40
percent of the rural population live below the poverty line,' Harout
Semerdjian writes.
Source: Panorama.am
thousands of Armenian religious monuments in Jugha
14:10 02/02/2013 » REGION
Aliev's regime embarked on a Taliban-style cultural genocide in 2005
against thousands of medieval Armenian religious monuments in Jugha,
Nackichevan. This has been well-documented by video footage,
photographs and advanced satellite imaging, scientist of Oxford
University Harout Semerdjian says in the article in `The Hill's'
Congress Block responding to the note of the Azerbaijani journalist
Emil Agazade residing in London.
Mr. Semerdjian writes that in his article Agazade `passes all limits
of journalistic ethics and crosses into the boundary of hate and
ignorance.'
`Instead of attempting to give Congress a counter-lesson on history
and geopolitics, I would highly suggest that Emil Agazade first help
put his own house in order. Transparency International consistently
ranks Azerbaijan among the most corrupt countries of the world, and
its president Ilham Aliyev was recently named the `world's most
corrupt leader' by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting
Project,' the scientist writes.
The article also says that the journalists in Azerbaijan continue to
suffer from violence and threats, and pro-democracy activists have
been beaten and imprisoned in recent years and the European Parliament
has explicitly condemned Azerbaijan for `increasing number of
incidents of harassment, attacks and violence against civil society
and social network activists and journalists in Azerbaijan,' the
report says.
The author also notes that the International diplomats have been
repeatedly banned by Azerbaijani authorities from visiting Jugha,
including past and present U.S. Ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Matthew
Bryza and Richard Morningstar. `While the petro-dollars of the Aliyev
regime fund lobbyists such as Emil Agazade to monitor the global media
and attempt to suppress freedom of information, it would be much wiser
for Azerbaijan's leadership to spend the money at home, where over 40
percent of the rural population live below the poverty line,' Harout
Semerdjian writes.
Source: Panorama.am