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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/
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/