How To Commit Genocide in Plain Sight

Pray for Armenians - 100 years after the Armenian genocide, the world is ignoring another one in Nagorno-Karabakh

Comrades: Never again is happening again.

A century ago, the world looked the other way during the Armenian Genocide. The Ottomans slaughtered 1.5 million Christian Armenians. Azerbaijan’s dictator Ilham Aliyev is seeking to finish what The Young Turks started. He refers to Armenians as “rats” and has pledged to “drive them out of our lands.” Once again, the “liberal democracies” of the US and EU have failed to act. They have issued statements, but are beholden to Aliyev’s gas due to their quest to get Putin. Armenia is taking a massive gamble by aligning itself more with the US than its traditional protector Russia, yet the US continues to send millions in economic aid to Azerbaijan. In a cruel twist, Israel sends weapons like suicide drones to Azerbaijan because the Azeris are rivals with Iran. Armenia is a prisoner of geography on this Devil’s Chessboard.

For most of 2023, Azerbaijan has blockaded the only road that can provide supplies to over 120,000 ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. They have a chokehold on the territory after winning a brutal war in 2020 and have turned it into an open air concentration camp. Azeri troops are not allowing humanitarian aid to pass through.

Critical medicines, gasoline, electricity, food, and water are dwindling. The miscarriage rate in Karabakh has tripled under the blockade, as almost all pregnant women have anemia. Children are malnourished. Residents are only able to eat what can be produced locally, but even that is unreliable because farmers lack fuel. They have no other choice but to line up for one loaf of bread per day.

100 years ago, it was difficult to spread the message about atrocities. We have no excuses today. Azerbaijan is executing a slow motion genocide in plain sight. Please take the time to read the stories below, as well as this report and its recommendations.

Narine Karapetian, a mother living in Artsakh:

Fuel shortages and limited transportation make it impossible for children to attend sports and art classes that are far from home. Unfortunately, it has become commonplace for children to be constantly exposed to life-threatening situations. Even when they hear a loud clap of thunder, they stare at us with a puzzled look, expecting us to say, ‘We have to go down to the basement.’ Children genuinely find happiness when there is light in the house. They often wonder why their peers can travel outside of Artsakh and have new life experiences, especially during the summer, while they cannot.

Lilit Hovakimyan, a teacher in Artsakh:

From a teacher’s perspective, it is incredibly challenging to educate children in Artsakh about basic human rights and fundamental freedoms when the international community seems to turn a blind eye to the violations happening in their region. As educators, we strive to instill in our students a sense of justice, equality, and the importance of standing up for their rights. However, the ongoing blockade of Artsakh creates an environment of frustration and helplessness.

Siranush Sargsyan, a journalist based in Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh:

The blockade imposed by Azerbaijan affects everyone in Artsakh, but perhaps children suffer the most. I experienced my childhood during the first Artsakh war [1988-1994] and its consequences have always followed me throughout life. I don’t know if it’s harder for children who are newly born, whose rights are already violated, or for children who already understand what is happening. For small kids, their mothers struggle to find diapers, formula, and other necessities. For kids who understand, they will remember all these hardships throughout their whole lives. Even their games are impacted by the blockade.

I remember a friend’s child playing with toy cars. He lined them up and just watched. When his mother asked why he wasn’t playing, he answered that he was playing – he was waiting with his car in line to get fuel. Some children don’t understand why they can’t eat what they want or why Santa didn’t bring them gifts or why they can’t celebrate their birthdays. Another cruel fact is that children living near the border are under the constant threat of fire; they can hear gunfire from Azerbaijani positions every day and live in fear. The sad part of all this is that even if the problems are solved tomorrow, which I find hard to believe, these children will always remember these hardships.

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For previous writing on this conflict:

Azerbaijan killed over 100 Armenians within Armenia’s borders in September 2022:

The 44-day war in Fall 2020 set the stage for ethnic cleansing:

Kim Kardashian, the world’s biggest influencer, is on the case:

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REMINDER: these are the steps of genocide.

Armenia is on step 8. The CCP is also on step 8 with the ongoing Uighur genocide. Crickets from the West, who still let Beijing host the Winter Olympics last year.

South Africa is on Step 7, where a major political party (EFF) holds rallies singing “Kill the farmer, Kill the Boer” and farmers are killed every day. Like Armenia and Xinjiang, the West has taken no action and MSM calls it a white supremacist conspiracy theory.

Meanwhile in Canada, the government faked a genocide which resulted in the destruction and deseceration of over 80 Catholic churches:

Meanwhile in The West, Russophobia is pushing us towards WWIII because Putin is Hitler and all Russians must pay for what he has done:

Meanwhile in America, NPC audiences clap for their own demise:

Meanwhile in Japan, degrowth Communists advocate for self genocide.