Religious Communities Dissatisfied with Turkey’s New FoundationsAugust 30, 2022 — 08/30/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople penned a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outlining the dissatisfaction and frustration among the Armenian Christian community...
Azerbaijan Launched “Revenge” Operation Against Armenia, ArtsakhAugust 6, 2022 — 08/06/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Beginning on August 1, tensions flared again between Azerbaijan and the historically Christian nation of Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh), nearly...
Report on Azerbaijani Crimes Submitted to the UNJuly 26, 2022 — 07/26/2022 Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern) – This month, a report submitted to the United Nations by a nonprofit human rights organization indicted Azerbaijan for crimes against historically Christian Armenians. The...
Azerbaijan Persecution of Christian Armenians Identified in US Religious Freedom ReportJune 3, 2022 — 06/03/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – The US Department of State 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom documented the destruction of Armenian religious sites by Azerbaijan and attempts to “Albanize” the...
Turkey and Azerbaijan Launch Military Drills at Armenian Border as POW ReturnedMay 27, 2022 — 05/27/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Armenians continue to face discrimination from Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey and Azerbaijan recently launched another joint military training drill near the Armenian border. Azerbaijan...
Elderly Armenians Suffered Disproportionately in Nagorno-Karabakh WarMay 23, 2022 — 05/23/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – A recent report details the abuse against elderly Armenians in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to Amnesty International’s report,...
Middle East’s Largest Armenian Church Reopened in TurkeyMay 13, 2022 — 05/13/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The largest Armenian church in the Middle East, St. Giragos Cathedral in Diyarbakir, reopened on May 7. The church, built some 600 years ago, was...
Azerbaijani Military Targets Armenian CiviliansMay 10, 2022 — 05/10/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – A little more than two weeks since the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (April 24), several incidents of harassment and intimidation by Azerbaijani troops against the...
Armenian School Vandalized in TurkeyApril 13, 2022 — 04/13/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – The gate to an Armenian school in Istanbul, Turkey, was vandalized with a swastika. The act of vandalism occurred as Armenians prepare for Easter...
Azerbaijan Provokes Armenian Residents of ArtsakhMarch 29, 2022 — 03/29/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – According to Armenia’s Security Council, Azerbaijan is paving the way for new provocations and attacks in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) region. Since the beginning of...
Azerbaijan Utilizes’ World’s Distraction to Provoke ArtsakhMarch 18, 2022 — 03/18/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Azerbaijan is taking advantage of the global and Russian focus on the Ukraine crisis to provoke and threaten the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh),...
Azerbaijan Utilizes’ World’s Distraction to Provoke ArtsakhMarch 18, 2022 — 03/18/2022 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) – Azerbaijan is taking advantage of the global and Russian focus on the Ukraine crisis to provoke and threaten the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh),...
Men Acquitted After Dancing on Armenian Church GateMarch 12, 2022 — 03/12/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish court recently acquitted three people who danced upon the gate of an Armenian church in July 2021. The three men were filmed dancing...
Men Acquitted After Dancing on Armenian Church GateMarch 12, 2022 — 03/12/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish court recently acquitted three people who danced upon the gate of an Armenian church in July 2021. The three men were filmed dancing...
No Escape: The Growing Persecution of Armenian Christians in AmericaMarch 10, 2022 — Armenians have a long history as targets of persecution, hatred, and genocide. Unfortunately, this history continues to repeat itself around the world. Armenia is unique in many ways, though one...
No Escape: The Growing Persecution of Armenian Christians in AmericaMarch 10, 2022 — Armenians have a long history as targets of persecution, hatred, and genocide. Unfortunately, this history continues to repeat itself around the world. Armenia is unique in many ways, though one...
