By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comIt is bad enough that Turkish President Erdogan wants to sue a German comic for insulting him! It is much more outrageous for German Chancellor Angela Merkel allowing the lawsuit to go forward, based on a 19th century law!Under this archaic law, anyone who offends a foreign leader can be sued in court after obtaining the consent of the German government. Erdogan now joins the dictatorial ranks of Shah Mohammad Reza ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comIn last week’s large-scale attack on Artsakh (Karabagh), the Azeri military killed and injured dozens of Armenian soldiers and civilians, using the sophisticated weapons purchased from Israel and Russia for billions of dollars.The Armenian government and Armenians worldwide accused both Israel and Russia of responsibility for the innocent Armenian lives lost in the recent Azeri invasion.Prof. Israel Charny, a righteous ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comThe world woke up last Saturday morning to the drumbeats of war from a large-scale assault by Azerbaijan on tiny Artsakh (Karabagh).This was not a surprise attack! For many years, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has had the nasty habit of launching military attacks on the Republics of Armenia and Artsakh whenever international peace talks or Summit Meetings were being held.Even a casual observer of this long-running ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comTwo weeks ago, I reported that former Cong. Dan Burton had resigned as Chairman of the Washington-based Azerbaijan America Alliance because he had not been paid for a year!It is hard to feel sorry for a man who had eagerly gone to bed with the dictatorial regime of Ilham Aliyev until the money stopped!For years, many members of Congress have supported all sorts of shady causes and foreign and domestic interest groups ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comRichard Mills, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, spoke at the Western Prelacy in La Crescenta, California, on March 10, during his tour of Armenian communities throughout the United States to brief them on his diplomatic work in Armenia.In his welcoming remarks, Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, expressed the hope that “the United States, as a champion of ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comHere is news that you don’t hear every day: a former Congressman stops working for a foreign client after not receiving his pay for a year!This is exactly what happened to Cong. Dan Burton (Republican-Indiana) who quit last week as chairman of Azerbaijan America Alliance, a powerful Azeri propaganda outfit in the United States, after waiting a whole year to get paid.What were his Azeri masters thinking? How could they ...

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com The 10th annual Armenian Music Awards (AMA) program was held on February 27, at the Kremlin's Kevorkiev Hall in Moscow, with 4,500 guests in attendance. Many of Armenia's top stars entertained the large crowd with patriotic songs and musical performances for more than four hours. This year's program, organized by Valeriy Saharyan, recognized the important contributions made by 12 individuals and organizations ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comDuring the past one thousand years, the relationship between the two neighboring Islamic states of Persia and the Ottoman Empire vacillated between peaceful coexistence and outright war. The populations of these two states were not only of different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, but were also divided in their Islamic faith -- the Persians were Shia, while the Turks were Sunni. The divisions between Iran and Turkey ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comAubrey Herbert, British diplomat, adventurer, intelligence officer, and Member of Parliament, conducted a rare interview with Talaat Pasha, in February 1921, just days before his assassination in Berlin by Soghomon Tehlirian.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comThe Armenian Genocide is rarely discussed in the Turkish Parliament; and even rarer are statements calling for its recognition.On January 14, 2016, two of the three recently elected Armenian members of the Turkish Parliament boldly dared to raise the issue of the Armenian Genocide in their parliamentary remarks.Selina Dogan, representing the opposition Kemalist CHP Party (Republican People’s Party), made the following ...