{"id":4015,"date":"2014-12-12T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2014-12-12T13:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T13:56:25","slug":"azerbaijan-must-be-held-responsible-for-destruction-of-religious-and-cultural-heritage-of-armenians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=4015","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan Must Be Held Responsible for Destruction of Religious and Cultural Heritage of Armenians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(December 9, 2014) Ottawa \u2013 The <a title=\"ANCC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anccanada.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armenian National Committee of Canada<\/a> (ANCC) is marking the 9th anniversary of Azerbaijan\u2019s destruction of the historic Armenian cemetery of Djulfa <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568  \u2192--> by calling on the Canadian government to hold Azerbaijan accountable for the systematic destruction of Armenian historical, cultural and religious sites and monuments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.armeniancause.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ANC-Canada.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-769\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.armeniancause.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ANC-Canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ANC-Canada.jpg 425w, https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ANC-Canada-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>On December 10, 2005, the government of Azerbaijan began the final demolition of the historic Armenian cemetery in Djulfa, an ancient Armenian city now located in Azerbaijan. This marked the final blow to the 10,000 intricately hand carved khachkars (stone crosses) which were erected between the 6th through the 17th centuries. Khackars are a uniquely Armenian form of stone carving which UNESCO has recognized as being both culturally and religiously significant to the Armenian people and constituting part of humanity\u2019s share intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By December 15, 2005, the final destruction was complete. Approximately 200 Azerbaijani soldiers amassed at the Nakhichevan-Iran border to desecrate the remaining grave markers at the Djulfa Armenian cemetery. The cemetery has since been replaced with an Azerbaijani military training base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2007, at the 16th International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) General Assembly in Quebec City a resolution regretfully stated with regard to this Azerbaijani vandalism: \u201cthis heritage that once enjoyed its worthy place among the treasures of the world\u2019s heritage can no longer be transmitted today to future generations,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 5, 2010, the American Association for the Advancement of Science published a case study titled &#8220;High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Destruction of Cultural Artifacts in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan&#8221;. This report further documents the destruction through clear satellite imagery. http:\/\/shr.aaas.org\/geotech\/azerbaijan\/Azerbaijan_Report.pdf<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite clear evidence of this crime against humanity\u2019s shared heritage, Azerbaijan continues to deny this crime and in fact continues to destroy Armenian religious and cultural monuments on its territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Girair Basmajian, President of ANCC stated \u201cAzerbaijan is engaged in a systematic effort to erase all traces of Armenian culture and history from its territories. The destruction of the historic Djulfa ceremony which took place 8 years ago this week is just one example of Azerbaijan\u2019s campaign against Armenian religious and cultural sites.\u201d Dr Basmajian called upon the Canadian government to use all means available to pressure the Azerbaijani government to end this campaign. Dr. Basmajian said \u201cThis is an issue that affects all of humanity because our shared cultural heritage is threatened. Canada must act to ensure that Azerbaijan does not destroy any more Armenian monuments and be brought to account for the destruction of the Djulfa cemetery and countless Armenian churches and historic sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">******<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian grassroots human rights organization. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range of issues and works to eliminate abuses of human rights throughout Canada and the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le CNAC est l&#8217;organisation politique canadienne-arm\u00e9nienne la plus large et influentielle. Collaborant avec une s\u00e9rie de bureaux, chapitres et souteneurs \u00e0 travers le Canada et des organisations affili\u00e9es \u00e0 travers le monde, le CNAC s&#8217;occupe activement des inqui\u00e9tudes de la communaut\u00e9 canadienne-arm\u00e9nienne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Photo: Azerbaijani soldiers further defacing dumped khachkars, some of which still bore Armenian inscriptions and Christian symbols. 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