2000 Armenian monuments "in danger in areas occupied by Azeris"September 29, 2021 - 16:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian historical and cultural heritage in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), which ended up under Azerbaijan's control as a result of the 44-day war, is in grave danger, permanent representative of Artsakh in Armenia Sergey Ghazaryan said at a parliament discussion organized by the Human Rights Committee on Wednesday, September 29. Ghazaryan said the fate of more than 2,000 monuments in Azeri-controlled territories is under threat. Among them there are 13 monasteries, 122 churches, 52 fortresses and 523 khachkars, Aysor.am reports. 127 school libraries and 12 museums with more than 20,000 pieces have remained in the occupied territories of Artsakh, Ghazaryan added. Concerns about the preservation of cultural sites in Nagorno-Karabakh are made all the more urgent by the Azerbaijani government’s history of systemically destroying indigenous Armenian heritage—acts of both warfare and historical revisionism. The Azerbaijani government has secretly destroyed a striking number of cultural and religious artifacts in the late 20th century. Within Nakhichevan alone, a historically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani forces destroyed at least 89 medieval churches, 5,840 khachkars (Armenian cross stones) and 22,000 historical tombstones between 1997 and 2006. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |